Maximizing value (two HHs)

Aside from the odd HUGE mistake (which I'm learning about ... the hard way...) I think a leak in my game is maximizing good situations. Your comments appreciated:

Party, btw. My table image was pretty crappy. From earlier on there were tons of loose passives so I was raising and c-betting with absolute trash. I usually try to play TAG, but I think this ended up being a more LAGGy session (35% of flops seen).

No reads, cept that I respected DPWhipsaw and his aggression in an earlier tough hand.

Hand No. 1

#Game No : 2653934768
***** Hand History for Game 2653934768 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, September 04, 18:28:42 EDT 2005
Table Table 37291 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: ME ( $38.55 )
Seat 8: Zerlon ( $24.78 )
Seat 3: SERTRALINE ( $23.05 )
Seat 1: StubbyElvis ( $24.95 )
Seat 9: dkastaro ( $21.15 )
Seat 7: DPWhipsaw ( $31.50 )
Seat 4: pacman_ ( $31.20 )
Seat 10: NormWeber ( $23.30 )
Seat 5: skinnybill13 ( $21.95 )
Seat 6: mattw180 ( $24.40 )
DPWhipsaw posts small blind [$0.10].
Zerlon posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ME [ 8d 7d ]
ME : heh
NormWeber folds.
StubbyElvis calls [$0.25].
ME calls [$0.25].
SERTRALINE calls [$0.25].
pacman_ folds.
skinnybill13 folds.
mattw180 calls [$0.25].
DPWhipsaw calls [$0.15].
Zerlon checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, Kd, Td ]
DPWhipsaw bets [$1].
Zerlon folds.
StubbyElvis folds.
ME raises [$3].
SERTRALINE folds.
mattw180 calls [$3].
DPWhipsaw calls [$2].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
DPWhipsaw bets [$2].

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What would you do here?

Results and thoughts below:


ME raises [$10].
mattw180 folds.
DPWhipsaw folds.
ME does not show cards.
ME wins $21.80

I didn't like 3 people in the pot, and the board pairing didn't make me happy either. Should the raise been this big? How was the flop raise?


Hand no. 2

#Game No : 2653721285
***** Hand History for Game 2653721285 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, September 04, 17:51:08 EDT 2005
Table Table 37291 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: ME ( $18.25 )
Seat 8: Zerlon ( $22.73 )
Seat 3: SERTRALINE ( $27.05 )
Seat 6: M_Ward ( $16.02 )
Seat 1: StubbyElvis ( $17.90 )
Seat 9: dkastaro ( $26.75 )
Seat 4: Chillo_81 ( $5.45 )
Seat 7: DPWhipsaw ( $26.25 )
Seat 10: bergerd33 ( $42.05 )
Seat 5: manycats ( $27.80 )
SERTRALINE posts small blind [$0.10].
Chillo_81 posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ME [ Ah 5h ]
manycats folds.
M_Ward raises [$1].
DPWhipsaw calls [$1].
Zerlon folds.
dkastaro folds.
bergerd33 calls [$1].
StubbyElvis folds.
ME calls [$1].
SERTRALINE folds.
Chillo_81 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 6s, 5s ]
M_Ward bets [$2].
DPWhipsaw calls [$2].
bergerd33 calls [$2].

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What would you do here?

Results and thoughts below.


ME is all-In [$17.25]
DPWhipsaw: what the
M_Ward folds.
DPWhipsaw folds.
bergerd33 calls [$15.25].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
bergerd33 shows [ Qc, Qs ] two pairs, queens and fives.
ME shows [ Ah, 5h ] three of a kind, fives.
ME wins $40.75 from the main pot with three of a kind, fives.

Ah yes... DTFH. With a caller to boot.

Yeah it felt good, and I figured that I was good because of the raises (others probably had overs... in retrospect I didn't give credit for anyone having pocket 6s... but ...). Could I have milked this for more (smaller raise perhaps)?


Thanks guys!

Hand 1, raise more on the flop, then I'd make another reasonable raise on the turn. It's unlikely he has a full house given his weak bet on the flop (uncharacteristic of two pair or a set).

Hand 2, why just go all-in? I think I'd make a smaller raise, then push all-in on the turn.