operation no balls

Any comments on these hands? I think I'm over my 'everyone is bluffing' disease but let me know if this is too weak...

HAND 1

CO ($15.60)
Button ($14.50)
SB ($21.80)
BB ($9.40)
UTG ($27.35)
UTG+1 ($24.25)
Hero ($33.05)
MP2 ($14.55)
MP3 ($25)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q, Q.
UTG calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.25, 6 folds, UTG calls $1.

Flop: ($2.85) T, J, 5 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2, UTG calls $2.

Turn: ($6.85) 8 (2 players)
UTG bets $4.5, Hero folds.


HAND 2

UTG+1 ($17.45)
MP1 ($25.40)
MP2 ($17.80)
MP3 ($23.25)
Hero ($34.20)
Button ($8)
SB ($23.90)
BB ($25)
UTG ($28.15)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K, A.
3 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1, 2 folds, BB raises to $2.5, MP2 folds, Hero calls $1.50.

Flop: ($5.35) 3, 5, 5 (2 players)
BB bets $2, Hero calls $2.

Turn: ($9.35) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $3, Hero folds.

HAND 3

Button ($3.70)
Hero ($28.45)
BB ($24.75)
UTG ($13.80)
UTG+1 ($23.65)
MP1 ($28.30)
MP2 ($10.85)
CO ($14.65)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, K.
UTG raises to $1, 5 folds, Hero calls $0.90, 1 fold.

Flop: ($2.25) K, 3, 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $1, Hero raises to $3, UTG raises to $12.8, Hero folds.


HAND 4

MP3 ($11.65)
CO ($54.25)
Button ($5.15)
SB ($32.75)
Hero ($24.40)
UTG ($46.05)
UTG+1 ($23.60)
MP1 ($28.80)
MP2 ($3.30)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, J.
UTG calls $0.25, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.25, 5 folds, Hero raises to $1, UTG folds, MP1 calls $0.75.

Flop: ($2.35) 9, 5, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $2, MP1 calls $2.

Turn: ($6.35) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $3, MP1 raises to $6, Hero calls $3.

River: ($18.35) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $6.25, Hero calls $6.25.

IMO Hand 3 is a terrible laydown and the rest of them are OK.

hand 1 is good

hand 2 looks like he missed id probably reraise the flop or turn. but your line wasnt bad either.

hand 3 i dont like going for the check raise on this flop. i think the laydown is good though.

hand 4 looks like he has a set

Originally Posted by bearcats05

hand 3 i dont like going for the check raise on this flop. i think the laydown is good though.

He just called pre-flop I think a checkraise is standard. Without a read there is no way I could lay this down since the hand is so underrepresented.

Hand 3 - get the monies in

Hand 2 - I re-raise the turn and if he doesnt fold i cry

Push his 3 bet on the flop on hand 3. All the rest are easy laydowns imo, nh's.

Thanks for the feedback, very useful. I'm curious why everyone thinks we're ahead in hand 3 though.

What do you put him on that 3-bets the flop here? I thought AA / KK (unlikely) /88 were the only hands that made sense. I thought AK, KQ, QQ would just call my raise and see what I did on the turn as I was OOP

I was stacking off too much with TPTK awhile ago so maybe I'm overcompensating now

Originally Posted by gnads

Thanks for the feedback, very useful. I'm curious why everyone thinks we're ahead in hand 3 though.

What do you put him on that 3-bets the flop here? I thought AA / KK (unlikely) /88 were the only hands that made sense. I thought AK, KQ, QQ would just call my raise and see what I did on the turn as I was OOP

I was stacking off too much with TPTK awhile ago so maybe I'm overcompensating now

He's a shortstack, if he had a fullstack this hand would play out much differently.

He's a half-buy and half-buys play terribly for the most part. He could have any number of different hands that you're beating, and he might also be chopping with you (which I think is extremely likely). You should basically never fold AK to a half-buyin in a raised pot when you hit top pair.