This was a pretty interesting hand. I didn't want to raise flop and stack off vs something like A7cc against which I have bad equity so it's better to just call and let more people see the turn. turn gives me a straight + flushdraw. After checking, a reg overbets into everyone, I am sure he only does it with J8, trying to stack off vs a naked 8. I can't go allin here with a naked flushdraw, but me hand is also too strong to fold. Since it's a reg, I make the call, planning to donkjam paired rivers or if I hit the flush. If I call and donkjam on a river like 7, 9, 10, I think he will fold because my range is only sets or straights, and my hand looks like a set. I wouldn't fold a set on the turn because I still have 35% and I wouldn't just call with a straight just to jam the river when it pairs. I get lucky and hit the flush and he ends up calling because now it looks like I have a set that's trying to rep the flush. I think he called because he didn't think I would call turn overbet with a naked flushdraw. This is an interesting hand because I would only do this vs regs

is thisn hand ok? i raised river to get called from Ax fullhouse

1) your hand is not strong enough to lead on flop, your 8 might be dead due to someone having a fullhouse already or 68. It's ok to bet into 2 people but not into 4
2) you can raise river to get value from Ax but don't jam 150a, especially when BTN cold easily have a 6

why not raise on the flop, if you are up against other flush draw then you still have decent equity with gutshot and Queen is good no ? Do you always slow play flush draws, that is correct ? I always play them aggressively.......

this is sick, unlucky bro .... RobZob

what to do on turn? im happy with my straight but im not sure what sizing to use so i just went allin lol
PokerStars, 6+ Hold'em No Limit - Button Blind $0.02 ($0.02 ante) - 6 players
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UTG: $5.11 (256 bb)
UTG+1: $2.00 (100 bb)
MP: $1.79 (90 bb)
MP+1: $2.00 (100 bb)
CO: $5.25 (263 bb)
BU (Hero): $1.97 (99 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.14) Hero is BTN with 8 T
UTG calls $0.02, UTG+1 calls $0.02, MP calls $0.02, 1 fold, CO calls $0.02, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.22) 6 9 T (5 players)
UTG bets $0.15, UTG+1 folds, MP calls $0.15, CO folds, Hero calls $0.15

Turn: ($0.67) 7 (3 players)
UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets $1.78 (all-in), 2 players fold

Total pot: $0.67 (Rake: $0.02)
BU (Hero) wins $0.65

its ok to jam, but its better to simply bet like 70% of the pot. Set still has 35% against you so you have to bet big to deny equity. So I would bet 70% on turn and if the river pairs the board and out oponent donkjams or donkbets a big sizing then im folding.
But this is NL2 so a jma might actually be better, who knows, maybe 2 pairs will call you

Whats my plan with a straight once the board pairs here? Is this a b/f spot vs unkown, unless Villain is known to be spewy? Since it's a limped pot a FH is very likely especially since ranges are so wide?

When u get raised OTT then pretty much u can be convinced its bad news so I am never 3b turn, you can exploitatively even fold turn to the initial raise as people do not bluff like that ever.

i would bet smaller on turn, like 1/2 pot and either fold to a raise or fold to a river shove. I've been in this spot a lot and it's always a fullhouse i used to convince myself they could have 109 and overplay it but its always fullhouse, plus you are blocking 9x that would raise like this - 910 and 9Q. and he doesnt have A9 because he folds flop

Hey guys!

Nice to see you all and hope you can help me with some of my hands that I cant get my head around whether I played them good or just got lucky:

UTG: $54.78 (219 bb)
MP (Hero): $145.09 (580 bb)
MP+1: $24.14 (97 bb)
CO: $15.25 (61 bb)
BU: $68.39 (274 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP with J♥ A♣
UTG calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, 1 fold, CO calls $0.25, BTN checks

Flop: ($2.25) A♦ K♠ J♦ (4 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.75, 2 players fold, UTG calls $1.75

Turn: ($5.75) Q♣ (2 players)
UTG bets $3.25, Hero calls $3.25

River: ($12.25) Q♠ (2 players)
UTG bets $4.75, Hero raises to $21.75, UTG folds

UTG: $19.98 (80 bb)
MP (Hero): $75.14 (301 bb)
MP+1: $23.34 (93 bb)
CO: $32.96 (132 bb)
BU: $13.39 (54 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP with A♣ K♣
UTG calls $0.25, Hero raises to $2.75, 2 players fold, BTN calls $2.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($7) 9♦ J♥ 9♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($7) 9♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50

River: ($12) Q♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $69.64 (all-in), BU folds

UTG: $15.38 (62 bb)
MP: $28.26 (113 bb)
MP+1: $35.68 (143 bb)
CO: $83.03 (332 bb)
BU (Hero): $26.85 (107 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with A♥ 6♥
UTG calls $0.25, MP calls $0.25, MP+1 calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero checks

Flop: ($2.25) Q♥ J♦ T♥ (4 players)
UTG checks, MP checks, MP+1 checks, Hero bets $1.75, UTG calls $1.75, 2 players fold

