Basically 3 super gross spots which i ran into because im a degen and cant resist playing even when the games are ULTRA bad on stars.

Hand 1 : Villain = 10/8 (Shintoss if anyone knows him) over 90 hands, no reads on Shorty. Basically my raise was made to ideally get all in with the shortstack, when the 10/8 flatted i instantly thought AA/KK. I hate nothing more than going broke with QQ ALL in pf at fullring, especially when you consider that KK all in pre is basically -eV. Basically this is a spot which im sure ill get berated for, putting 35% of my stack in preflop and not shoving a 9 high flop sure looks moronic but im 95% sure villain shows up with AA/KK here all the time. TBH, my reasoning for folding i guess is because i believe a 10/8 folds/shoves AK pf in this spot and only flats with AA/KK as flatting with AK for 30 BB's is just plain awful.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($53)
CO ($47.45)
Button ($49)
Hero (SB) ($49.50)
BB ($10)
UTG ($37)
UTG+1 ($65.65)
MP1 ($6.60)

Preflop: Hero is SB with ,
2 folds, MP1 raises to $1.50, 2 folds, Button raises to $6, Hero raises to $15, 2 folds, Button calls $9

Flop: ($32) , , (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $34 (All-In), Hero folds

Total pot: $32 | Rake: $1.60



Hand 2: Villain = 29/12 over an irrelevant 40 hand sample, i flat the turn as the board becomes super gross and villains range is basically going to be straights/oversets at this point IMO. Anyone else play this differently? FWIW, i think villain raises JJ+ here and doesnt lead for $8 on turn with 99/TT.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 ($43.05)
MP1 ($44.75)
MP2 ($8.50)
CO ($17.35)
Button ($46.55)
SB ($8.50)
BB ($65.65)
Hero (UTG) ($50.75)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with ,
Hero raises to $2, 6 folds, BB calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.25) , , (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $3, BB calls $3

Turn: ($10.25) (2 players)
BB bets $8, Hero calls $8

River: ($26.25) (2 players)
BB bets $17, Hero folds

Total pot: $26.25 | Rake: $1.25



Hand 3: Villain = 40/17 over irrelevant 40 hand sample. When villain cold called i felt like crying, god knows what his/her range is here. After the previous hands i simply couldnt fathom folding QQ again in this spot and prayed that villain was a moron with JJ/AT or something.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($20.05)
UTG+1 ($48.50)
MP1 ($9.25)
MP2 ($91)
MP3 ($52.70)
CO ($50)
Hero (Button) ($56.50)
SB ($61.75)
BB ($11)

Preflop: Hero is Button with ,
5 folds, CO raises to $2, Hero raises to $7, SB calls $6.75, 2 folds

Flop: ($16.50) , , (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $8, SB raises to $20, Hero raises to $49.50 (All-In), SB calls $29.50

Turn: ($115.50) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($115.50) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $115.50 | Rake: $3

(1) Flat call preflop if you're not getting it in on an undercard flop. Turning QQ into a bluff as you did is really bad.

(2) Raise turn, call shove. He'll show up with worse. As played call river.

(3) Bet more on flop. You want to get the money in.

Hand 1: Pay attention to your stack size. If you are going to 4 bet here, you have to plan on getting it in on the flop, especially on this type of flop. I'd flat here instead and look to represent whatever the flop gives. Checking just induces a bluff. The fold under these circumstances is really ugly.

Hand 2: Fold pf. People generally lose money with 33 in the UTG for reasons like this. Calling the flop and betting out immediately on the turn is a bad sign. However, he could easily have two pair here, so I'd call it down.

Hand 3: The SB isn't set mining. He's got a hand. A c/r is pretty powerful. The only hand he could conceivably play this way that you beat is JJ. If you have him as a donk will to stack off with a pair of tens, then call. I think you're beat here frequently.