Hand 1:

UTG+1 (70bb) open limps

LJ (120bb) bets 4x

Hero CO (80bb) AQo calls behind

BB(80bb) calls and UTG+1 folds

Flop: Jd 4h Ah

BB checks

LJ bets 1/3rd pot

Hero calls and BB folds

Turn: 2c

LJ continues for 2/3rds pot

Hero calls

River: 8d

LJ checks Hero goes for a 1/3rd value bet LJ snap calls flips over AKo.

Not much to say here. I normally 3bet AQo but decided to mix it up here......I felt like I had the best hand the whole way. no reads on villian it was one of the first hand of the tourney for me.


Hand 2:

Hero(35bb) LJ opens 2x KQo

BB(62bb) calls

Flop: Qh Tc 9d

BB check calls 1/3 pot bet

Turn: 7s

BB check Hero bets 1/3pot and BB raises

I thought about this one for a minute. I didnt put them on J8 or KJ it just felt like a move to me so I jammed over their check raise.



Hand 3:

HJ(22bb) opens 2x

SB(36bb) calls

Hero BB(34bb) calls Qd4d

Flop: Qc Kd 5d

SB donks out pot size bet

I just didnt know what to do here I ended up folding....i but i feel like i was suppose to just let it rip here and shove w/MP and flush draw and got scared. Idr for sure but I think SB was a NIT. Ive been noticing lately in micros players are mostly only donking out w/top pair on flops


Hand4:

Hero(27bb) opens 88

SB(16bb) 3bet shoves

this is just a standard call right?


Hand5:

UTG+1(6bb) open shoves

Hero LJ (27bb) re-jams 88

is this ok? am i jamming w/ too many people to act? my table was very tight and passive

Hand 6:

Hero UTG(55bb) opens 2x AhKh

folds to BB(54bb)

Flop: Ts Th Ad

BB checks Hero bets 1/3pot

Turn: 6h

BB checks Hero bets 1/3pot BB check raises Hero snaps all in.....BB tanks forever and calls JT

I know I prolly played this hand terribly. I'm thinking I should of checked back the turn. Also was not thinking when I just insta shoved over BB check raise should of just called and reevaluated the river....when they tanked forever they said they thought I had AT or AA. I feel like I played my hand face up if I had AT or AA id of slow played and just called turn

Can't tell you anything about hands 3 or 5 because you didn't post what you had.

oh **** didnt realize that. is there a way to edit?

Hand 3 was Qd4d

Hand 5 was 88

I added those details to the OP for you.

I should have asked whether these were live and online and what the stakes were, because that information does matter for some spots.

First thoughts...

Hand 1 is OK in a vacuum, I think. If this is live and an old guy is raising, I might be a little more cautious and probably check the river.

Hand 2 I guess if you think your read is right, but if BB is a move, what's it with? I can't find too many bluffs on this board; there aren't any flush draws, most combinations of Jx / 8x also have a pair, so there's less reason for them to want to bluff you. Plenty of two pairs on this board plus the aforementioned straights. Given that I have outs to beat two pair as well as outs to the effective nuts (since he never has AK here) I probably call and reevaluate on the river.

Hand 3 I don't know if jam is optimal, but calling not closing the action is rough unless you're prepared to call/call if HJ jams and SB rejams. Jam is better than fold, I think; you're a favorite over top pair. And he might even talk himself into folding some of his weaker one-pair hands.

Hand 4 I think it's a standard call unless you have a very tight read on SB (and even then I'd probably need a tight read + I'm opening from early position).

Hand 5 It depends. From your description of the table, I don't think anyone is ever rejamming worse behind you (except maybe AK, but even then, at a tight/passive table some people will want to see if they pair on the flop before committing), and 6BB is a lot so just calling should discourage light action. It does suck to call and then fold, but I'm not sure that outweighs the downside of someone behind you waking up with a big hand.

Hand 6 I don't think betting the turn is necessarily bad; it depends on how you see villain's range and what he might be calling the flop with. He doesn't have Tx that often so you're not getting check-raised too often, and you're deep enough with a strong enough hand and draw that you don't totally hate it. That said, I'm not sure why you ever jam the turn, because this is pretty much either Tx or air (or some semibluff like exactly QhJh, but that's pretty much the only one) and all you're accomplishing is folding out the air.

These were all online.

Hand 2 He had QJs and I rivered a J for straight

Hand 3 I didnt know if calling or jamming was the right play. The pot size donk was 9bb out of my 34bb stack it seemed like a lot to commit to call then be forced to fold on the turn if he wants to barrel pot again.

Hand 5 i just straight up didnt think was just one of those times where auto did something. actually really irritated with myself in that spot cause as soon as i did i knew it was a mistake especially against the player I was against

Well, nice hand on hand 2, then. Not sure why villain is check/raising the turn. It doesn't seem strong enough for value vs. your continuing range, and I don't think he's bluffing off anything worse. I've been debating if I prefer a bigger turn bet size if I'm going to bet, but I'm not sure what the answer is or how that changes my response to a check-raise.

Hand 3 I do prefer jamming to calling, on balance. I'd just call sometimes if I was closing the action.

Hand 5 I'm still unsure if I prefer calling or jamming given how much of your stack you're calling, but upon thinking it through I want to say I favor calling, especially at a table that's playing as you've described.

Did you mean hand 6 was the one you didn't think through?

OP is the BB defender in hand 3, not the raiser.

Whoops, fixed.