Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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Hero (BTN): $51.81
SB: $17.77 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 1
BB: $52.96 - VPIP: 23, PFR: 19, 3B: 6, AF: 4.0, Hands: 114
UTG: $94.99 - VPIP: 25, PFR: 25, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 8
MP: $39.98 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 18, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 28
CO: $18.16 - VPIP: 50, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with K K
1 fold, MP raises to $0.75, CO calls $0.75, Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, MP raises to $10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $51.81, MP calls $29.98 all in

Flop: ($81.06) T 9 A (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: ($81.06) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($81.06) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $81.06
Hero shows K K
MP shows Q Q
Hero wins $67.23
(Rake: $2.00)



Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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Hero (BTN): $33.54
SB: $25.30 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 20, 3B: 17, AF: 1.5, Hands: 15
BB: $49.13 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 11, 3B: 5, AF: 1.6, Hands: 142
UTG: $18.33 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 12, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 17
MP: $26.46 - VPIP: 17, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 6
CO: $30.81 - VPIP: 25, PFR: 19, 3B: 25, AF: 1.0, Hands: 16

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with J K
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.50, SB raises to $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.25) 9 5 J (2 players)
SB bets $1.50, Hero calls $1.50

Turn: ($7.25) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.91, SB raises to $8.50, Hero calls $5.59

River: ($24.25) 4 (2 players)
SB bets $13.30, Hero calls $13.30

Final Pot: $50.85
Hero shows J K
SB shows T T
Hero wins $48.85
(Rake: $2.00)

Villain you butchered that hand!!!

Top tip for anybody out there:

NEVER, EVER GOOGLE "BUTCHERED" AND SELECT IMAGES...OMG

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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BTN: $21.85 - VPIP: 100, PFR: 100, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 1
SB: $69.45 - VPIP: 26, PFR: 11, 3B: 13, AF: 0.0, Hands: 19
Hero (BB): $25.25
UTG: $27.10 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 3
MP: $49.47 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 3
CO: $16.42 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 6

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with K K
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.75, SB calls $0.65, Hero raises to $3.75, BTN calls $3, 1 fold

Flop: ($8.25) 7 K 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $8.00, Hero calls $8

Turn: ($24.25) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $10.10, Hero calls $10.10

River: ($44.45) J (2 players)

Final Pot: $44.45
BTN shows J A
Hero shows K K
Hero wins $42.45
(Rake: $2.00)

Villain is spazzing and I've got...



...huge nuts

Is your sn outed? Just wondering as I've seen someone called Fatboy at the tables recently

I don't thinks...and it's not anything like my 2+2 un. I plan is to out it on Sunday when I bink the Sunday Storm

Is yours out?

PS

stick around...I'm going off topic and posting some hands for review shortly

PPS

There are quite "Fat w/e" on Stars...I wonder why??

No mine isn't out. The guys name was 'fatboy..' with a number on the end of it and they were from the UK. Seen them a couple of times with less than 100bb so didn't think it was you.

A little bit of thread digression, after all I am wanting to improve and move up in a reccy sort of way.

So I'be been working off felt on 3bets pots, specifically balance and bluffing. What I am interest below is flop and turn play specifically. I expect there will be the odd "fold pre" in this batch, but like i said, it's flop & turn that I'm wanting help with. Obviously where the river is played/folded, I'd be grateful if you point out any glaring error (or hero boss play ) also.

It's all 25nlz and reads are as you see them. My basic stats are: 21/16/8

1


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BTN: $25.41 - VPIP: 30, PFR: 25, 3B: 0, AF: 0.5, Hands: 20
Hero (SB): $25.73 -
BB: $25.00 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 13, 3B: 0, AF: 2.7, Hands: 63
UTG: $101.07 - VPIP: 6, PFR: 6, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 17
MP: $106.80 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 11, 3B: 5, AF: 1.6, Hands: 142
CO: $25.89 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 70

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with K Q
1 fold, MP raises to $0.50, 2 folds, Hero raises to $2, 1 fold, MP calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.25) 4 A 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.25, MP calls $2.25

