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06-23-2010 , 04:43 AM
Almost never play rush. Don't seem to do very well when I do, so I'm always second-guessing myself. No stats/reads on any of the players in these hands.

Hand 1:

3-way 3bet (squeezed) pot. Not much more than 100BB deep. Is stacking off here fine? A little scary when the SB cold-calls a 3bet and then shoves into a bet and a call on the flop.

Full Tilt Poker $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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UTG: $7.06
MP: $2.09
CO: $5.02
BTN: $5.38
SB: $5.42
Hero (BB): $5.55

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with Q Q
2 folds, CO raises to $0.17, 1 fold, SB calls $0.15, Hero raises to $0.70, CO calls $0.53, SB calls $0.53

Flop: ($2.10) J 3 8 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.20, CO calls $1.20, SB raises to $4.72 all in


Hand 2:


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Here, I feel like checking the river is asking to get bluffed off my hand. But I'm not getting much value from betting. Is a c/f too weak? Maybe a 1/2 pot bet/fold?

I realize flop bet's too low. I expect most villains to call rather than raise with 1 pair + draw hands and raise two pair/sets on this board texture. So I'm thinking I need to be betting bigger on flop for value/protection. (My default cbet is 2/3-3/4 pot, not sure what happened here)

Hero (SB): $6.05
BB: $4.29
UTG: $8.98
MP: $0.59
CO: $18.99
BTN: $9.97

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is SB with T Q
UTG calls $0.05, 3 folds, Hero raises to $0.20, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.45) T J Q (2 players)
Hero bets $0.25, UTG calls $0.25

Turn: ($0.95) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.65, UTG calls $0.65

River: ($2.25) K (2 players)
[color=red]Hero ?
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06-23-2010 , 09:28 AM
First Hand
SB takes such a ****ty line with the call/call preflop and then c/r over 2 players. At this point there's a lot of money in the pot, it's 5nl and he seems like a terrible player. Hopefully he's overvaluing his xJ hand, but I think you're behind a lot of the time here. I vote for a fold here.

Second Hand
Don't raise this from the SB, I think c/f is fine on the river.
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06-23-2010 , 09:33 AM
I snap first hand for value.

Second hand I hate life and cf.
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06-23-2010 , 09:33 AM
I'm definitely stacking off in Hand 1. Villain could be squeezing with all kinds of draws or shoving his TP for protection. You don't have to worry about AA or KK as he likely would 4bet those pre. Only real concern is set of Jacks, which are a relatively small part of villain's range.

Hand 2 - don't raise QTo in the SB. You're OOP for the rest of the hand and your reverse implied odds are terrible.

As played, cbet more on flop like you said. I would also bet closer to pot on turn to force a draw to make a mistake my calling. River is a c/f imo. The K just smacks villain's range and, with the possible exception of JT, you're never getting called by worse.
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