Heater + help on some hands

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RAINISM United States. Dec 28 2009 16:10. Posts 43

I don't know what happened this winter break but I feel like I've finally started to do well in poker. I've tightened up my play a bit and learned how to extract value from my opponents on a range of hands. Much of this is thanks to TL but I think relief from the stress of studying everyday is also a big part of clearing my mindset. I'm starting my pharm tech job this week and have been spending the nights relaxing with friends. Life seems pretty good.

Soooo I think I had my first real heater this past couple days. I wish I had a hand history program to show you guys a graph but I believe I won about 14 or 15 buy-ins at NL10. I should really get some software...

Anyways here are the hands; assume villian there is no read on any of these opponents:

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Should I 2nd barrel on the turn here? If so, how much?
As played, should I bluff the river?

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Is a call justified here? Lots of players at NL10 do this with KK/AA imo. I haven't seen villian act out of line at all in the past 30 or so hands. What do we do if we had QQ in the same situation?

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Easy fold or? I don't think villian would limp with KQ.

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I think I played this REALLY bad. Now that I look back on it I should have repopped the flop or shoved the turn.

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Should I have reraised pf? As played, how do we act on flop? Reraise to like $4 or smooth call? If we smooth call how do we act if villian fires again?

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Villian only has about 50bb's. I probably should have 3bet the flop but as played, do we easily fold to the turn minreraise? Bleh this was a real poorly played hand by me. I think I was just a little tilted by the results.
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I really didn't like that river card. My plan here was check calling but the all in just seemed so fishy. Is check fold our only option here? Would betting the river here be stupid? If I do bet out, how much do I bet?

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I know I should have bet larger on the flop/turn, but as played, is this a easy fold? Say if we had bet bigger on both the flop and turn and villian acts the same on river, is it a fold?

Thank you for all the feedback.

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Last edit: 28/12/2009 16:53

Sicks Macks United States. Dec 28 2009 16:34. Posts 3929

Too many questions to read in that format, spoiler the hands and number the spoilers, much easier to respond to.

Mr. Will Throwit

RAINISM United States. Dec 28 2009 16:53. Posts 43

Thanks Macks, didn't think of that.

phrenik Canada. Dec 28 2009 19:37. Posts 98

Wow that's a lot of hands. I play NL2 so obviously my advice comes with a grain of salt.

Hand 1: I would second barrel here. He could have called with a draw or called one bet with a medium pocket pair and will fold to a second barrel. Once you check behind on the turn you can't really represent much strength so your bluff on the river probably won't be able to fold out any pair so you're only really folding out busted draws which you beat anyways and maybe AK. It's not worth it to bluff on the river.

Hand 2: You might want to consider playing at a different table. 5 shortstacks, 2 small stacks, and 1 fullstack is pretty gross. This is also a hand where stats would help a lot. But looking at the fact he doesn't have a full stack and how he shoved 7x over your raise he's probably a fish and I would play JJ for less than one buyin against a fish who can shove with just about anything. He also opened up from the button and you reraised from the blinds so he might think you're just playing back at his steal. Sometimes you'll get unlucky and he'll have a better hand but so often he'll show up with an underpair, broadway cards or an ace type hand that calling is +ev. If you call with Jacks you obviously call with Queens.

Hand 3: He's sitting with a fullstack so he might be a competant player, although his limp call is pretty weird. I think a fold is fine, you're out of position, he's shown strength or a willingness to bluff, and it's a small pot.

Hand 4: I'd probably bet a bit bigger on the flop for value, he's going to call or he's not. If you bet $0.60 and he reraised to $2, you could easily shove over a bet on the turn when the board gets super drawy. As played a turn shove is way overbetting the pot and a 4bet on the flop could scare away a weak ace. In any case, you just got unlucky and no matter how you played you would have lost the hand.

Hand 5: Jacks are ahead of most people's raising ranges so 3bet preflop for value. Ugh, after thinking about it, this is an ugly hand, but at least you are in position. If you 3bet the flop, you'll most likely fold out worse and get called or shoved on by better. I'm not sure if a 10 can call a 3bet on the flop. If you think about what each player has, the tiny donk bet by Unbelievable shows weakness, probably a flush draw making a blocking bet or a small pair. The raise by HitMach1ne shows strength since he's not likely to bluff raise in a 3way pot. The kind of hands he's raising with are probably a 10 with a good kicker, any set, any overpair, maybe an ace high flush draw.

Now if they both come along and an ace, a 10, or any club comes I'd probably fold to a strong bet. If a non-club K or Q comes and someone bets strong, I'd probably fold, but it's closer to a call. Any blank I would call. If it gets checked to you I'd probably bet since I don't think any set or overpair would check the turn. On the river I wouldn't really want to see anymore action. It seems somewhat likely that a 10 would stop firing on the river after two calls.

Hand 6: Definitely reraise flop. I don't think you can fold to the minraise on the turn. Even if his range is only sets, AJ and KJ you have 43.5% equity. With how much weakness you showed on the flop by calling his tiny bet, his reraising range could have even weaker Jacks in it. If on the flop you raise and he comes over the top you can fold.

Hand 7: I think you played it fine. The turn bet is a bit small but the river check/fold is fine. Any bet is going to leave you pretty much pot commited and I don't think anyone is going to call you with a worse pair on such a scary board.

Hand 8: Bet larger on the flop/turn like you said. Also, if you are going to bet on the river, bet larger here too. The tiny bet on the river is basically screaming "I'm afraid of the flush don't shove on me please." I don't think you can call here, but folding sucks too because you might have induced the shove with your weak bet.