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I guess I have taken the worst of it recently with good big starting hands andI am becoming cynical about how these hands hold up by the river at these low limits with so many ppl in the pots. I guess I just need to grit my teeth and bear it hoping that over the long run it will work out for me. It just seems difficult to protect non-drawing hands.
Thx again.
/bonk
Statistics: Posted by bonk — Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:44 am
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Hand 2. You have to raise that up, yes they are all going to call you but don't worry about that. Build that pot. Both you and the guy with AA messed this one up preflop.
Now you have a bet and THREE people calling with a very dangerous flop for you. I would be very worried about already being behind at this point and might just call here although a raises isn't too bad. When the apparently clean 5 spades hits now the the MP player is leading out into you and a couple of hundred other folks in the pot, I probably fold right here as I have more than a sneaking suspicion that I am beat in at least one place and very possibly more.
Hand 3. Preflop, flop good. Why check the turn. Most of the times players at this limit will raise the flop if they have a flush draw trying to get a free turn and river. The heart would not stop me from betting again on the turn, now if I get raised I may very well lay down the hand there. Again just another bad river but you should have been betting on the turn rather than calling.
Hand 4. I think you played the hand fine. I would have put CO on KQ there and would have lost more money by betting the river.
Statistics: Posted by piersmajestyk — Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:14 pm
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I got mauled during these hands recently. Some of it may be back luck but most likely its due to my poor play. Any advice on how I could have played these hands better or simply lost less bets is greatly appreciated!
/bonk
Paradise Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with
![[As]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/As.gif "The Ace of Spades")
, ![[Ad]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ad.gif "The Ace of Diamonds")
. 1 fold, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, 2 folds, Button calls, Hero raises, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, Button calls.
Flop: (10 SB)
![[6s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/6s.gif "The Six of Spades")
, ![[3h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/3h.gif "The Three of Hearts")
, ![[3d]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/3d.gif "The Three of Diamonds")
(5 players)Hero bets, BB calls, UTG+1 raises, MP1 folds, Button folds, Hero 3-bets, BB folds, UTG+1 calls.
I wasn't sure someone would bet this flop so I felt I couldn't risk the CR.
Turn: (8.50 BB)
![[9s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9s.gif "The Nine of Spades")
(2 players)Hero bets, UTG+1 calls.
River: (10.50 BB)
![[Qc]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Qc.gif "The Queen of Clubs")
(2 players)Hero bets, UTG+1 raises, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 14.50 BB
Results in white below:
UTG+1 has Qh Qd (full house, queens full of threes).
Hero has As Ad (two pair, aces and threes).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins 14.50 BB.
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Paradise Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is Button with
![[Kc]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kc.gif "The King of Clubs")
, ![[Kh]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kh.gif "The King of Hearts")
. UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, 1 fold, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, 2 folds, Hero calls, SB completes, BB checks.
Why didn't I raise? I didn't think my bet would force anyone to fold, and if an Ace hit with this many players I was getting out. I hoped that by keeping the pot smaller it would be easier for me to get people to fold with a raise. Is not raising here a terrible play?
Flop: (7 SB)
![[Th]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Th.gif "The Ten of Hearts")
, , ![[8h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8h.gif "The Eight of Hearts")
(7 players)SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Hero raises, SB calls, BB folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.
Turn: (9.50 BB)
![[5s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/5s.gif "The Five of Spades")
(6 players)SB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 bets, MP2 calls, Hero raises, SB folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.
River: (17.50 BB)
![[7d]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/7d.gif "The Seven of Diamonds")
(4 players)UTG checks, MP1 checks, MP2 bets, Hero calls, UTG calls, MP1 calls.
Final Pot: 21.50 BB
Results in white below:
UTG has Qd As (one pair, queens).
MP1 has Ah Ad (one pair, aces).
MP2 has 7h Td (two pair, tens and sevens).
Hero has Kc Kh (one pair, kings).
Outcome: MP2 wins 21.50 BB.
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Paradise Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is BB with
![[Ks]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ks.gif "The King of Spades")
, . 2 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, 2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB completes, Hero raises, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls.
Flop: (12 SB)
, ![[9h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9h.gif "The Nine of Hearts")
, (6 players)SB checks, Hero bets, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, CO calls, Button folds, SB folds.
Turn: (7 BB)
(2 players)Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.
River: (9 BB)
![[Tc]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Tc.gif "The Ten of Clubs")
(2 players)Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 11 BB
Results in white below:
Hero has Ks Kc (one pair, kings).
CO has Ts 6h (two pair, tens and sixes).
Outcome: CO wins 11 BB.
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Paradise Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is Button with Q:club:, A:diamond:.
UTG calls, [color:#666666]1 fold[/color], MP1 calls, MP2 calls, CO calls, [color:#CC3333]Hero raises[/color], [color:#666666]2 folds[/color], UTG calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, CO calls.
Flop: (11.50 SB) 3:club:, A:spade:, Q:diamond: [color:#0000FF](5 players)[/color]
UTG checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, [color:#CC3333]CO bets[/color], [color:#CC3333]Hero raises[/color], UTG folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, CO calls.
Turn: (8.75 BB) K:heart: [color:#0000FF](3 players)[/color]
MP1 checks, [color:#CC3333]CO bets[/color], ($1)MP1 calls.
The conversion did not show that the CO bet and I raised here and was called.
Is this raise a bad play?
River: (10.25 BB) 4:diamond: [color:#0000FF](3 players)[/color]
MP1 checks, Hero checks.
Final Pot: 10.25 BB
Results in white below: [color:#FFFFFF]
MP1 has Ac 7d (one pair, aces).
CO has 3d 3h (three of a kind, threes).
Hero has Qc Ad (two pair, aces and queens).
Outcome: CO wins 10.25 BB. [/color]
Statistics: Posted by bonk — Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:05 pm
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