Two Plus Two Publishing LLC Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
 

Go Back   Two Plus Two Poker Forums > No Limit Hold'em > Live Low-stakes NL

Notices

Live Low-stakes NL Discussion of up to 3/5 live no-limit, pot-limit and spread-limit Texas Hold'em poker games, situations and strategies.

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-02-2012, 10:23 PM   #1
centurion
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Sesame Street
Posts: 103
Preflop Scenario's, what to do?

I'm going to list a few scenario's and I would like to hear what you would do in the situation listed below.

2/5 NL @ Foxwoods Casino (Players are average at best)

Assume all players are unknown.

Your options:

Fold, Call, Check, Raise (Optional, explain your decision)

1.) AKo in the BB... 3 limpers early position, 1 raise of 25$ in the cutoff.

2.) AQo in the BB... 3 limpers early position, 1 raise of 25$ in the cutoff.

3.) 910s UTG...

4.) QJs on the button... 4 limpers early, 1 raise of 30$ behind you.

5.) 78s on the button...4 limpers early, 1 raise of 30$ behind you.

6.) 1010 in the BB... UTG raises to 25$, 3 callers.

7.) 88 in the cutoff... 5 limpers behind.

8.) 57o in the BB... UTG raises to 15$, 6 callers.

9.) AJo on the button... middle position raises 20$, 2 callers behind.

10.) KQs on the button... 6 limpers.

11.) KQs on the button... middle position raises 25$, 1 caller so far, 2 limpers early.

12.) KQs UTG...

13.) Q10o on the button... early raise 20$, 4 callers...

14.) K10o middle position... folded to me...

15.) A10o middle position... folded to me...

16.) A10s on the button... 15$ UTG raise, 2 callers...
tableclown is offline  
Old 07-02-2012, 11:22 PM   #2
veteran
 
tmckendry's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,358
Re: Preflop Scenario's, what to do?

Quote:
Originally Posted by tableclown View Post
I'm going to list a few scenario's and I would like to hear what you would do in the situation listed below.

2/5 NL @ Foxwoods Casino (Players are average at best)

Assume all players are unknown.

Your options:

Fold, Call, Check, Raise (Optional, explain your decision)

1.) AKo in the BB... 3 limpers early position, 1 raise of 25$ in the cutoff.

Call. I call here if the limpers are fish (which they probably are). I'd be raising JJ-AA here, though.

2.) AQo in the BB... 3 limpers early position, 1 raise of 25$ in the cutoff.

call.

3.) 910s UTG...

9 or 10 handed, folding 80%, raising 20%.

4.) QJs on the button... 4 limpers early, 1 raise of 30$ behind you.

call.

5.) 78s on the button...4 limpers early, 1 raise of 30$ behind you.

call.

6.) 1010 in the BB... UTG raises to 25$, 3 callers.

Call most of the time. Raising to $125 if UTG is opening worse than AQo/88 UTG.

7.) 88 in the cutoff... 5 limpers behind.

I'm raising to $50 most of the time. If the first limper is super loose I'm calling.

8.) 57o in the BB... UTG raises to 15$, 6 callers.

fold.

9.) AJo on the button... middle position raises 20$, 2 callers behind.

Against unknowns I call. If middle position is opening a bit wider and has a high fold23b I raise to $80.

10.) KQs on the button... 6 limpers.

Raise to $55. I want this to get 2-3 ways in position.

11.) KQs on the button... middle position raises 25$, 1 caller so far, 2 limpers early.

Call.

12.) KQs UTG...

Raise $25

13.) Q10o on the button... early raise 20$, 4 callers...

fold.

14.) K10o middle position... folded to me...

If no good players before the btn, I raise $25. If good players behind I'm probably limp/folding.

15.) A10o middle position... folded to me...

Raise to $25.

16.) A10s on the button... 15$ UTG raise, 2 callers...

I call if its deep (over 100bb), fold if its shallow.
These are default plays. Things can change so much based on villains, game flow, and table image. I'd say very few of my responses are actions I would take 90%+ of the time in a situation.
tmckendry is offline  
Old 07-02-2012, 11:39 PM   #3
centurion
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Sesame Street
Posts: 103
Re: Preflop Scenario's, what to do?

I'm having a bit of difficulty with technical stuff like this. I appreciate the response.

I have a few questions:

1.) Do you cbet against 2-3 callers with AK if you miss? Like a J 8 5 board or Q 6 J board? If yes, do you 2 barrel if you get a call?

2.) When you call with pairs like 88-1010 in those situations where you don't know where your at, your looking for a set or a board below your pair, right? (Moreso the set), like 88, a board of 2 4 7.... Worth seeing if your good with a raise or play it like you missed a set?

3.) Dumb question, when you call a 7 way pot with hands like 78s, 89s, you are seeking 2-pair or a huge draw when you are multiway right? Most of the time top pair won't be good or is that a very weak mindset?

4.) QJ, KJ, KQ.... I'm very very paranoid about these hands. Suited, it's nice to hit a huge draw, but when I hit just 1 pair and I get called, I'm always thinking about Ax, X being my pair. Sometimes, it's obvious if I'm good (preflop tells) but lets say I'm the original raiser, sometimes people flat call with AK/AQ... Ultimately, how far do you go with QJ, KJ, KQ... Find out by the turn? Scenario, QJs.... I call a raise on the button for 25.... Q 7 5 rainbow.... Do you play QJ aggressive? Raise the cbet? call? This is where I start to play these hands bad. When you "call" a raise with these hands, you almost never know where your at and its expensive to find out.

5.) A10s multiway pots.... I assume with A10 your either gonna win a small/medium pot with a pair of aces or a medium/large pot with broadway/flush/2-pair...

6.) Again, cbetting... I tend to give up a lot... KQ, JJ, QQ, AK, AQ.... If I raise the button and get more than 2 callers and the board looks like: A 3 7 and I have QQ or JJ, I usually just give up and accept my preflop raise loss... or AK/AQ, J 8 4 board, I dont cbet.... Is it correct to play safe like that in a multiway pot or should I be cbetting? (heads up, I'm cbetting almost always)

7.) Flush draws... Lets say you call J10s on the button, heads up. flop is Ks6s8c... Stacks are deep, do you factor in implied odds? I know heads up you aren't getting 3:1 to call, but is it safe to call if you know your opponent has AK and you will win money if you get there or is that gambling/fishy play?
tableclown is offline  
Old 07-02-2012, 11:47 PM   #4
Referee
 
venice10's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Living on the air in 3 forums
Posts: 15,561
Re: Preflop Scenario's, what to do?

Quote:
Originally Posted by tableclown View Post
I'm going to list a few scenario's and I would like to hear what you would do in the situation listed below.

2/5 NL @ Foxwoods Casino (Players are average at best)

Assume all players are unknown.
And that's the problem. The answer to all of your questions is, "it depends." The 2/5 player pool at Foxwoods isn't that deep. Knowing some of players, apply a generic answer is going to cost you a lot of money. Therefore I am locking this thread for your own good.

Stick to one real life situation, give good descriptions of the villains and you'll get useful answers.
venice10 is online now  

Closed Thread
      

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:49 AM.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0 ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.
Copyright © 2008-2010, Two Plus Two Interactive