bit late but happy birthday! have a good one?

only just caught up with this thread, gl!

Thx. We played pool for quite a long time... It was fun.

Lost another BI...


Hand #1:
Villain was preflop loose/passive, posflop overly aggro. I'm still not sure if I should have raised already OTF.

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($11.86)
BB ($10.15)
UTG ($10)
UTG+1 ($8.05)
Hero ($10)
BTN ($13.33)

Dealt to Hero A K

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.20, Hero raises to $0.80, fold, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls $0.60

FLOP ($1.75) 3 4 T

UTG+1 bets $0.80, Hero calls $0.80

TURN ($3.35) 3 4 T 2

UTG+1 bets $0.80, Hero raises to $2.40, UTG+1 raises to $6.45 (AI), Hero calls $4.05

RIVER ($16.25) 3 4 T 2 J

UTG+1 shows Q T
(Pre 34%, Flop 50.8%, Turn 63.6%)

Hero shows A K
(Pre 66%, Flop 49.2%, Turn 36.4%)

UTG+1 wins $15.52


Hand #2:
OR was unknown but seemed nitty. BTN was a huge maniac. Once the OR had called again OTF I thought I was done with the hand.

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($7.04)
Hero ($17.23)
UTG ($10.83)
CO ($12.62)
BTN ($4.55)

Dealt to Hero Q Q

fold, CO raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, SB calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.70, CO calls $1.40, BTN calls $1.40, fold

FLOP ($5.40) 3 4 5

Hero bets $2.50, CO calls $2.50, BTN raises to $2.85 (AI), Hero calls $0.35, CO calls $0.35

TURN ($13.95) 3 4 5 2

Hero checks, CO checks

RIVER ($13.95) 3 4 5 2 6

Hero checks, CO checks

Hero shows Q Q
(Pre 71%, Flop 10.9%, Turn 7.9%)

CO shows 5 5
(Pre 19%, Flop 65.6%, Turn 79.4%)

BTN shows 7 2
(Pre 10%, Flop 23.4%, Turn 12.7%)

BTN wins $13.32

AK: Raising on the turn doesn't make much sense I would either raise flop or call both streets.

I raised OTT as I picked up some more equity and as his bet was so weak I thought I had enough FE too. IDK.

Oh your right man. I was on my phone at the hospital before and didn't realize his bet size. U played it fine.

I haven't practically played any hand this month as I was so busy with my work. The only interesting hand from today was against a reggish player.

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($10.69)
BB ($11.77)
UTG ($9.48)
CO ($10.94)
Hero ($10.78)

Dealt to Hero 9 9

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.25, fold, BB calls $0.15

FLOP ($0.55) 5 K 2

BB checks, Hero bets $0.40, BB calls $0.40

TURN ($1.35) 5 K 2 4

BB checks, Hero bets $0.80, BB calls $0.80

RIVER ($2.95) 5 K 2 4 A

BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows Q Q
(Pre 81%, Flop 92.4%, Turn 95.5%)

Hero shows 9 9
(Pre 19%, Flop 7.6%, Turn 4.5%)

BB wins $2.82

I think you played that hand well. River I think check unless you have reads on villain, the way the board came out lots of A high going to call all the way until river.

After the turn I thought he had a lot of Kx hands. I doubt I had any SD value so I should have rather bet river again (as a bluff). On the other hand I'm not sure villain could have folded a strong Kx hand...

A small loosing session for month' start.

Villain was a huge (63/2) fish. Steal limped pot: 80%, very high postflop AFq.

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SB ($10)
Hero ($10.57)
UTG ($12.30)
UTG+1 ($11.73)
CO ($10)
BTN ($6.96)

Dealt to Hero K 9

fold, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.10, fold, Hero checks

FLOP ($0.25) 2 A 3

Hero checks, BTN bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

TURN ($0.85) 2 A 3 J

Hero checks, BTN bets $0.30, Hero raises to $0.90, BTN folds

Hero shows K 9

Hero wins $1.38

One hand from yesterday: villain was taggish. What about my river sizing? x/f'ing seems too weak (even for me ).

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($10.05)
BB ($13.28)
Hero ($13.14)
BTN ($10.03)

Dealt to Hero K Q

Hero raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, fold, fold

FLOP ($0.75) 3 Q 6

Hero bets $0.50, BTN calls $0.50

TURN ($1.75) 3 Q 6 7

Hero bets $1.20, BTN calls $1.20

RIVER ($4.15) 3 Q 6 7 6

Hero bets $3, BTN raises to $8.03 (AI), Hero folds

BTN wins $9.69

A few hands from today:


Hand #1:
Villain was marked as a nit but today (after only a few hands) he seemed to be playing quite loosely. x/f'ing OTF too weak? BTW I had a nitty image on this table.

