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Hand 1 and 3 I have to agree with Ojingo.Nothing much else to say. The raise on the river in hand 1 is ugly, really. When you get re-raised and read KJ I think even the call for the last 23 is dubious (sp). I could argue for a ½pot semi-bluff type of bet on turn unless he's the trappy, checkraise type but I'm at work so I don't have time to think it through
In hand 2, however, I think your play is (marginally) good. Against a set you're a 40/60 dog if we assume your idiot straight draw will be good so you don't need much FE here at all for this play to be at least break even. Against a hand like 5678 you're even money if he doesn't block any of your flush cards and you're a slight (55/45) favorite against a good looking hand like 6789 which I would probably play like your opponent did. Check-raising might allow you to get some more dead money into the pot so that might be marginally preferable. It would also be a good play for representing TT as it is a common way to play top set from EP (at least for me).
/Anders
Statistics: Posted by Anders — Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:05 am
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3) I wouldn't raise pf with such a small stack. No implied odds, even negative implied odds, as you saw.
Statistics: Posted by Ojingo — Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:30 am
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For the first hour I had the nuts every time I bet or raised, and did not get called once. So I figure hey, if they're not calling my bets I should probably start semi-bluffing. Sound theory? I think so. Unfortunately the only time tonight I actually DID get called was when I was semi-bluffing. Doh. Anyway, let's see if I screwed up these too badly:
#1
I've got
![[8h]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8h.gif "The Eight of Hearts")
![[Jd]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Jd.gif "The Jack of Diamonds")
![[Js]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Js.gif "The Jack of Spades")
[10s] in EP and limp behind UTG, folded to the blinds who both play so we're 4 to the flop. Flop comes J52 with two diamonds. I pot it and only SB calls. Turn is the ![[Kd]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kd.gif "The King of Diamonds")
so the flush got there. SB checks and I check behind. River is another K, SB bets out 12 I pot raise and he puts me in for another 23 and I call. I figure he must have had KJ and a flush draw so I call. Actually, turns our he had ![[8s]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8s.gif "The Eight of Spades")
![[9h]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9h.gif "The Nine of Hearts")
![[Jc]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Jc.gif "The Jack of Clubs")
![[Kh]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kh.gif "The King of Hearts")
. I didn't find that out until I just checked the HH to copy his hand. Wow, guess you can call it a bad beat then. Anyway, let's just pretend he had a diamond draw so I can be happy. Is it bad to raise the river there?#2
I've got AQ43 with the A suited to clubs in the BB and get a free peek. Flop is T65 with two clubs. I lead for 5 into a 4 player field (ie: pot size). Folded to MP who pops it to 20, folded back to me. I push... or try to, turns out I have 7 left. I get them in on the brick turn and he calls with 66 for middle set (exactly the sort of hand I thought I could get him to drop). I blame this one on BTP for some reason. Should I play the hand differently? Check/call flop? Check/raise?
#3
Now I only have 35 left. Not gonna reload because this is my last lap and I am bored with losing full stacks. Not tilting though. I just re-read Zen and The Art of Poke Her. I've got A986 with the club draw otb. Almost everyone limps and I raise pot to 8.50. Two callers. Flop comes 977 rainbow. Checked to me and I put my stack in. EP has a pretty easy call with AK99 and I am drawing dead. Figured only a 7 or 99 can call here and with me holding a 9 the top full should be rare. I'm guessing the mistake was popping it preflop?
So any patterns of donkness I should be aware of?
With this losing session my win rate at this site just dropped below 1 stack/hr.
Statistics: Posted by Stoneburg — Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:05 pm
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