Turn: ($5.75) 9♣ (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($5.75) 8♣ (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $24.60 (all-in), UTG folds

hi, first of all, this hand is hard to read due to all-black color, I would suggest a converter like https://pokeit.co/convert/ , there you will see hands more readable format

depends on the player but i would fold turn. As played, good river raise

im not a big fan. vs some players who would always bet 9x on flop, you could ch/raise turn. Good river jam but since his range is Jx and 1010 type of fullhouses, you will usually have to ch/fold river

i would check flop because u cant have AK and u dont mind everyone seeing turn. but betting isnt bad, i would just use a smaller sizing to get more callers and i could apply more pressure on turn if they call. im betting turn because he will fold 2pair and also u can hit a Kx of a flush on the river
river is bad because you line doesnt make sense, as I said u dont have AK, and other Kx will bet turn

Thank you for your detailed answers CoachCoixdog6+. In the last hand where I have A6 hearts I shoved because I do not think UTG checks river if he has King.

is this good bluff? i knew he had a straight buy thought he would fold because what else do i have without fullhouse?
PokerStars, 6+ Hold'em No Limit - Button Blind $0.25 ($0.25 ante) - 2 players
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UTG (Hero): $22.52 (90 bb)
BU: $48.99 (196 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75) Hero is UTG with T K
Hero calls $0.25, BTN raises to $1.25, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($3) Q K A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($3) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.42, Hero calls $3.42

River: ($9.84) A (2 players)
Hero bets $6.50, BTN calls $6.50

Total pot: $22.84 (Rake: $0.50)

Showdown:
UTG (Hero) shows T K (two pair, Aces and Kings)
BU shows Q J
BU wins $22.34

this is also heads up. do we go allin on flop? i dont want to call and see bad turns but i also dont really want to go allin with 2 pair where straight is possible

PokerStars, 6+ Hold'em No Limit - Button Blind $0.25 ($0.25 ante) - 2 players
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UTG: $15.76 (63 bb)
BU (Hero): $25.36 (101 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with T 9
UTG calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1, UTG calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.50) 9 T 7 (2 players)
UTG bets $2.38, Hero raises to $24.11 (all-in), UTG calls $12.13 (all-in)

Turn: ($31.52) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($31.52) A (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $31.52 (Rake: $6.18)

Showdown:
BU (Hero) shows T 9
UTG shows 9 9 (a full house, Nines full of Sevens (pot not awarded as player cashed out))
UTG wins $25.34

don't try bluffs like this vs fish, they will never fold a straight. And even vs a reg it's not a good bluff because you don't have the fullhouses you are repping, you limp/called preflop so you don't have AA, KK, AK, AQ

since its only 63a, this is ok, you have top 2 pairs so you dominate lower 2 pair, and he should fold some 68 and j8offsuit preflop, im not supper happy but I am stacking off on this flop

This is an interesting hand from NL500, and a spot where a lot of new regs will be too passive, but in spots like these we should be more active when we have a range advantage

CO is not a reg but BTN is. It seems at first that we should never bet JJ on this flop, due to 2 overcards, but the truth is that we should be betting flop a lot because we have all the strong hands AA, QQ and AQ, while they don't because they would isolate these hands preflop, so we will get a lot of folds on this flop, and even if we don't, we can continue to put pressure on a lot of turns and rivers. I get called by CO and turn is a good card for me, now J10 makes a straight and I have JJ so its very unlikely that CO has J10. CO also can't have AK or KK, so the best combo he could have with Kx is KQ. Because my oponent can't be that strong, we have to continue betting. River is a blank but my oponent still can't have sets or straights so we jam here, I think he is capable of folding 2pair here even, something like KQ is not very strong here and is essentially a bluffcatcher

Hey guys!

Is this well played ?

UTG: $183.97 (368 bb)
CO: $112.43 (225 bb)
BU (Hero): $23.15 (46 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($2) Hero is BTN with 9♠ 7♠
UTG calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50, Hero checks

Flop: ($3) K♥ 8♠ Q♠ (3 players)
UTG bets $1.42, CO folds, Hero calls $1.42

Turn: ($5.84) 7♥ (2 players)
UTG bets $2.77, Hero calls $2.77

River: ($11.38) J♦ (2 players)
UTG bets $2, Hero raises to $17.96 (all-in), UTG folds

are you bluffing on all rivers? nice bluff i guess but i dont think i should do this at my limits (nl25), i dont think people will ever fold an ace here. how do you think bluffs differ from nl25 and nl500?

I have played nl25 and I have played nl500 and to be honest, the only difference is that the good regs are better, fish are still fish, so your game shouldn't differ too much in these limits. there are people playing 100k buying SD cashgames that play the same as nl10 fish. So you should still bluff in lower limits too, even beginners realise that naked 1 pairs aren't a great hand to call down 3 streets, so you just have to pick your spots, but definately you should still play agressivly if your oponent is capped.