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($13.40)
Hero ($10)
UTG ($6.34)
UTG+1 ($9.27)
CO ($8.08)
BTN ($3.12)

Dealt to Hero Q T

UTG calls $0.10, UTG+1 calls $0.10, CO raises to $0.65, fold, SB calls $0.60, Hero raises to $1.90, fold, fold, CO calls $1.25, fold

FLOP ($4.65) 2 4 Q

Hero checks, CO bets $6.18 (AI), Hero folds

CO wins $4.44


Hand #2:
OR was unknown but seemed tight. His turn bet was so weak...

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SB ($9.90)
BB ($3.59)
UTG ($14.08)
Hero ($11.45)
CO ($4.33)
BTN ($13.94)

Dealt to Hero 8 7

UTG raises to $0.20, Hero calls $0.20, fold, BTN calls $0.20, fold, BB calls $0.10

FLOP ($0.85) J 5 9

BB checks, UTG bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40, BTN folds, BB folds

TURN ($1.65) J 5 9 9

UTG bets $0.60, Hero raises to $2.30, UTG folds

Hero shows 8 7

Hero wins $2.72


Hand #3:
Villain was unknown but seemed to be too loose. I would have called a smaller bet OTR too.

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SB ($13.09)
BB ($11.66)
UTG ($11.85)
CO ($10)
Hero ($10.48)

Dealt to Hero J J

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.25, SB calls $0.20, fold

FLOP ($0.60) 6 Q 7

SB checks, Hero checks

TURN ($0.60) 6 Q 7 2

SB bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

RIVER ($1.20) 6 Q 7 2 Q

SB checks, Hero bets $0.70, SB calls $0.70

SB shows 6 5
(Pre 22%, Flop 27.4%, Turn 11.4%)

Hero shows J J
(Pre 78%, Flop 72.6%, Turn 88.6%)

Hero wins $2.48

Villain was more or less unknown but was too loose pre and quite passive postflop. I should have bet OTR, shouldn't I?

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($14.06)
BB ($6.26)
Hero ($15.12)
CO ($10.10)
BTN ($10.60)

Dealt to Hero J K

Hero raises to $0.30, fold, BTN calls $0.30, fold, BB calls $0.20

FLOP ($0.95) 2 6 J

BB bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50, BTN folds

TURN ($1.95) 2 6 J Q

BB bets $0.70, Hero calls $0.70

RIVER ($3.35) 2 6 J Q J

BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows A 5
(Pre 60%, Flop 39.6%, Turn 22.7%)

Hero shows J K
(Pre 40%, Flop 60.4%, Turn 77.3%)

Hero wins $3.20

Hey missed your birthday so belated happy birthday for the big 40.

1st AK hand sucks that he plays it this way but I would just call his turn bet and try and draw cheaply.

QQ hand Im not sure you can do anything different and looks fine its just one of those situations that I seem to find myself in a lot holding an overpair against more than 1 villain and they seem to flop a lot of sets. It seems very hard to be the one holding the set in situations like this.

99 I think the turn bet is thin but really dont know the best way to play the spot. If he is drawing we give him a free card to draw and if he has hit his hand then hes not folding on a blank turn. I get these wrong a lot and when I bet the turn they have TP but when I dont bet the turn they will fire the river nearly 100% and the times I call Im beat a lot. So in short if you want a good redline fire the turn, if your not fussed decide on the river when they fire. As played I dont like a rivr bluff against someone calling the flop and turn that much because im noticing people simply cant fold at 6max and you will get called light. It makes a case for making bigger value bets how light people call.

K9s I would probably bet flop and the turn to try and get some money in the pot for when we do hit. its one of those where its hard to win the pot by check/calling.

KQ is weird because his hand on the river is 33/66 and thats it. Trying to think of a range on the river that can call a bet and wont simply fold. I ont like check/call because theres no missed draws and he probably dosnt turn SD hands in to a bluff so if we check then its to check/fold but in reality we might only get calls off QJ/QT. I could see myself making a smaller blocker type bet thinking he calls with worse Qx and maybe some underpairs and never raises worse.

QT dont like the squeeze as most people arnt isoing 2 limpers that light. I think if I check with TP here then it would be to call a bet hoping I induce a shove with hands like JJ/TT that he could find a fold with pre.

