I've only been playing for a few weeks, been trying to read up on this. During my session today I had two huge losses and was wondering if you guys would have played them differently?
Hand #1
AGEcowboy is at seat 0 with $6.79.
space312 is at seat 1 with $2.15.
noperapon is at seat 2 with $3.76.
Jblack24 is at seat 3 with $12.29.
calcaterra is at seat 4 with $9.68.
Hero is at seat 5 with $3.14.
JimCrain is at seat 6 with $3.84.
ddongdrew is at seat 7 with $8.31.
C2TMFP is at seat 9 with $11.02.
The button is at seat 1.
noperapon posts the small blind of $.05.
Jblack24 posts the big blind of $.10.
AGEcowboy: -- --
space312: -- --
noperapon: -- --
Jblack24: -- --
calcaterra: -- --
Hero: 3d 3h
JimCrain: -- --
ddongdrew: -- --
C2TMFP: -- --
Pre-flop:
calcaterra folds. Hero calls. JimCrain
calls. ddongdrew calls. C2TMFP folds. AGEcowboy
calls. space312 folds. noperapon calls. Jblack24
checks.
Flop (board: 7d 3c Jc):
noperapon checks. Jblack24 checks. Hero
checks. JimCrain checks. ddongdrew bets $.60.
AGEcowboy folds. noperapon folds. Jblack24 folds.
Hero calls. JimCrain folds.
Turn (board: 7d 3c Jc Jd):
Hero checks. ddongdrew bets $2.50.
Hero goes all-in for $2.44. ddongdrew is
returned $.06 (uncalled).
River (board: 7d 3c Jc Jd Kh):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
ddongdrew shows Ks Js.
ddongdrew has Ks Js Jc Jd Kh: full house, jacks full of kings.
Hero shows 3d 3h.
Herop. has 3d 3h 3c Jc Jd: full house, threes full of jacks.
Hand Summary:
$.33 is raked from a pot of $6.68.
ddongdrew wins $6.35 with full house, jacks full of kings.
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This hand the villian had been pushing on several hands and shown down quite a few marginal hands. So I knew my hand was good. I kinda knew I shouldn't have pushed post-flop with the board but I was practically pot-commited and thought there was a small possibility I might have the best hand.
Hand #2
Hero is at seat 0 with $5.15.
Jaymes1 is at seat 1 with $4.47.
Hanhisto is at seat 2 with $7.98.
WyoChuck is at seat 3 with $6.82.
psykoman69 is at seat 4 with $1.85.
bandini star is at seat 5 with $6.59.
grunta1 is at seat 6 with $5.54.
UmustBeBad is at seat 7 with $9.90.
Villian is at seat 8 with $4.70.
ddongdrew is at seat 9 with $10.73.
The button is at seat 6.
UmustBeBad posts the small blind of $.05.
Villian posts the big blind of $.10.
Hero: Qs Qc
Jaymes1: -- --
Hanhisto: -- --
WyoChuck: -- --
psykoman69: -- --
bandini star: -- --
grunta1: -- --
UmustBeBad: -- --
Villian: -- --
ddongdrew: -- --
Pre-flop:
ddongdrew folds. Hero raises to $.70.
Jaymes1 folds. Hanhisto folds. WyoChuck folds.
psykoman69 folds. bandini star folds. grunta1
folds. UmustBeBad folds. Villian re-raises to
$1.30. Hero re-raises to $3.95. Villian
calls.
Flop (board: 3s As 7d):
Villian checks. Hero goes all-in for $1.20.
Villian goes all-in for $.75. Hero is
returned $.45 (uncalled).
Turn (board: 3s As 7d Jd):
(no action in this round)
River (board: 3s As 7d Jd 6c):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
Hero shows Qs Qc.
Hero has Qs Qc As 7d Jd: a pair of queens.
Villian shows Ah Kh.
Villian has Ah Kh As 7d Jd: a pair of aces.
Hand #2 Summary:
$.47 is raked from a pot of $9.45.
Villian wins $8.98 with a pair of aces.
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