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KK vs. different opponents
Hello everyone. I'm what you might call mentally lazy. I've spent alot of time reading these forums and various books on poker, but I don't feel that I have fully digested it or applied it at the table as well as I could. I would like to make a sincere effort to turn that around. I intend to reread my poker literature and review my hands on a daily basis. Also I'll be posting hand histories here if that is alright with you all.
After reviewing todays hands, there are two in particular that I had some trouble with:
Hand 1: Button is very very tight and passive. Though I was nearly certain that I was ahead before the flop, I felt that he was capable of calling with AA because he almost never raised preflop. Flop seems relatively harmless, so I fire a 2/3 pot bet. Button's raise concerned me. I really felt that he hit a set, but I couldn't lay this down.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx
BB ($9.70)
UTG ($9.95)
MP1 ($13.25)
MP2 ($3.90)
Hero ($18.95)
Button ($19.15)
SB ($3.60)
Preflop: Hero is CO with K , K .
2 folds, MP2 calls $0.10, Hero raises to $0.5, Button calls $0.50, SB calls $0.45, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.40.
Flop: ($2.10) 9 , 6 , 3 (4 players)
SB checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets $1.6, Button raises to $3.2, SB folds, MP2 folds, Hero calls $1.60.
Turn: ($8.50) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.
River: ($8.50) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.
Final Pot: $8.50
Results in white below:
Hero has Kc Ks (one pair, kings).
Button has Jh Js (one pair, jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins $8.50.
Hand 2: At this point I had only seen MP1 play 4 or 5 hands, but he seemed to be a maniac. He contested every pot, and went all in preflop with 44 one time. The flop doesn't scare me much so again I bet 2/3 pot. The turn card concerns me, because I can't put this guy on any range.. but I'm not about to lay this down because I've seen him be overly aggressive. However, that read is from a very small sample size. I really had no idea where I stood in this hand, I just hit the call button and crossed my fingers.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx
UTG+1 ($18.35)
MP1 ($9.50)
MP2 ($3.60)
MP3 ($10.05)
CO ($16.25)
Button ($9.50)
Hero ($10.45)
BB ($14.95)
UTG ($5)
Preflop: Hero is SB with K , K . UTG posts a blind of $0.10.
UTG (poster) checks, UTG+1 calls $0.10, MP1 calls $0.10, 4 folds, Hero raises to $0.6, 1 fold, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $0.50, MP1 calls $0.50.
Flop: ($2) 8 , 3 , 6 (3 players)
Hero bets $1.2, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls $1.20.
Turn: ($4.40) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $3, MP1 raises to $7.7, Hero calls $4.70.
River: ($19.80) A (2 players)
Final Pot: $19.80
Results in white below:
Hero has Kd Ks (one pair, kings).
MP1 has 9d Tc (one pair, nines).
Outcome: Hero wins $19.80.
By the way, what is the difference between Hold'em Hand Histories and Hold'em Strategies? Sorry if I posted this in the wrong place.
Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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