OP you said you’re on some kind of bad run or something but you continually post these train wreck hands.

As played I’d min click and GII on any turn.

Like most things you post on this forum, this is incorrect.

OK, what does effective stack mean then?

It means everyone at the table covers him. How you have 4000+ hours (allegedly) and don’t know something as basic as this is not surprising.

LOL...Duh...my bad. Havent had my coffee yet

Well played sir.

I don't mind the short stack. At 60bb's, just try committing to making the obvious play for a few sessions. When you think you have the best hand, bet or raise. When you don't, check, call, or fold.

This is a short stackers dream spot. 3 bet pre and jam the flop... if you lost this one it's on you

The problem is that OP is playing a short stack but trying his best not to commit with AA

3! Pre.
AP, flat flop, jam turn. Nobrainer spot 60bb deep.

The only reason this could ever be a thread is if you folded and he showed you a set and now you want a pat on the back for your sick read.

No reason to flame OP in the strategy forum. No one said to flat here, OP, because this just isn't the time to flat AA, even short. If you were button or CO facing a LJ or HJ raise, maybe you could make an argument for flatting.

The problem with trying to slow play here is that UTG and UTG+1 both look very strong, especially at a less-than-lively table, so it would be a terrible spot for a villain squeeze play, but a great spot to speculate versus a strong range, in position. You are forcing your opponents to play well, which is never what you want.

As played, call flop, with the intention of calling down. But notice that against the ranges you let see the flop for cheap, there really aren't very many good cards in the deck for you, and there are a lot for your opponent.

Aside, I play in the same room as you, and I would never be playing 2/5 with 300 bucks when the 1/3 games are so good in there. But there is nothing wrong with buying in short, especially while building your game/confidence. No reason to get fancy with big hands when short though. ABC poker.

I think that is a bad read and he lost the hand at showdown?

OK I guess I'll move on to the next street. Hero calls $45 figuring he's probably still ahead but a raise will only get called by better. Everyone else folds.

Turn ($190): Jh. Qh-7-9-Jh. V bets $75.

Your Queen changed suits.

Before you decide turn action, what do you think villain's range is on the flop? And then what range do you think he continues leading on the turn?

Please just shove the turn. I don't care what the suits are.

Sorry, the jack brought a bdfd in hearts. Maybe the 9 was a heart, not the queen. Anyway, I put him on Qx, possibly sets or two pair, and the straight draws: T8 (which got there ott) or 68. I figured he continues with strong Qx (KQ+), sets and two pair, T8, and for bluffs, potentially 68hh. Now I am beating AQ, KQ, and very strangely played QT, 68hh, losing to everything else (97, 77, 99, QJ, Q9, Q7, T8).

I mean, I only post the hands I think I could have played better, so you're getting a one-dimensional view of my overall level of play when you read these HHs. (Not that I really care at the end of the day what anyone here thinks about my poker skills in general.) I don't typically post the hands I played well just for a pat on the back. That would be pointless. Getting feedback on these hands means I'm less likely to make the same mistakes again.

And yes, this month I've had some runbad. I don't think that means I can't also have playbad mixed in there, even if it doesn't account for most of the losses.

Of course you do. Who else do you think cares about whether these trivial spots you keep getting yourself into are indicative of your poker skills in general? Not us.

OP: The point is that this doesn't need to be, and should not be, a PAHWM. Very few hands are PAHWM-worthy. There have to be multiple genuinely challenging decision points.

When you want advice on a hand, default to just posting the whole hand up front and asking for comments on every street. You'll get better responses and less flame than when you force everyone to go through this whole song and dance of waiting for each street for spots they'd never be in.

Bump. Llsnl isn't your personal hand blog to post dolty lines all day for fun.