So I somehow am qualified for the AP rtr freeroll tomorrow, and somehow earned a whopping $11 in rb last month.

So I am getting back to my roots and am going to runitup playing stud h/l. This also has to do with planning on playing the stud h/l tourney at the wsop (not that playing .25/.50 will help me, but I havent played stud h/l regularly in many months.

So this is .25/.50 on AP

normally I would raise this pf, but I am trying to play a bit more tight/passive and build the roll a bit without too much variance.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?853576

Thoughts?

Note that this does not mean I will still not take time off, but my Wii is not going to be here till Tuesday. Once it is here, I will probably take a few weeks off and reevaluate.

-J

hand 1... ok for the fold on 5th, imo. you caught a janky hand when people starting betting and the pot was small and your position sucked.

as for raising... that's suspect. i think this hand is a piece of cheese (esp. with lot of dead low cards) unless you think a raise will clear a lot of those low draws out and/or get it HU.


hand 2

jus folds on third... maybe a bring-in (maybe) is ok, but calling a completion? ugh. to play devil's advocate with myself, i suppose you could call it if you think you can get paid off big when you hit and people chase janky draws, but in this case, you'd be the one chasing the janky draw. calling a full bet is shaky, at best, imo.

interestingly, i might like a reraise with this hand in some situations, but this is not one of them.

once jus reaches 6th, he thanks his deity of choice that he's playing with a bunch of idiots who don't know how to value bet and happily checks behind. the likelihood of a mediocre made low (drawing to a str8 or flush) is high, so you aren't folding much. furthermore, your low draw is ugly, so....



[edited so that i can prove that spelling has a roll in my life. ]

Hand 1 I agree with Kuso.

I could see raising 345 or 456 but 678? The low is too week.

hand 2

I always wonder about these hands, but I am making a profit with them. Everything looks good to me.

Rolled queens go to crap.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?859165

Should I be raising at some point or do I want to call to keep the low draws in?

a comma what?