Perhaps I am just a NL donk (100 NL hands for comments)

[piersmajestyk]

Playing some NL again and had a few hands that I would like some comments on positive or negative, thanks.

Opponent: 38/6

***** Hand History for Game 4610091363 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 28, 13:08:42 ET 2006
Table Table 96382 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 5: Sky11 ( $194.36 )
Seat 7: ThaiLadyBoy ( $117.55 )
Seat 10: Eat2BRounder ( $145.45 )
Seat 1: PMajestyk ( $102.25 )
Seat 2: seigaku ( $64.55 )
Seat 3: senate727 ( $99 )
Seat 9: paulwang1941 ( $105.43 )
Seat 4: firestar333 ( $112.56 )
Seat 6: DevildogRI ( $97.50 )
Seat 8: Lord_of_Sins ( $102 )
DevildogRI posts small blind [$0.50].
ThaiLadyBoy posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PMajestyk
Lord_of_Sins folds.
paulwang1941 folds.
Eat2BRounder folds.
PMajestyk calls [$1].
seigaku calls [$1].
senate727 folds.
firestar333 folds.
Sky11 calls [$1].
DevildogRI folds.
ThaiLadyBoy checks.
** Dealing Flop ** , ,
ThaiLadyBoy checks.
>You have options at Table 97757 Table!.
PMajestyk bets [$4].
seigaku calls [$4].
>You have options at Table 97757 Table!.
Sky11 raises [$12].
>You have options at Table 97757 Table!.
ThaiLadyBoy folds.
PMajestyk raises [$40.38].
seigaku folds.
Sky11 is all-In.
PMajestyk is all-In.
** Dealing Turn **
** Dealing River **
PMajestyk shows , three of a kind, fives.
Sky11 shows , a straight, three to seven.
Sky11 wins $92.11 from side pot #1 with a straight, three to seven.
Sky11 wins $208 from the main pot with a straight, three to seven.
>You have options at Table 96159 Table!.

I figured after the turn and river check that this guy held an underpair to kings that I could beat, guess he played me like a fool. He only had about 39.00 left so didn't see much value in making a smaller bet and having to fold if he raises me.

***** Hand History for Game 4610123786 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 28, 13:18:00 ET 2006
Table Table 96159 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: Flakm0nkey ( $215.39 )
Seat 3: PMajestyk ( $93.50 )
Seat 8: gvpkrdlr ( $57.95 )
Seat 7: theadvizer ( $108.50 )
Seat 10: jag43 ( $137.32 )
Seat 5: StuddDuckk ( $59.72 )
Seat 6: DymondsR4Evr ( $0 )
Seat 1: steenlink ( $36.95 )
Seat 9: sharkydkc ( $61.15 )
gvpkrdlr posts small blind [$0.50].
sharkydkc posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PMajestyk
>You have options at Table 96382 Table!.
>You have options at Irish Luck Table!.
>You have options at Table 97757 Table!.
jag43 folds.
cwwkitty has joined the table.
steenlink calls [$1].
Flakm0nkey calls [$1].
DymondsR4Evr has left the table.
>You have options at Table 96382 Table!.
PMajestyk raises [$5].
StuddDuckk folds.
theadvizer folds.
gvpkrdlr calls [$4.50].
>You have options at Irish Luck Table!.
sharkydkc folds.
shinar58 has joined the table.
>You have options at Irish Luck Table!.
>You have options at Irish Luck Table!.
steenlink calls [$4].
Flakm0nkey calls [$4].
** Dealing Flop ** , ,
>You have options at Irish Luck Table!.
gvpkrdlr checks.
steenlink checks.
Flakm0nkey checks.
>You have options at Table 96382 Table!.
PMajestyk bets [$13.25].
gvpkrdlr calls [$13.25].
steenlink folds.
Flakm0nkey folds.
** Dealing Turn **
gvpkrdlr checks.
PMajestyk checks.
** Dealing River **
gvpkrdlr checks.
PMajestyk bets [$52.98].
gvpkrdlr is all-In.
PMajestyk shows , two pairs, kings and queens.
gvpkrdlr shows , a full house, Kings full of threes.
PMajestyk wins $13.28 from side pot #1 with two pairs, kings and queens.
gvpkrdlr wins $123.90 from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of threes.

Guess nothing I can do here and probably lost the minimum.

