I'm still doing well. I'm up 3 more BIs from last night. I like to think it's because I'm playing better but I am (finally) getting some cards. This game is easy when you know you have the best hand but I guess the question is how do you know when you have the best hand.

I've watched bjaust's video several times and it has helped alot. It was a big "Duh Moment" when I realized that when passive players bet, I'm usually beat. I also stopped folding so much on the river with a fairly good hand.

I was also questioning my hand when an over card was on the board. If I had QQ and the board was A49r I would always assume villian had the A and fold to any bet.

I realized that I should stop doing this while on vacation. In between rummy games (which I hate), I would deal 6 hands face up just to see what cards came up and see which was best pf, then turn flop cards, turn , then river.

Here are some hands from 2 days ago

Hand 1

Villian was 84/1/1 over 58 hands. Called anything and everything. Won most of his stack with a pairs. Other villians at table were 35+ vpip. I figured my 8s were good on the turn. Should I have shoved the river?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($19.17)
MP ($5.70)
CO ($10.80)
Button ($9.10)
Hero (SB) ($9.32)
BB ($1.93)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 8, 8
UTG bets $0.10, MP calls $0.10, CO calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.08, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.45) 7, 10, 9 (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.25, 1 fold, CO calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25

Turn: ($1.20) 3 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.70, 1 fold, CO calls $0.70

River: ($2.60) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.80, CO calls $1.80

Total pot: $6.20 | Rake: $0.30

Results in white below:
Hero had 8, 8 (straight, ten high).
CO mucked 10, J (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Hero won $5.90

Hand 2

Villian was 52/10/4
Flop bet kinda concerned me but I didn't really think he had anything due to previous line. He liked to bet river regardless of cards. Previous hand he had the same line and had air.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($6.88)
Hero (BB) ($9.43)
UTG ($10)
MP ($3.27)
CO ($6.16)
Button ($1.66)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, K
1 fold, MP bets $0.10, CO raises to $0.15, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.10, MP calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.47) 5, 3, Q (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $0.05, CO raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, MP calls $0.25

Turn: ($1.37) 3 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, CO checks

River: ($1.37) 8 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.70, 1 fold, CO raises to $1.40, Hero calls $0.70

Total pot: $4.17 | Rake: $0.20

Results in white below:
Hero had Q, K (two pair, Queens and threes).
CO had A, 8 (two pair, eights and threes).
Outcome: Hero won $3.97

Hand 3

No reads as villian had only played a few hands. I normally 3bet AKs but I didn't here cause I had lost the previous hand with AKo and didn't feel like it. I actually thought this would be a split.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($12.22)
CO ($5.13)
Button ($11.22)
SB ($9.71)
Hero (BB) ($4.80)
UTG ($7.55)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, K
UTG calls $0.05, MP calls $0.05, CO bets $0.25, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.20, 1 fold, MP calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.82) K, 3, 2 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, CO bets $0.60, Hero calls $0.60, 1 fold

Turn: ($2.02) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.40, CO raises to $3, Hero raises to $3.95 (All-In), CO calls $0.95

River: ($9.92) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $9.92 | Rake: $0.45

Results in white below:
Hero had A, K (two pair, Aces and Kings).
CO mucked Q, K (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $9.47


Hand 4

This was kinda nitty on my part but I had notes that he was very passive and only bet with good cards. When I folded he showed AKo. Made more notes.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($7.90)
Hero (BB) ($10.65)
UTG ($10)
MP ($3.80)
CO ($3)
Button ($1.93)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, J
1 fold, MP bets $0.10, CO raises to $0.15, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.10, MP calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.47) Q, 6, 8 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, CO bets $0.35, Hero calls $0.35, 1 fold

Turn: ($1.17) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.70, CO raises to $2.50 (All-In), Hero folds

Total pot: $2.57 | Rake: $0.10

Results in white below:
CO didn't show
Outcome: CO won $2.47


Hand 5

Too nitty? I'm still not sure what to do in these situations. Donk bet said Q to me. I shoulda folded flop. IDK. Prob shoulda stayed with min turn bet. IDK

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($9.68)
SB ($14.92)
BB ($2.46)
Hero (UTG) ($12.53)
MP ($2)
CO ($1.88)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 10, 10
Hero bets $0.20, 4 folds, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.42) 6, 7, Q (2 players)
BB bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.82) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $0.20, Hero folds

Total pot: $0.82 | Rake: $0

Results in white below:
BB didn't show
Outcome: BB won $0.82


Hand 6

I figured villian had Ax. I'm not sure about bet sizing on river. I knew I was ahead but wanted some value.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (4 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($8.55)
Hero (BB) ($9.52)
UTG ($10)
Button ($2.84)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, 7
1 fold, Button calls $0.05, SB calls $0.03, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.15) 5, 4, A (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.10, Button calls $0.10, SB calls $0.10

Turn: ($0.45) 7 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, Button bets $0.10, SB calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10

River: ($0.75) 7 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.40, Button calls $0.40, 1 fold

Total pot: $1.55 | Rake: $0.05

Results in white below:
Button mucked A, J (two pair, Aces and sevens).
Hero had 6, 7 (three of a kind, sevens).
Outcome: Hero won $1.50


Hand 7

After this hand I wasn't sure about my river bet. I'm only going to get called by a split or get beat by a flush. How do I handle the river in this situation?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($8.98)
Hero (MP) ($7.71)
Button ($10)
SB ($3.49)
BB ($5.47)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A, 7
UTG calls $0.05, Hero bets $0.20, 1 fold, SB calls $0.18, BB calls $0.15, UTG calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.80) Q, K, 10 (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.80) 4 (4 players)
SB bets $0.25, BB raises to $0.60, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.60, SB calls $0.35

River: ($2.60) J (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $1.50, 2 folds

Total pot: $2.60 | Rake: $0.10

Results in white below:
Hero didn't show A, 7 (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won $2.50