87s I probably fold pre with the shorties behind. Could maybe 3bet but meh against an unknown. I think I take the chance to draw cheap again on the turn and then see what the river brings. Flop raise would look really strong and could be an option but think I prefer the call.

JJ looks well played.

Thx MartL!

Well, yes but I thought I had enough FE and currently I'm trying to be more aggro postflop.

Yep.

Actually I was quite confident how I should have played this hand. Villain was an aggro fish postflop so I was sure he will fire twice and I was also sure I had enough sizing tells to decide if I can make him fold OTT.

Yes, a smaller bet could have been better.

So much dead money in the pot... IDK...

Thx MartL again for the hand analysis! I hope I'll see you posting again in your thread too.

I see you mention been more aggressive and its something I seem to have a big problem with in that I will be aggresive against the wrong players. Like bluff raising fish and carrying on betting once they have called, or like in that example raising a draw when the villain is fishy when I could probably call and if the fish has a hand and I get there hes probably paying me off anyway.

I think with the QT hand I would like it more if we had say a hand like T8s or 67s in that we are still obviously bluffing and dont want to see a flop but if we do see a flop we know exactly where we stand. Like here we flop TP and just dont know where we are because we have to think a lot of the time he 4bets with AA/KK which makes me lean towards check/call been good.

QT: I think when he shoves he has a hand (AQ). I expect him to check back w/ JJ and hands like that.

I prefer bluff raising with blocker hands to suited connectors as the main goal is to take down the pot immediately.

Another small winning but good session.


Hand #1:
Biggest loosing hand against a laggy player.

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
Hero ($13.41)
BB ($10)
UTG ($10)
UTG+1 ($10)
CO ($10.97)
BTN ($12.44)

Dealt to Hero A 8

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.30, fold, Hero raises to $0.90, fold, CO calls $0.60

FLOP ($1.90) T K 3

Hero bets $1.10, CO calls $1.10

TURN ($4.10) T K 3 2

Hero bets $2.30, CO calls $2.30

RIVER ($8.70) T K 3 2 3

Hero checks, CO checks

CO shows Q T
(Pre 42%, Flop 88.2%, Turn 93.2%)

Hero shows A 8
(Pre 58%, Flop 11.8%, Turn 6.8%)

CO wins $8.31


Hand #2:
OR was an aggrodonk, BTN was a laggy player.

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($12.89)
Hero ($13.47)
UTG ($10)
CO ($10.70)
BTN ($11.15)

Dealt to Hero Q A

fold, CO raises to $0.20, BTN calls $0.20, fold, Hero raises to $1.20, fold, BTN calls $1

FLOP ($2.65) 3 8 9

Hero checks, BTN checks

TURN ($2.65) 3 8 9 7

Hero checks, BTN checks

RIVER ($2.65) 3 8 9 7 2

Hero checks, BTN bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

Hero shows Q A
(Pre 73%, Flop 72.5%, Turn 84.1%)

BTN shows J Q
(Pre 27%, Flop 27.5%, Turn 15.9%)

Hero wins $3.29


Hand #3:
Against a nit. Fold pre? x/c flop?

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($10.27)
Hero ($10)
UTG ($42.48)
UTG+1 ($13.23)
CO ($6.01)
BTN ($15.40)

Dealt to Hero 5 5

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.30, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.20

FLOP ($0.65) 2 5 J

Hero checks, CO bets $0.42, Hero raises to $1.20, CO calls $0.78

TURN ($3.05) 2 5 J 4

Hero bets $1.70, CO folds

Hero shows 5 5

Hero wins $2.91

Hand 1 is a very clear 3 barrel. Tons of missed draws and weak 1 pair hands

Hand 3 I think x/c is better. Super dry flop you're turning face up while not giving V a chance to bluff or catch a pair.

Don't you think villain has enough TP hands so that TB would be not profitable? I was quite shocked villain didn't had TP.

Yes, but do we x/r turn or we hope villain fires OTR too?!?

Hand 1 I would be calling pre depending on the BB. I think A8s is too strong against a loose player to turn in to a bluff and I dont think strong enough to 3bet for value. I like Choices idea of the 3 barrel but in all honesty I dont think you get many folds in 3bet pots at the micros after they call the flop and turn. Against a decent player I think it works well though.

Hand 2 I think is well played. I wouldnt expect to get many folds betting this flop so again we would be betting hoping to turn an over card we can bet again on.

Hand 3 call pre is fine. Theirs a trick to this though, I used to fold small PP`s against everything but LP opens which I guess is fine if we are simply playing fit or fold. Since then though I have started check/raising a lot in the blinds vs LP opens on decent flops so I have an image that can look a bit wild to some players. So like here I think check/raising this flop is totally fine as long as you are capable of check/raising this flop as a bluff.