***** Hand History for Game 4610149685 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 28, 13:25:08 ET 2006
Table Table 98819 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 4: Joeiik ( $156.94 )
Seat 6: ThaiLadyBoy ( $100 )
Seat 8: boiler89 ( $189.61 )
Seat 5: PMajestyk ( $299.65 )
Seat 2: brahmanshiva ( $139.95 )
Seat 7: senate727 ( $130.33 )
Seat 1: Xklusive111 ( $75.70 )
Seat 10: Krafty831 ( $139.75 )
Seat 9: rchidd ( $110.20 )
Seat 3: poker4kicks ( $70 )
PMajestyk posts small blind [$0.50].
ThaiLadyBoy posts big blind [$1].
poker4kicks posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PMajestyk
senate727 folds.
boiler89 calls [$1].
rchidd calls [$1].
Krafty831 folds.
Xklusive111 calls [$1].
brahmanshiva folds.
poker4kicks checks.
Joeiik folds.
PMajestyk raises [$5.50].
ThaiLadyBoy folds.
boiler89 calls [$5].
rchidd folds.
Xklusive111 folds.
poker4kicks folds.
** Dealing Flop ** , ,
PMajestyk bets [$10].
boiler89 calls [$10].
** Dealing Turn **
PMajestyk bets [$20].
boiler89 calls [$20].
** Dealing River **
PMajestyk checks.
boiler89 bets [$20].
PMajestyk calls [$20].
boiler89 shows , two pairs, kings and jacks.
PMajestyk doesn't show , a pair of aces.
boiler89 wins $113 from the main pot with two pairs, kings and jacks.
>You have options at Table 96382 Table!.

I certainly did not like his flop raise but decided to go with my hand.

***** Hand History for Game 4609963301 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 28, 12:25:10 ET 2006
Table Table 98819 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: pflynn27 ( $98.47 )
Seat 4: Joeiik ( $163.54 )
Seat 6: ThaiLadyBoy ( $100 )
Seat 8: boiler89 ( $223.06 )
Seat 5: PMajestyk ( $112.90 )
Seat 2: brahmanshiva ( $57.45 )
Seat 7: senate727 ( $96 )
Seat 9: Ramedlaw74 ( $110.60 )
Seat 1: Xklusive111 ( $85 )
Seat 10: Hal_H ( $95.35 )
PMajestyk posts small blind [$0.50].
ThaiLadyBoy posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PMajestyk
senate727 calls [$1].
boiler89 folds.
Ramedlaw74 folds.
Hal_H calls [$1].
Xklusive111 folds.
brahmanshiva folds.
pflynn27 folds.
Joeiik folds.
PMajestyk raises [$3.50].
>You have options at Table 96382 Table!.
ThaiLadyBoy folds.
senate727 calls [$3].
>You have options at Table 96382 Table!.
Hal_H calls [$3].
** Dealing Flop ** , ,
PMajestyk bets [$7].
senate727 folds.
Hal_H raises [$20].
>You have options at Table 96382 Table!.
PMajestyk is all-In.
>You have options at Table 96159 Table!.
Hal_H is all-In.
** Dealing Turn **
** Dealing River **
Hal_H shows , a pair of jacks.
PMajestyk shows , two pairs, aces and jacks.
PMajestyk wins $17.55 from side pot #1 with two pairs, aces and jacks.
PMajestyk wins $192.70 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and jacks.

[Zmej]

[Tatarana]

[T-Rod]

Hand 1) I like it. You can still out draw him 1 in 3 times and you're extracting value from overpairs.

Hand 2) I usually check that flop. You are way ahead/way behind there so betting just gets called by winning hands (and from a shortie you're now pot commited). Strange as it may seem, I'd rather check and call his turn push (because that's a bluff sometimes) than bet myself and have only winning hands call.

Hand 3) I like your play and the check call. He's donkish limp/calling a x5BB bet. He hit his 5 outer, what can you do?

Hand 4) He limp called your preflop raise which usually indicated some kind of drawing hand vs say QQ or JJ. So fearing a set is low. I don't mind getting aggressive on the flop, although I wonder how many guys call with the OESD.

[Pozzo]

Hand 1) Am I the only one who folds this? I was in a very similar situation today, except the action happened on the turn. In an unraised pot I flopped a set of 5's on a board. Donk lead out for $2, semi-solid player raised to $8. I think most players come over the top here. I call. Turn is a . donk leads out again for 2, semi-solid player raises to $20. I fold. It's much easier to fold this with the one-liner to the straight, but I think I also would have folded to an all-in on the flop. Anyway, Donk calls, semi-solid player shows 78 and wins with the straight. (River was a 6, meaning I would have filled up, but that's irrelevant).

I know there are a lot of hands you beat that your opponent might be playing here, so maybe getting all-in on the flop is correct, I don't know. But in unraised pot, versus a deep stack, I think I would want to play it a little slower.

[T-Rod]

[black_knight6]

[k3nt]

Hand 1 good.
Hand 2 check the danged river. Nothing's calling you.
Hand 3 absolutely perfect.