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That's harsh. My advice is for you to step back and take a break from LHE. Go play NL, go play PLO or O8B. Just walk away for a week or so--you need new perspective badly...
Statistics: Posted by Tiburon — Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:24 am
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Statistics: Posted by JJSCOTT2 — Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:50 am
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Results:
PokerStars .25/.50 LHE
Hands : 2789
VPIP: 20.15
VPIPSB: 41.56
W$WSF: 25.76
WSD: 26.17
W$SD: 54.21
Amount Won : $ (0.90)
BB/100 Hands : (0.06)
P.S. - Someone should design a rollercoaster based on how I play poker:
Statistics: Posted by JJSCOTT2 — Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:41 am
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I have a good hand to post which ties into a post I saw on another post, maybe in the Limit section about continuation bets. Just as a comment, I'm gonna go ahead and say this is not recommended especially at the level I'm at, I think it just really demonstrates the complete lack of reason in the calling station mentality that you've got to watch out for.
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is BB with
![[Kd]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kd.gif "The King of Diamonds")
, ![[Jd]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Jd.gif "The Jack of Diamonds")
. UTG calls, 5 folds, SB completes, Hero raises, UTG calls, SB folds.
Flop: (5 SB)
![[6s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/6s.gif "The Six of Spades")
, ![[9c]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9c.gif "The Nine of Clubs")
, ![[3s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/3s.gif "The Three of Spades")
(2 players)Hero bets, UTG calls.
Turn: (3.50 BB)
![[Ah]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ah.gif "The Ace of Hearts")
(2 players)Hero bets, UTG calls.
River: (5.50 BB)
![[4s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/4s.gif "The Four of Spades")
(2 players)Hero bets, UTG calls.
Final Pot: 7.50 BB
Results in white below:
Hero has Kd Jd (high card, ace).
UTG has Jc Kc (high card, ace).
Outcome: Hero wins 3.75 BB. UTG wins 3.75 BB.
Overall, I found the outcome of this hand hillarious, but it just goes to show how much value there is in betting anything attempting to get away with continuation-continuation betting even when you're fairly sure the guy doesn't have anything (at very low limits), ie. none. Regarding my pre-flop raise here, for some reason I thought I was the SB and the SB was the Button, thus making the UTG the BB, not sure how I got confused there but when the "Button"(SB) limped, I was like, I have absolutely no respect for that, so I raise, not realizing that the "BB" had limped UTG. If that's not too confusing.
I'm actually having to start to have some fun with this thing now even though I'm not running particularly well. First of all I get to play an ungodly VP$IP (for me), it seems like I'm not folding anything, anything that's suited and could possibly in some universe make a straight seems just about playable even from early when you KNOW 7 players are coming in behind you. It's just a lot of fun getting in there and playing when you have the uncommon ability to fold postflop when you don't make any kind of a hand. I do fear a little however that it's going to be hard to break some of these "correct for .25/.50" habits when I eventually move up like practically auto-playing pocket pairs and suited connectors from EP.
Results:
PokerStars .25/.50 LHE
Hands : 2517
VPIP: 20.10
VPIPSB: 40.07
W$WSF: 25.99
WSD: 26.61
W$SD: 54.60
Amount Won : $ 7.85
BB/100 Hands : 0.62
Statistics: Posted by JJSCOTT2 — Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:40 am
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here are some beauties from todays session.
Button in this hand is 15/3/1.6 which is why I was somewhat reluctant to put him on THE hand right away, but come on, I gotta get some money in this pot right?
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with
![[Ad]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ad.gif "The Ace of Diamonds")
, . UTG calls, Hero raises, 1 fold, MP2 calls, 1 fold, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG calls.
Flop: (10.40 SB)
![[Ts]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ts.gif "The Ten of Spades")
, ![[Qc]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Qc.gif "The Queen of Clubs")
, ![[Ac]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ac.gif "The Ace of Clubs")
(5 players)BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, MP2 raises, Button 3-bets, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero calls, MP2 calls.