Turn: ($8.75) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $4.43, MP calls $4.43

River: ($17.61) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $98.12, Hero folds

2

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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[b]Hero (BTN): $25.00 -
SB: $35.47 - VPIP: 17, PFR: 8, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 12
BB: $60.96 - VPIP: 50, PFR: 17, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 6
UTG: $31.40 - VPIP: 31, PFR: 23, 3B: 2, AF: 1.4, Hands: 137
MP: $27.01 - VPIP: 17, PFR: 15, 3B: 3, AF: 2.0, Hands: 156
CO: $25.80 - VPIP: 40, PFR: 20, 3B: 0, AF: 0.3, Hands: 5

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with 5 7
2 folds, CO raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.25, 2 folds, CO calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.85) T 4 3 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $2.45, CO calls $2.45

Turn: ($9.75) 6 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $4.93, CO calls $4.93

River: ($19.61) K (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $15.37, CO calls $15.37

3

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $25.00 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 19, 3B: 7, AF: 0.0, Hands: 32
[b]Hero (SB): $25.83 -
BB: $22.50 - VPIP: 50, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 2
UTG: $22.93 - VPIP: 25, PFR: 25, 3B: 0, AF: 2.0, Hands: 12
MP: $38.69 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 5
CO: $95.51 - VPIP: 28, PFR: 24, 3B: 20, AF: 2.0, Hands: 25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with A 9
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.62, Hero raises to $2.50, BB calls $2.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($5.62) 2 7 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.00, BB calls $3

Turn: ($11.62) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $4.99, Hero calls $4.99

River: ($21.60) J (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

4

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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[b]Hero (BTN): $28.31
SB: $45.88 - VPIP: 26, PFR: 15, 3B: 0, AF: 1.2, Hands: 39
BB: $83.02 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2
UTG: $36.51 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2
MP: $34.11 - VPIP: 33, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.5, Hands: 3
CO: $25.72 - VPIP: 100, PFR: 100, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 1

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with 8 K
2 folds, CO raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.25, 2 folds, CO calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.85) 6 5 5 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $2.75, CO calls $2.75

Turn: ($10.35) Q (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $5.25, CO folds

5

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $91.36 - VPIP: 100, PFR: 100, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 1
SB: $25.63 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 1
[b]Hero (BB): $32.87 -
UTG: $69.46 - VPIP: 30, PFR: 10, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 10
MP: $30.02 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 18, 3B: 9, AF: 2.1, Hands: 194
CO: $29.32 - VPIP: 50, PFR: 50, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with A 5
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2, BTN calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.10) 8 7 A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.00, Hero calls $2

Turn: ($8.10) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($8.10) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

6

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $56.67 - VPIP: 40, PFR: 20, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 5
SB: $32.74 - VPIP: 35, PFR: 20, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 20
BB: $33.39 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 5
UTG: $32.23 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 14, 3B: 0, AF: 2.0, Hands: 14
Hero (MP): $31.72 -
CO: $51.72 - VPIP: 26, PFR: 22, 3B: 13, AF: 14.0, Hands: 148

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is MP with A J
UTG raises to $0.62, Hero raises to $2, 4 folds, UTG calls $1.38

Flop: ($4.35) T 2 K (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.20, UTG calls $2.20

Turn: ($8.75) 5 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($8.75) 2 (2 players)
UTG bets $5.50, Hero folds

7

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $25.35
SB: $34.77 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 24, 3B: 14, AF: 4.3, Hands: 106
BB: $25.00 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 18, 3B: 6, AF: 3.7, Hands: 191
UTG: $28.47 - VPIP: 6, PFR: 6, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 17
MP: $47.25 - VPIP: 67, PFR: 33, 3B: 100, AF: 2.0, Hands: 6
CO: $105.20 - VPIP: 33, PFR: 11, 3B: 0, AF: 2.0, Hands: 9

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with A J
2 folds, CO raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.25, 2 folds, CO calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.85) 4 9 3 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $2.96, CO calls $2.96

