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  1. #1

    Default Need some help with a few hands.

    I have two hands that im not quite sure if I played them right. The first hand im dealt pocket 8s and I don't really like the board on the turn. My opponent is a tighty, basically the only hands he has shown were suited/unsuited broadways, PP's and one SC.

    Hand 1:

    Full Tilt Poker Game #1646658932: Table Swiss (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:07:50 ET - 2007/01/21
    Seat 1: Opp1 ($9.40)
    Seat 2: Opp2 ($9.25)
    Seat 3: Hero ($5.10)
    Seat 4: Opp3 ($9.85)
    Seat 5: Opp4 ($2.50), is sitting out
    Seat 6: Villain ($5.80)
    Villian posts the small blind of $0.05
    Opp1 posts the big blind of $0.10
    The button is in seat #5
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to Hero [8h 8c]
    Opp2 folds
    Hero raises to $0.35
    Opp2 stands up
    Opp3 folds
    Villian calls $0.30
    Opp4 sits down
    Opp4 adds $10
    Opp1 folds
    *** FLOP *** [Ac 8s Jd]
    Villian checks
    Hero bets $0.50
    Villian calls $0.50
    Opp4 has returned
    *** TURN *** [Ac 8s Jd] [Kd]
    Villian checks
    Hero bets $1.25
    Villian folds
    Uncalled bet of $1.25 returned to Hero
    Hero mucks
    Hero wins the pot ($1.65)
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot $1.80 | Rake $0.15

    On the flop he calls my bet, basically my thoughts were that he had a pair nothing more nothing less. The turn I thought was ugly and didn't want to see a river of a diamond or a Q - T. After he folded to my bet brought me to the conclusion that he may have had a small pair or QJ, but I might be way off.

    Next hand.

    Villian1, is a tighty as well and have only seen good hands from him. He also doesn't like to bet unless he has a hand. Villian2, had just sat at the table recently and couldn't really say much about him. No hands from him have been shown.

    Hand2:

    Full Tilt Poker Game #1646890830: Table Swiss (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:51:29 ET - 2007/01/21
    Seat 1: Opp1 ($10.55)
    Seat 2: Villian1 ($13.80)
    Seat 3: Hero ($5.75)
    Seat 4: Opp2 ($4.90)
    Seat 5: Villian2 ($4.65)
    Seat 6: Opp3 ($9.35)
    Villian2 posts the small blind of $0.05
    Opp3 posts the big blind of $0.10
    The button is in seat #4
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to Hero [Qd Qc]
    Opp1 folds
    Villian1 raises to $0.40
    Hero raises to $1.35
    Opp2 folds
    Villian2 calls $1.30
    Opp3 folds
    Villian1 calls $0.95
    *** FLOP *** [2d 4h 6c]
    Villian2 checks
    Villian1 checks
    Hero bets $4.40, and is all in
    Villian2 folds
    Villian1 folds
    Uncalled bet of $4.40 returned to Hero
    Hero mucks
    Hero wins the pot ($3.75)
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot $4.15 | Rake $0.40

    It might not have been a good idea to raise this guy seeing how he is tight, not sure about that one but I did it anyway. What suprised me was that Villian2 just simply calls this huge raise. Flop was all low just what I wanted to see(a queen would have been better, but im not picky). The pot is $4.15 and I have $4.40 behind. I felt that if I bet out any resonable amount here it would look fishy and they would fold any, maybe not. With the push I wanted to give the impression that I was trying to steal this pot and get calls from hands like AK, AQ, and mid PPs. In addition to that there was 2 opponents still in the pot and I didn't particually like that, seeing how I didn't have much behind.


    Any thoughts on the plays in either of my hands BAD or GOOD, I would love to hear them.

    As a side note, I have been buying in short($2) because my BR is exremely small. I won a freeroll($5) and my BR has gone up to around $55 and down to $2 then up to $40 and now down to about $20+. Real rollercoaster ride.
  2. #2
    hand 1
    you could use the old bet the flop , check the turn , bet the riv move here ...especially if you think villain doesnt really have n e thing and would call the riv as a bluff catcher ...but dont stress this hand too much sometimes you hit sets and your opp has nothing and you take down the pot

    hand 2 is fine


    stop buying in short invest like 50 or 100 bux and play .02/.04
  3. #3
    both hands are fine
    -Beck
  4. #4
    Thanks for the comments. As for the investing i've tried options on FullTilt for depositing money and talked with support about my situation and they can't seem to help me out. Had roughly the same problem when I played at Party, but managed to deposit there with the phone card option which was weird. FullTilt doesn't have any lower stakes than .05/.10 that I know of, I wish they had .01/.02.

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