Turn: (9.70 BB)
![[5s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/5s.gif "The Five of Spades")
(3 players)Hero bets, MP2 raises, Button 3-bets, Hero caps, MP2 calls, Button calls.
River: (19.70 BB)
![[8d]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8d.gif "The Eight of Diamonds")
(3 players)Hero bets, MP2 raises, Button 3-bets, Hero calls, MP2 calls.
Final Pot: 26.70 BB
Results in white below:
Hero has Ad Ah (three of a kind, aces).
MP2 has Qd Qh (three of a kind, queens).
Button has Js Ks (straight, ace high).
Outcome: Button wins 26.70 BB.
And then this one several seconds later on a different table, just for hillarity.
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (6 handed)
Preflop: Hero is BB with
![[8s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8s.gif "The Eight of Spades")
, ![[9h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9h.gif "The Nine of Hearts")
. 1 fold, MP raises, 3 folds, Hero calls.
Flop: (4.40 SB)
![[7h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/7h.gif "The Seven of Hearts")
, ![[Td]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Td.gif "The Ten of Diamonds")
, (2 players)Hero bets, MP raises, Hero 3-bets, MP calls.
Turn: (5.20 BB)
![[Th]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Th.gif "The Ten of Hearts")
(2 players)Hero bets, MP calls.
River: (7.20 BB)
![[5h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/5h.gif "The Five of Hearts")
(2 players)Hero bets, MP raises, Hero 3-bets, MP caps, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 15.20 BB
Results in white below:
MP has Ah Jh (flush, ace high).
Hero has 8s 9h (straight, jack high).
Outcome: MP wins 15.20 BB.
Granted by the end of this hand, I wasn't exactly expecting to win, but was I right to 3-bet the river? Seems to me from the turn call and then river raise it's just as likely for him to have some kind of a ten than the flush, but then again, there is a lot of stuff out there beating my straight at this point, so what's the verdict?
Results:
PokerStars .25/.50 LHE
Hands : 2368
VPIP: 19.93
VPIPSB: 37.93
W$WSF: 25.9
WSD: 26.23
W$SD: 53.13
Amount Won : $(9.80)
BB/100 Hands : (0.83)
Statistics: Posted by JJSCOTT2 — Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:44 pm
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I like to call this one: Bet this river? Fold to the raise?
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with
, . 1 fold, UTG+1 calls, 3 folds, Hero raises, 2 folds, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.
Flop: (8 SB)
, , ![[4h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/4h.gif "The Four of Hearts")
(4 players)SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB folds, UTG+1 calls.
Turn: (5.50 BB)
![[8c]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8c.gif "The Eight of Clubs")
(3 players)SB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, UTG+1 folds.
River: (7.50 BB)
![[Kh]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kh.gif "The King of Hearts")
(2 players)SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 11.50 BB
Results in white below:
SB has Kc 3h (full house, eights full of kings).
Hero has Th Td (full house, eights full of tens).
Outcome: SB wins 11.50 BB.
Next hand. Clearly I f***ed this one up, but the question is, where do I stop, I thought I had to re-raise the turn to see if he was messing with me, but then should I immediately fold to the cap? Or would you be happy simply folding to the first raise?
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with
, . 4 folds, CO calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, BB calls, CO calls.
Flop: (6 SB)
, ![[2c]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/2c.gif "The Two of Clubs")
, (3 players)Hero bets, BB calls, CO folds.
Turn: (4 BB)
(2 players)Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, BB caps, Hero calls.
River: (12 BB)
(2 players)Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 14 BB
Results in white below:
Hero has Jd Ac (two pair, aces and eights).
BB has 8s Qd (three of a kind, eights).
Outcome: BB wins 14 BB.
Next hand. Villain is 67/50/3.00 which is probably why I played it the way I did, it just seems like a common theme that either A.) I never know when to stop or B.) I slow down too soon and have these idiots show up something ridiculous and I'm left wishing I had gotten more money in the pot. In this particular case, I was beat, but just as many times, I'm not and I end up only winning a small pot because I didn't get enough money in when I had the chance. Ughh, limit is complicated.
