Is this thread a joke?

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sensing level thread. IF not, OP is invited to my table any time.

Lol I got trolled. Well done op. Had me for a minute

I would just flat the open and setmine. Not really sure of the point of the minraise, other than perhaps getting it HU in position with initiative and just cbetting any flop, but it then seems we're almost just taking our hand and turning it into a bluff. Plus the minraise is a small bet overall at a typical 1/3 table and could get called in other places (which it did), where we might then almost be setmining anyways if we go multiway. Plus we'll have to fold if 4bet, which is such a waste of a great opportunity.

I would probably pot the flop. People either have a hand to call with here or not. An A ain't going to fold. An OESD ain't going to fold. Everything else is probably going to fold, and it's highly unlikely any worse hands are going to catch a card on the turn which will encourage them to stack off. So I just bomb it and setup a turn shove. We're also committed here with this SPR, so in these cases I think it's best just to bomb because we can never fold, even if a scary turn card comes (and this was a horrible turn card as it completed the most likely draw).

I'm not sure why we did a small bet on the flop only to then overshove the turn. People are most likely to call big bets on the flop (where they have a lot more potential to make a hand, turn a backdoor draw, believe we are bluffing, etc.) than they are on the turn. But we got the money in, so ok.

The results are what they are, they don't matter. Even though it was a sucky bad beat and we got our money in extremely good on each street, I still think we misplayed the hand (not that the hand would have turned out any differently anyways).

ETA: Sigh, last post obviously points to a troll thread.

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you need a serious re-think about how this game is played. The goal of poker when you have a strong hand is to get worse hands to call you. Those hands will sometimes catch you - but the money you win far outweighs the money you lose in the long run.

Your challenge is to handle the swings in the times you lose, and keep thinking about the long run. If you can't, then you'll never be a profitable poker player.

Also, LOL at a 40 hand sample. I've played 15 hours (450 hands) without seeing premiums. And that's as common as hell.

fold pre dude

Is this a legit thread? Or is OP trolling?

Welcome OP. Please read the stickies on posting. To be honest, I would have locked this if I noticed it earlier. Don't post your bad beat, post your hand up until the decision point you have the most question about and stop there.

When you post the results, you get crappy advice, even from the folks who are trying not to be results oriented.

OK, having read more of the thread, ima lock it up anyway. If OP is serious, I recommend going to the Beginner's Questions forum, because there are a lot of fundamentals you don't understand. If OP is trolling, that is not allowed in this forum.