The villains range on this flop is weaker than yours and you will get a ton of folds off villains that will simply look at their hand and see it dosnt connect with the board. The idea then is that eventually they will see you raising a dry board and play back at you which is great in spots like this and then you can widen your value range to start including some TP hands.

The check/raise only has to work just over 50% of the time depending on sizings and a LP range simply cant stand a raise that often so as long as you choose good villains to do it against its easy money and sets yourself up for more profitable spots in the future which goes back to my first point that I now call with all low PP`s against EP raises because when I do hit and they see that I am check/raising a ton they will think Im FOS and try and play back in a spot where I will be very rarely check/raising as a bluff against an EP open.

1) Given that he shows QTo this villain probably has more Kx than most but how much of an average 3b calling range do you think Kx makes up? AK 4bs mostly as does KK. I think he'll have much more AQ/AJ/AT, QQ/JJ than KQ/KJ. Weaker Kx hands probably consider a fold to 3b, bet, bet, shove too.

2) Depends on the turn/river/villain. My preference would be to raise river but if the turn brought a flush draw or I knew V would give up rivers then raise earlier.

Made a few bad calls today (out of frustration ).


Hand #1:
Villain was a 34/10 fish with high postflop AFq (42%) and 4/4 bet vs missed c-bet.

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($12.29)
Hero ($10)
UTG ($6.08)
CO ($18.35)
BTN ($17.25)

Dealt to Hero 8 8

UTG raises to $0.30, fold, BTN calls $0.30, fold, Hero calls $0.20

FLOP ($0.95) J 2 4

Hero checks, UTG checks, BTN bets $0.80, Hero calls $0.80, UTG folds

TURN ($2.55) J 2 4 Q

Hero checks, BTN bets $1.10, Hero calls $1.10

RIVER ($4.75) J 2 4 Q 4

Hero checks, BTN checks

Hero shows 8 8
(Pre 19%, Flop 7.6%, Turn 4.5%)

BTN shows T T
(Pre 81%, Flop 92.4%, Turn 95.5%)

BTN wins $4.54


Hand #2:
Villain was a bad LAG with 43% AFq.

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($15.42)
BB ($19.27)
UTG ($11.27)
UTG+1 ($10)
Hero ($10)
BTN ($7.31)

Dealt to Hero K J

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.30, fold, SB calls $0.25, fold

FLOP ($0.70) Q J 9

SB checks, Hero bets $0.40, SB calls $0.40

TURN ($1.50) Q J 9 K

SB checks, Hero checks

RIVER ($1.50) Q J 9 K Q

SB bets $1.10, Hero calls $1.10

Hero shows K J
(Pre 74%, Flop 8.9%, Turn 10.2%)

SB shows T K
(Pre 26%, Flop 91.1%, Turn 89.8%)

SB wins $3.53


Hand #3:
Another bad LAG with high AFq...

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($14.72)
Hero ($10)
UTG ($10.15)
UTG+1 ($9.19)
CO ($10)
BTN ($5.17)

Dealt to Hero J A

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.22, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.12

FLOP ($0.49) 5 J 5

Hero checks, UTG+1 checks

TURN ($0.49) 5 J 5 T

Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

RIVER ($1.09) 5 J 5 T 7

Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $1.15, Hero calls $1.15

Hero shows J A
(Pre 58%, Flop 8.9%, Turn 4.5%)

UTG+1 shows 4 5
(Pre 42%, Flop 91.1%, Turn 95.5%)

UTG+1 wins $3.24


Hand #4:
OR was a reg, 3-bettor a laggy player. Should I have min 4bet/fold (against the reg and of course call against the LAG)?

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NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
Hero ($10)
BB ($10.58)
UTG ($11.99)
UTG+1 ($9.85)
CO ($10.15)
BTN ($3.95)

Dealt to Hero Q Q

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.30, BTN raises to $0.80, Hero calls $0.75, BB calls $0.70, CO calls $0.50

FLOP ($3.20) 5 5 K

Hero checks, BB checks, CO checks, BTN bets $1.55, Hero folds, BB folds, CO folds

BTN wins $3.06

h1: i might x/r turn there because of his bet size
h3: looks fine
h4: 4b/get it all in, BTN only has 40bb

Yes, this could be an option indeed. TBH I didn't even think of it...

Well, of course I was not afraid of BTN but the OR. So can I min 4bet/fold if the OR shoves?