First, is anyone else having problems with bisonbison's converter with empire LHE? Oh well, onto the hands. I wanted to post the two hands I felt the least comfortable with the last two days and see if anyone had any input. I feel they were both kinda tough hands to get off of (The turn in the first hand, and the river in the second) Mostly, I want to know if you think folding is better than calling in those two spots.



Party Poker (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
UTG+1 Calls, MP1 Calls, CO Raises, Hero Reraises, Small Blind Calls, UTG+1 Calls, MP1 folds, CO calls..

Flop: , , (4 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, CO Bets, Hero Raises, SB folds, UTG+1 folds, CO Reraises, Hero calls. Ruh roh, I suspect KQ, also QQ in the back of my mind. AK also possible. But I don't think folding is good here, I at least need to see if the turn is an ace, or maybe a jack or ten to bring the backdoor draw to life.

Turn: (2 players)
CO Bets, Hero calls. Bad card, bad! Now if he was semi bluffing with a hand like , he just got there, and I have no redraw. I'm dead against that. Also, he might have AK with , or KQ with , meaning one of my aces on the river may not help me. I think I should have folded here.

River: (2 players)
CO Bets, Hero calls. Obviously I shouldn't fold now, but of course, this card doesn't help me against all the hands I suspected him to be beating me with, so raising is out of the question. At this point, I call and hope.

Final Pot: $137

Results in white below:
CO has Qc Ks (full house, kings full of queens).
Hero has Ad Kc (three of a kind, kings).
Outcome:



To overcall or not to overcall? That is the question.


Party Poker (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
UTG Calls, 3 folds, CO Calls, Hero Raises, Both blinds fold, UTG and CO call.

Flop: , , (4 players)
UTG checks, CO checks, Hero checks. I normally bet here, that is, with 2 people in and all low cards flop that aren't 987 or 986/976. 985 isn't so bad (Ten has no gut shot), but I decide to check. Mix up my play a bit, I had been betting at a lot of missed flops lately and I figured it was time to check one.

Turn: (4 players)
UTG Bets, CO calls, Hero calls. I figure the abc draw play is best here as I don't expect to win without a showdown, and I wouldn't feel too good about betting the river if an ace or non spade king hits.

River: (4 players)
UTG Bets, CO calls, Hero ... Which it just did. Hrm, now I'm left in an awkward position. I couldn't decide if an overcall was profitable here, so I just did it.

Hero calls.

UTG Has ,
CO has , (WINNAR)
Hero has ,

Final Pot: $94