Turn: ($10.77) T (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($10.77) 5 (2 players)
CO bets $5.15, Hero folds

8

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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BTN: $25.35 - VPIP: 16, PFR: 12, 3B: 1, AF: 2.0, Hands: 378
Hero (SB): $26.00
BB: $26.41 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 15, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 41
UTG: $107.18 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 15, 3B: 13, AF: 1.0, Hands: 20
MP: $51.99 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 7
CO: $23.90 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 19, 3B: 20, AF: 0.0, Hands: 16

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with K A
2 folds, CO raises to $0.75, BTN calls $0.75, Hero raises to $3.50, 2 folds, BTN calls $2.75

Flop: ($8.00) 3 5 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.75, Hero calls $3.75

Turn: ($15.50) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $7.40, Hero folds

9

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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BTN: $23.71 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 1
Hero (SB): $25.00
BB: $44.66 - VPIP: 33, PFR: 33, 3B: 50, AF: 0.0, Hands: 12
UTG: $39.11 - VPIP: 60, PFR: 60, 3B: 50, AF: 0.0, Hands: 5
MP: $21.64 - VPIP: 12, PFR: 6, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 33
CO: $69.65 - VPIP: 50, PFR: 50, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with A J
2 folds, CO raises to $0.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2, 1 fold, CO calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.25) 7 J K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $2.00, Hero calls $2

Turn: ($8.25) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $4.00, Hero calls $4

River: ($16.25) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Card Match is awesome. So much free moniez

Hand 1: v is a 15/11/5 - After they call flop, give up. This ***** always has the nuts.

Also card match is the most bull**** thing ever. I binked the $10 yesterday too but fk me man ****'s boring.

I like most of your postflop lines in last post, but some of the 3bets are bit too loose imo, esp K8s vs unknown, and AJ in MP. There are actually many AJo in here, do you auto 3bet that hand?

I'd x flop in h1 and h7. h8 I'd say xc is our worst flop option, I'd cb but not sure how good that is vs a 16/12 again.

fyp

Yeah pretty much lol. Think it's a fold pre too.

Mucho thanks guys, I'm going to be working on these hands in some detail later today, so it's really great to get a other perspectives before I rip them apart.

Overall

my overall 3bet is only 8%, I guess that gives the game away



Preflop

Hand 1

Agree, sort of. It's in range balanced, but I think I agree I should be exploitatively adjusting. It's a good shout out actually, because I think I've got 15/11 in my head too much towards TAG, not enough towards NIT.

Hand 4

K8s is out of my balanced range, so I don't know what I'm doing here. I'm normally pretty disciplined about staying in my ranges.

Hand 6

V EP reg/unk I have AJo as an option in my balanced range (bluff/fold) in this spot; It's an option I don't think I take very much. Sort of like 70% fold 30% 3bet bluff.

Post Flop

Hand 1 preflop is butchered, but do we let that influence our post flop? I dunno.

Hand 7 See below

Hand 8

Agree, again don't know what I'm doing Loss of focus I guess. Interestingly Hand 7 and Hand 8 are nearly identical and you are taking different lines. Is this because of villain (I took both as unk reg) or is it because you see AK as a value bet? I would really appreciate if you could come back on that, because it goes to the heart of my analysis.

Yeah AJo versus co/btn is an auto 3bet in my balanced ranges.

Finally some success rates:

3bet pct success 49.1%
Cbet pct success in a 3bet pot 40.9% (overall cbet 3bet pot 78.6%...I might be overdoing it, but my balanced bet sizing is 40-50%)

For comparison my % in single raised pots are Cbet 61.5% and Cbet success 45.4%

Sounds like the sorta **** poker coach extraordinaire Dan J Warburton would say. There's no possible way to bum hunt at Zoom. Trust me, I've tried!

Actually super cool you can admit that to yourself. I think a lot of people, especially myself, and especially @ Zoom, conflate 15/11 with **** like 19/18, when in actuality, they're extremely different. It's very important to make sure you're able to differentiate the ranges of these two different player types and you actually can play very different vs these two guys - i.e. folding KQo there vs the former.

