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Originally Posted by MikeStarr
Here are the highlights of todays session
1) MP raises $20. Whale calls OTB. I call SB 22
Flop ($60) 952. Checked around
Turn ($60) J. I check. MP checks. Button whale bets $50. I check raise to $150. He shoves. I call off a total of $515. He has J5. We run it twice and I win both.
Ive called raises with small to mid pps like this 32 times so far this month. This is the 2nd set Ive hit.
2) Button straddle. I raise to $35 MP JJ. Button makes it $125 with $250 total stack. I shove. He calls and we run it twice.
First board is KKTT4
Second board is A95J....at that point he tables AA.....river J.
We chop.
3) UTG whale opens $20. I call with 55. I probably should fold because there too high a chance someone will reraise, although I really want to play pots with the whale. The button calls. BB 3 bets to $80. Whale calls. I fold and button calls.
Flop ($260) A95. BB bets $175. UTG whale folds. Button shoves about $400. BB calls. They run it twice.....BB has AKs. Button has 99. I wouldve been set over setted.
Second board the case 5 falls and we wouldve chopped up the BBs stack.
4) Whale limps. I raise to $25 Td8d. Another whale calls in the SB. BB calls also. Limper folds.
Flop ($80) 8s3s2d. SB leads $50. BB calls. I make it $150. SB tank folds. BB calls
Turn ($430) Kc. He checks. I shove about $350 effective. He folds
5) EP limps. Whale limps in MP. I raise to $30 AJ in MP. BB and whale call
Flop ($95) As8c3d. Check around
Turn ($95) 4c. Checked to me. I bet $45. Whale calls.
River ($185) 8s. He leads $105. I call. He says "2 pair". I say 'which two?". He says "I guess you win" and I table. He mucks. He obviously had a 3 or a 4.
6) LP open limps. SB limps. I raise $35 BB with 97s. They both fold. Easy money.
7) I open 74s $20 HJ. BB calls
Flop ($40) 722. He checks. I bet $25. He folds.
Every day someone calls me a nit which is actually pretty hilarious because I'm constantly raising these type hands. I just rarely get to showdown.
8) 4 limps. I raise to $40 SB with KJ. They all fold cuz they think Im a nit
I mustve raised a bunch of limpers to $40 like 5 times from the blinds and they all folded each time. I never had a hand better than AT or KJ.
The funny thing is that I'm actually a tighter player than you preflop, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac LAG with no discipline. This is how I'd play these hands:
1) Yeah I'd play this hand the same way.
2) I'd probably sigh jam here, although I wouldn't be loving life. I'd much rather be the one 3betting JJ than facing a 3bet with JJ. I almost think we could find an exploitable fold in this spot.
3) I'd definitely fold here, regardless of your position. 88 is the minimum hand I'd want to call with here. Pure set mines are only marginally profitable if there's very little chance of facing a squeeze. They quickly become unprofitable when people start squeezing more.
4) You didn't say your position, but I'm only raising this hand in the CO or BTN. I've started folding it in the HJ. As played, I'd play pretty similar to you postflop. I like the flop raise and turn jam.
5) I play exactly the same.
6) Definitely checking this preflop and it's not even close. I don't see why we'd want to raise this hand from OOP.
7) Definitely folding this preflop and it's not even close. I'd only open this hand on the BTN. That's it.
8) I'm just completing this. I'd want AJ minimum to iso 4 limpers from the blinds.