Ok im pretty new to poker as well so ill let the pros answer most of your questions. I just felt like making a couple of points first though.




Quote Originally Posted by Nubb
With the 2nd hand I was a bit cautious because I believe I scared people off the last time I hit my set.
This is not the way to think. Sometimes you will hit a set and someone will have TPTK and be willing to go all in. Sometimes they will have bottom 2 pair and fold to a big raise etc. If noone has a hand then they will fold whatever you bet but at these stakes people will call big bets with very little (this is just my experience and what i can tell from reading other posts)

Quote Originally Posted by Nubb
Hand #2


HAND ACTIONS

ME Card dealt to a spot 7 10
Card dealt to table 3 7 2
This is not a good hand. There is a fair chance you are winning at the moment but if a card higher than a 7 comes on the turn or river it is unlikely. I would either check/fold (if i believed my opponent would call with overcards or some other undefinable hand) or bet if i believed i could make them fold. It just isnt worth risking bets on such a weak hand (when you dont know where you stand on future betting rounds) unless you can take the pot here. If you decide to take it then i would bet the pot. With a rainbow flop this will take the pot more often than not. With 2 cards of the same suit then anyone with the flush draw may call which is bad for you because you dont know if they are calling with a flush draw or overcards (or maybe even a higher 7 e.g. A7s)
From the number of preflop folds this seems like a fairly tight table with only 1 limper + small blind calling before you. I dont think id be confident with my pair of sevens after the flop bet is called (although another 7 makes me happier on the turn). How do you play this if the other 7 doesnt come down...? what happens if you hit the 10 instead of the 7 and theres a guy sitting there with J 10?

i personally would probably take a stab at the pot with my 7s occasionally, mostly with check folding and waiting for much bigger hands where i am not only sure i am ahead, but i am sure they will call me aswell. If it gets called and another 7 doesnt come then i let it go. If it gets called and another 7 does come then i am careful not to run into a limped A7s or something similar but apart from that i am happier.


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Quote Originally Posted by Nubb
This third set actually landed and paid off. But I dont think it was anything that I did. I was actually editing my prior hands to post here when this one hit.
This hand was played quite nicely but set over set rarely ends up less than an all-in at these stakes unless both players are (badly) slowplaying too much.