On my HUD I used to have the default player type images that come with HEM - rock image for tight player, whale image for crazy stats, the little bird, etc. And there was only a few different images so what would happen is it'd display the same image and colour code for 19/17 right through to 24/22 players - and what you're left with is a merging of these two player types together and you end up playing the same vs both players which gets you into trouble.

Thnx...great stuff Meale

It was semi serious spoiler and this is great 2+2 action for me, so let me dwell on it from a mindset point of view.

I'm a rec, so I have no volume goals. At peak fish hours, after 7pm Mon-Fri and the whole weekend) 25nlz is a whale fest. (I'm hoping 50nlz is similar, because I'm off there soon). Sure there are a ton of decent grinding regs in the pool, masses of them, but with so many fish as well, you can mitigate by...

Overfolding high variance spots when regs are involved, spots that you know will cost you stacks if you get involved.

Overcalling all sorts of crap against fish. Fish make mistakes, players like us rarely make big mistakes against poor players, we are just too good these days. This means we can play a huge range against them esp IP.

Nitting it up and having a range advantage against regs.

Getting involved in pots with both fish and regs in them. A lot of regs are poor (and getting poorer) at exploitative play. The amount of non-linear 3betting I see by regs against fish is unbelievable.

Single tabling (again no volume goals). This lets me exploit regs who are using the check btns a lot. My SB steal per success is 30%. 30% folds to a SB raise...what is so funny about that...I min raise it every time lol. Its my very own zoom fancy play syndrome



I miss that guy

Will respond to this all tomorrow

as requested

1. flat pre vs nit, as played smaller otf and frequency bet ott
2. nice
3. smaller otf and continue betting ott
4. not in my 3b range but can see merits... again smaller otf and wp ott
5. wp, altho i would range bet flop for 1/3, but since you use bigger sizes otf and seem a bit more polar than me, i can definitely see this being the best line with this hand as per your approach
6. again smaller otf (work on when you should bet smaller imo, it has a lot of ev attached with it, esp at the lower stakes). as played you should be going BBB if a comes ott/otr, so bet turn
7. you know what i'm going to say about the flop bet :P, wp ott/otr
8. range bet flop, you can even do it w/ a multitude of sizings
9. seems ok but i would bet flop

Great Stuff Clanty.

And I've been thinking about the bet sizing on those lines. I will freely confess that my bet sizing (balanced) needs a lot of work.

cool

A question:

Does anybody have a good alternative to photobucket (which is seriously beyond Cr@p, even when paying for it). I did post this in the tech section and on another forum is well.

Going through a no-poker period at the moment, which is going to extend into August, as life is just too damn busy.

On the plus side, I may be off down the smoke (to do up and sell a property of mine) in a month or two, possibly living down there for a couple of months.

If that happens, I should get the chance for a bit of live action...not to mention a major lift to the bankroll, if the sale goes through.

I use tinypic. Hate the ads, but other than that I haven't had any problems with it.

The ads on Photobucket make my PC freeze pretty often, so I've transitioned to imgur.

Nevermind that, get back to your own thread and reply to posts on there that are waiting for you

^^

Snowie is rubbish in 3bet pots



imgur is the way forward apparently, wanna know something funny

Heheh. I used to check my thread every day (and I'd look at NVG about 4 times an hour like a loony) but these days I wait until I get the subscription emails for updates a day later. I've replied now, but perhaps not very helpfully.

I hope you guys are doing well in life. I still follow your threads by email (and Clanty's, Panda's, Bena's, acid's, Doctor's, Labax's etc etc) but I'm so out of touch with cashgame strat that I don't have much to contribute.

that's just not true, and even if it were, stick around for the banter. I am happy to provide the material...

