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    Default (More) NL25 Difficult decisions

    Hand 1

    Villain has not been out of line, except he once overbet-shoved (~$5) against a shortie with a flush draw on the flop. He also raised PF and shoved with AT against 1 shortie ($3) who led out shoving and one semi-shortie (~$14) who first called the supershort shove on the flop, board T-high.

    PokerStars Game #7108936265: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/11/20 - 22:32:20 (ET)
    Table 'Cetus III' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
    Seat 1: Villain ($38.10 in chips)
    Seat 2: Johnthestraw ($35.15 in chips)
    Seat 3: dksmith2003 ($20.55 in chips)
    Seat 4: wernerb ($3.35 in chips)
    Seat 5: custom73hd ($5.95 in chips)
    Seat 6: Canvasback21 ($23.95 in chips)
    Seat 7: Fumanchu70 ($24.95 in chips)
    Seat 8: nyoken ($28.95 in chips)
    Seat 9: Hero ($68.10 in chips)
    wernerb: posts small blind $0.10
    custom73hd: posts big blind $0.25

    Holecards
    Dealt to Hero KcKd
    Canvasback21: folds
    Fumanchu70: folds
    nyoken: calls $0.25
    Hero: raises $1 to $1.25
    Villain: calls $1.25
    Johnthestraw: folds
    dksmith2003: calls $1.25
    wernerb: calls $1.15
    custom73hd: folds
    nyoken: folds

    Flop (Pot : $5.5) 7h8s2s
    wernerb: checks
    Hero: bets $3.75
    Villain: calls $3.75
    dksmith2003: calls $3.75
    wernerb: folds

    Turn (Pot : $16.75) 7h8s2s3d
    Hero: bets $9.75
    Villain: raises $23.35 to $33.10 and is all-in
    dksmith2003: folds
    Hero??

    Hand 2. Villain is new to the table.

    PokerStars Game #7107527120: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/11/20 - 20:58:18 (ET)
    Table 'Panopaea IV' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
    Seat 1: Mikeybonz ($9.75 in chips)
    Seat 2: MuckU123 ($29.75 in chips)
    Seat 3: Cirano ($24.40 in chips)
    Seat 4: mike48186 ($21.90 in chips)
    Seat 5: Villain ($15 in chips)
    Seat 6: Project wise ($24.65 in chips)
    Seat 7: Hero ($18.40 in chips)
    Seat 8: str8flushyn$ ($14.55 in chips)
    Seat 9: bnzegrappler ($10.25 in chips)
    str8flushyn$: posts small blind $0.10
    bnzegrappler: posts big blind $0.25
    Villain: posts big blind $0.25

    Holecards
    Dealt to Hero AcTc
    Mikeybonz: folds
    MuckU123: calls $0.25
    Cirano: folds
    mike48186: folds
    Villain: checks
    Project wise: folds
    Hero: raises $0.75 to $1
    str8flushyn$: folds
    bnzegrappler: folds
    MuckU123: calls $0.75
    Villain: calls $0.75

    Flop (Pot : $3.25) AhTsKs
    MuckU123: checks
    Villain: checks
    Hero: bets $2.75
    MuckU123: folds
    Villain: calls $2.75

    Turn (Pot : $8.75) AhTsKs6c
    Villain: checks
    Hero: bets $4.25
    Villain: calls $4.25

    River (Pot : $17.25) AhTsKs6cJd
    Villain: bets $7 and is all-in
    Hero??

    Hand 3. Villain has completed less than 1 orbit.

    PokerStars Game #7119994979: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/11/21 - 20:12:44 (ET)
    Table 'Camilla IV' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
    Seat 2: xintong ($3.50 in chips)
    Seat 3: Villain ($24.25 in chips)
    Seat 4: Hero ($34.50 in chips)
    Seat 5: r4pt0r5 ($15.70 in chips)
    Seat 6: ToddtheRobot ($8.50 in chips)
    Seat 7: etoile_casa ($43.40 in chips)
    Seat 8: nickto21 ($6.65 in chips)
    Seat 9: XxCuetecxX ($24.15 in chips)
    MayorBarry will be allowed to play after the button
    xintong: posts small blind $0.10
    Villain: posts big blind $0.25

    Holecards
    Dealt to Hero AhKh
    Hero: raises $0.75 to $1
    r4pt0r5: folds
    ToddtheRobot: folds
    etoile_casa: folds
    nickto21: folds
    XxCuetecxX: folds
    xintong: folds
    Villain: calls $0.75

    Flop (Pot : $2.1) 5sQcKc
    Villain: bets $1
    Hero: raises $2 to $3
    Villain: calls $2

    Turn (Pot : $8.1) 5sQcKcQh
    Villain: checks
    Hero: bets $4
    Villain: raises $6 to $10
    Hero??
  2. #2
    are you villain or hero this time?
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    Of course I'm hero. Look at the chipstack in hand 1!
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    I'd vote fold/call/fold.
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    use a hand converter please.
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    I lied. Again, I was villain in all 3 hands. Here are what I have:
    Hand 1 7d 6d (a pair of 7s)
    Hand 2 7s 2s (busted spade draw) and I showed afterwards
    Hand 3 4c 2c (club draw)

    In all 3 hands opponents folded. How do I know what opponents had? Well, I don't. Therefore what's in the hand history is just what I think they had.

    In hands 1 and 3 opponents are not out of line, solid......maybe too solid. Their EP raises defined their hands too much. Especially in hand 1 when the most he can have is AA, and we all know tight players' aversion to going broke with only one pair. Honestly, I don't need the pair of 7s. I would have made the same play with any two cards.

    Similarly in hand 3, there's a good chance that villain has AK (or AA) and is unwilling to get too involved with only 1 pair when I could have a Q or 55. Of course that's also a chance that opponent has KK. In retrospect that obviously wasn't what he had.

    Hand 2 was just a desperate bluff attempt; I'm glad it worked. I probably shouldn't have called the PFR to begin with. IMO opponent should call the river; he only needs to be right (that I don't have the Q) ~<1 in 3 times for his call to be profitable.
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