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with
![[9s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9s.gif "The Nine of Spades")
, . UTG raises, UTG+1 calls, Hero 3-bets, 5 folds, SB calls, BB calls, UTG caps, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls.
Flop: (18 SB)
![[2h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/2h.gif "The Two of Hearts")
, ![[7c]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/7c.gif "The Seven of Clubs")
, ![[2s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/2s.gif "The Two of Spades")
(4 players)SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets, Hero raises, SB folds, BB folds, UTG 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG calls.
Turn: (13 BB)
![[2d]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/2d.gif "The Two of Diamonds")
(2 players)UTG bets, Hero calls.
River: (15 BB)
(2 players)UTG bets, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 17 BB
Results in white below:
UTG has Jd Jh (full house, twos full of jacks).
Hero has 9s 9h (full house, twos full of nines).
Outcome: UTG wins 17 BB.
This next one is one of the most common situations I find myself in it, and I seem to play it exactly wrong every time. Either I'll bet it down and they'll show me that they did indeed pair the overcard, or I'll figure *somebody MUST have it* and fold and then the hand finishes out and they show up like 7 high, it's so frustrating.
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with
![[Jc]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Jc.gif "The Jack of Clubs")
, ![[Js]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Js.gif "The Jack of Spades")
. CO posts a blind of $0.25. UTG calls, Hero raises, 5 folds, Button calls, 2 folds, UTG calls.
Flop: (8.40 SB)
![[As]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/As.gif "The Ace of Spades")
, ![[4c]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/4c.gif "The Four of Clubs")
, ![[3d]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/3d.gif "The Three of Diamonds")
(3 players)UTG checks, Hero bets, Button calls, UTG calls.
Turn: (5.70 BB)
![[6c]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/6c.gif "The Six of Clubs")
(3 players)UTG bets, Hero calls, Button calls.
River: (8.70 BB)
![[6h]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/6h.gif "The Six of Hearts")
(3 players)UTG checks, Hero checks, Button bets, UTG folds, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 10.70 BB
Results in white below:
Hero has Jc Js (two pair, jacks and sixes).
Button has 8d Ah (two pair, aces and sixes).
Outcome: Button wins 10.70 BB.
Last hand, how would you have played it. This particular opponent was pretty neutral as far as agression goes right about 1.0, if he had had like a .20 AF I probly would have woken up real quick after the check raise and just folded. But against an average opponent I feel I'm just throwing money away on stuff like this. So I don't like the check raise but by the time I 3 - bet and it gets capped its like 16-1 for me to call and something like 10-1 on the turn and river, I simply can't decide whether I'm going to win this kind of pot often enough for me to call it down. Here's the hand:
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is CO with
, . 2 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.
Flop: (9 SB)
![[9d]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9d.gif "The Nine of Diamonds")
, ![[7s]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/7s.gif "The Seven of Spades")
, (4 players)SB checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, SB raises, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, Hero 3-bets, SB caps, Hero calls.
Turn: (8.50 BB)
(2 players)SB bets, Hero calls.
River: (10.50 BB)
![[6d]](http://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/6d.gif "The Six of Diamonds")
(2 players)SB bets, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 12.50 BB
Results in white below:
SB has 7h 7d (three of a kind, sevens).
Hero has Kh Ac (one pair, aces).
Outcome: SB wins 12.50 BB.
One final question. Pre-flop if it's 2 bets to you do you ALWAYS re-raise or fold, or is there ever a place for cold calling? Ex. you have pocket 7's in LP, there is an EP raiser and 2 cold callers, what's the play, what if there were 3 callers, so 4 people total?
Total Results so far:
Stars .25/.50 - 1,402 hands
VPIP - 17.97
VPIPSB - 37.18
PFR - 7.77
W$WSF - 25.6
WSD- 26.79
W$SD - 52.22
Amount Won - $(26.15)
BB/100 - (3.73)
Statistics: Posted by JJSCOTT2 — Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:38 pm
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