Too laggy? + 3 Big Hands I Lost

***** Hand History for Game 44054983831 ***** Poker Stars
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 13, 08:50:19 ET 2010
Table Chantal IV Real Money
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Babs0101 $16.20 USD
Seat 2: s7385s $11.10 USD
Seat 3: QHealthy $10.00 USD
Seat 4: Hero $10.00 USD
Seat 5: Gdan4ik777 $10.00 USD
Seat 6: kriver11 $8.60 USD
s7385s posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
QHealthy posts big blind [$0.10 USD].

Holecards
Dealt to Hero [ ]
Hero raises [$0.30 USD]
Gdan4ik777 folds
kriver11 folds
Babs0101 calls [$0.30 USD]
s7385s calls [$0.25 USD]
QHealthy folds

Flop (Pot : $1.00)

   
s7385s checks
Hero bets [$0.70 USD]
Babs0101 calls [$0.70 USD]
s7385s folds

Turn (Pot : $2.40)

   
Hero bets [$2.10 USD]
Babs0101 calls [$2.10 USD]

River (Pot : $6.60)

   
Hero bets [$6.90 USD]

***** Hand History for Game 44053582161 ***** Poker Stars
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 13, 08:11:52 ET 2010
Table Chantal IV Real Money
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: EyecedTea $14.10 USD
Seat 2: s7385s $12.30 USD
Seat 3: Branech $10.00 USD
Seat 4: Hero $10.80 USD
Seat 5: JURIKA $5.05 USD
Seat 6: Gdan4ik777 $10.00 USD
Hero posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
JURIKA posts big blind [$0.10 USD].

Holecards
Dealt to Hero [ ]
Gdan4ik777 folds
EyecedTea folds
s7385s folds
Branech raises [$0.30 USD]
Hero raises [$0.95 USD]
JURIKA folds
Branech calls [$0.70 USD]

Flop (Pot : $2.05)

   
Hero bets [$1.00 USD]
Branech calls [$1.00 USD]

Turn (Pot : $4.05)

   
Hero bets [$2.00 USD]
Branech calls [$2.00 USD]

River (Pot : $8.05)

   
Hero bets [$6.80 USD]
Branech calls [$6.00 USD]
Hero wins $0.80 USD
Hero shows

***** Hand History for Game 44054912642 ***** Poker Stars
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 13, 08:48:16 ET 2010
Table Chantal IV Real Money
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: Babs0101 $8.40 USD
Seat 2: s7385s $10.90 USD
Seat 3: QHealthy $10.00 USD
Seat 4: Hero $12.60 USD
Seat 5: Gdan4ik777 $10.00 USD
Seat 6: kriver11 $9.00 USD
kriver11 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Babs0101 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].

Holecards
Dealt to Hero [ ]
s7385s folds
QHealthy folds
Hero raises [$0.30 USD]
Gdan4ik777 folds
kriver11 calls [$0.25 USD]
Babs0101 calls [$0.20 USD]

Flop (Pot : $0.90)

   
kriver11 checks
Babs0101 bets [$0.30 USD]
Hero raises [$1.40 USD]
kriver11 folds
Babs0101 calls [$1.10 USD]

Turn (Pot : $3.70)

   
Babs0101 checks
Hero bets [$1.90 USD]
Babs0101 calls [$1.90 USD]

River (Pot : $7.50)

   
Babs0101 checks
Hero bets [$9.00 USD]

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why are all small stakes players obsessed with being "LAG?"

just play like a nit and get money. Also you're playing really terrible hands i dont know what you're expecting from playing them, you pretty much have to flop like a god to get money or have to run big bluffs with very little equity.

On May 13 2010 21:15 vlseph wrote: why are all small stakes players obsessed with being "LAG?" just play like a nit and get money. Also you're playing really terrible hands i dont know what you're expecting from playing them, you pretty much have to flop like a god to get money or have to run big bluffs with very little equity.

this.

why is everyone obsessed with making their vpip as big as possible instead of making their bb/100 as big as possible?

i mean 73o..seriously?

On May 13 2010 21:11 hiems wrote: I think the general lesson from the 93cc hand and the 73o hand is that I have to think harder about bluff shoves on polarized spots more.

lol no. the general lesson to be learned here is to stop being spewy.

lol

But if I raise 73o preflop, it only makes sense to be willing to shove this river right? Or else fold pre?

Oh by the way Gdanik was really nitty from what I remember.

3betting 73o is ... you know.

On May 13 2010 21:21 hiems wrote: But if I raise 73o preflop, it only makes sense to be willing to shove this river right? Or else fold pre?

only if he folds, know when to give up

On May 13 2010 21:35 vlseph wrote: Show nested quote + On May 13 2010 21:21 hiems wrote: But if I raise 73o preflop, it only makes sense to be willing to shove this river right? Or else fold pre? only if he folds, know when to give up

Yeah. I was thinking similar thoughts prior to the 73o shove actually.

On May 13 2010 21:37 hiems wrote: Show nested quote + On May 13 2010 21:35 vlseph wrote:   On May 13 2010 21:21 hiems wrote: But if I raise 73o preflop, it only makes sense to be willing to shove this river right? Or else fold pre? only if he folds, know when to give up Yeah. I was thinking similar thoughts prior to the 73o shove actually.

the "when to give up" here is preflop.

On May 13 2010 21:30 Zalfor wrote: 3betting 73o is ... you know.

I guess the problem is I don't know. (I guess underestimating how much worse it is than say, Q5s or whatever).

lol sikk level. 5 stars

aiai, all hands grossly missplayed. And lol, if you're playing 10nl, play hands with good equity, and cut down so you get a really tight range oop :x
Play High cards (especially vs short stacks and bad ppl for value) call multi way vs nits/tight ppl with suited connectors, or limp with them if u can cos they play sick good multiway, and some connected cards, fold everything else, easier to play, make less mistakes and get in less tricky spots, and you can learn it the right way.

This is nonsense

not sure what you expect to get called from in hand 1, AJ ? you'd rather check/call or check/fold river, you can also check turn and bet like half pot river if he checks behind turn

73o is a fold no matter how lag you are, even durrrr or isildur wouldn't even think about playing it

as for the 93s, cutoff raise might be a bit too loose, raising it from the button would be fine otherwise, now that u raised it, u can just comfortably call flop considering he's betting 30 cents into 90 cents, calling is just fine... now if u decide to raise, you're in position so you can check behind turn to get a free card once it's checked to you

You must not feel bad about giving up even when you've been bluffing on flop + turn or w/e it is that u did

why ... why do you do this to yourself

On May 13 2010 23:26 Eluflop wrote: why ... why do you do this to yourself

coz apparently nit is a derogatory term nowadays

Hm cool. Checking the 93 in position didnt even occur to me actually...Im just so used to semi-bluffing with flush draws that I did'nt really consider the checking alternative. The way I thought about checking was that its usually 0 EV (I guess?) or 0% share of equity since I just auto-associated it with hands where the option to check comes up at showdown or with a hand with little equity. But it never occured to me that checking a FD in position actually can be really profitable since your just guaranteeing urself a draw. didnt think about just calling the flop either.

And yeah the QQ river decision I feel is probably the worst decision of the bunch in terms of my thought process. 73o at least the reason why its bad is cause I don't know how bad 73o is.

Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to go back to NL 2/NL 5. I used to try to play NL 10 all aggressive but lost a lot of money in the process. Once I moved down again to go back to basics and tighten up, NL 10 wasn't as hard. DONT RERAISE WITH 73o. Stick to ABC poker. Read some beginner articles on hand types and don't try to go against the rules until you really know what you are doing.