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $84.57 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2
SB: $29.28 - VPIP: 30, PFR: 10, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 10
BB: $139.51 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2
[b]Hero (UTG): $42.41
MP: $38.61 - VPIP: 63, PFR: 25, 3B: 25, AF: 2.0, Hands: 8
CO: $10.31 - VPIP: 28, PFR: 21, 3B: 12, AF: 0.6, Hands: 39

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is UTG with 5 5
Hero raises to $0.70, MP calls $0.70, 2 folds, SB calls $0.60, 1 fold

Flop: ($2.35) Q Q 5 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.43, MP calls $1.43, SB folds

Turn: ($5.21) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.19, MP calls $3.19

River: ($11.59) A (2 players)
Hero bets $7.08, MP raises to $33.29, Hero calls $26.21

Final Pot: $78.17
Hero shows 5 5
MP shows A Q
MP wins $76.17
(Rake: $2.00)



Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $25.00 - VPIP: 17, PFR: 17, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 12
SB: $26.62 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 12, 3B: 13, AF: 1.3, Hands: 33
Hero (BB): $25.00
UTG: $25.29 - VPIP: 4, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 25
MP: $25.23 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2
CO: $70.42 - VPIP: 9, PFR: 9, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 11

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with 9 T
4 folds, SB raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.25, SB calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.50) Q K A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($4.50) 2 (2 players)
SB bets $2.15, Hero raises to $6, SB calls $3.85

River: ($16.50) 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $16.75, SB calls $16.75

Final Pot: $50.00
SB shows 6 A
Hero shows 9 T
SB wins $48.00
(Rake: $2.00)



the very next hand FFS!

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $29.92 - VPIP: 50, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 4
SB: $16.68 - VPIP: 14, PFR: 13, 3B: 9, AF: 0.0, Hands: 72
BB: $48.34 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 16, 3B: 3, AF: 0.0, Hands: 91
UTG: $25.35 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2
MP: $53.93 - VPIP: 38, PFR: 29, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 24
Hero (CO): $25.00 - VPIP:

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with 8 8
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.70, BTN calls $0.70, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.75) 6 4 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.07, BTN calls $1.07

Turn: ($3.89) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.37, BTN calls $2.37

River: ($8.63) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $4.37, BTN calls $4.37

Final Pot: $17.37
BTN shows Q Q
Hero shows 8 8
BTN wins $16.59
(Rake: $0.78)

I suppose I should analise it zzz

H1 I probably can and should find fold. Regs probably don't spazz trips at a big enough frequency and it's never a bluff.

H2 cert cooler when the river hits. Actually a fun hand to be in. Nice induce by villain, not that it mattered....but it did give me a "fistpump....wtf!" moment.

H3 Not my best line although (outcome orientated) it might have ended up the cheapest. WTF is villain doing here?

Here are my thoughts..

Hand 1: I'm not good enough to criticize this one. My thoughts are to bet bigger all three streets. You're not blocking any of his value hands, so that's not a worry. But I think the way you played it is fine also, and I could be wrong also about betting bigger.

Hand 2: This is the hand that I disagree with the most. I like the flop check, but I don't see why you need to raise the turn here. You have a FD + GS, and he's giving you a great price (direct odds) to call. You can profitably call here, and use other hands in your range to bluff-raise. If you miss, you may have an opportunity to bluff the river instead, although this might just be a hand you give up with if you don't hit.

Hand 3: I think this is fine. Villain appears to be a fish, so they will probably call with a lot worse.

I agree with the first part, but not this bit.

If we call the turn any river bluff is likely to be seen for what it is. And I've already decided (as early as the flop) that I'm going to be bluffing the river if SB continues to cap his range.

I agree, forgetting bluffing and just calling the turn is absolutely fine and possibly better EV in a vacuum.

But it's a fun hand, and I big bluff a LOT of rivers. On a serious note, I'm of the opinion that we need to constantly work, refine and improve our bluffing game if we want to win at this damn game.

Also a minor point on H1, which you might have missed. There are no 3bets pre, so I've flopped the stone nuts and there are two players in the pot, hence the smaller flop bet (to try and keep them both in). Since I put villain on trip Q at that point, yep the turn bet should have/could have been bigger. The river is possibly butchered, but it is important not to over analyze hands like where you flop nuts and lose to a river three outer...they are pretty rare...cheers for your thoughts GL