Hello guys, I played some live games yesterday and I'm unsure if my lines were bad or if I just had some bad luck.
I would love some criticism on how I played this and what I could've done better.
The game is 1/1 with 50-200BB buy-in cap.
This format makes things hard to read. It's better to post one hand at a time and don't include spoilers.
Hand 1: Cooler once you hit top two. You would need some super strong read to consider slowing down.
Hand 2: Flop bet isn't large enough, $20 would be better. Turn check raise is getting too creative unless you have a specific read that villain will bet garbage. River bet is a mistake, either make a smaller blocking bet or check/evaluate.
Hand 3: Give up flop. You are paying way to much to try and stick around for a bluff later in the hand and you only have a gut shot draw. When it goes multiway to the turn give up on your bluffing plan without a specific read that both villains are weak. Villains are terrible but you will often be trying to bluff into a flush when this board goes multiway.
Hand 2 is either a bet or a check/call on the turn. Depending on what villain calls flop with and what he bets turn with. Mostly just bet though, villain's range for calling is going to be mostly AX and flush draws. Weaker pairs are giving up at some point and there isn't much else in play.
Hand 3 it's not just that it's multiway. Villain over bet the flop, even heads up you are paying way too much to call with just a gut shot draw and a plan to bluff villain later in the hand.
Once it does go multiway anyways and the flush hits continuing is suicide. At that point you will be betting into a flush a good portion of the time. As it turns out it didn't work for entirely different reasons but it's still in general not going to work enough. Also notice that UTG+2 is likely a fishy station. Opened in EP with garbage and called the turn with second pair despite multiple other people being in the hand. Trying to bluff him at any point is probably just -EV.
I just noticed I made a major **** up while posting Hand 3. He didn't bet 70 on the flop, he bet 7 lol. My bad, is there a way to edit the post? I don't find any edit button. Would it even change anything that the bet he made was 7?
I just noticed I made a major **** up while posting Hand 3. He didn't bet 70 on the flop, he bet 7 lol. My bad, is there a way to edit the post? I don't find any edit button. Would it even change anything that the bet he made was 7?
You can only edit posts for a short period of time after posting. I should have noticed that, the pot size on the turn was less then what you had him betting on the flop.
For $7 calling the flop with the intent of bluffing isn't entirely terrible. $7 is a small bet for that pot and that often means a weak hand. But when it goes multiway you need to be real careful bluffing. You want it to be heads up and to pick your targets with care because there are so many stations.
