NL200 6-max Hands for Critique
It's been a while since I've been able to have a TRUE session of NL200 6-max (like, more than an hour or so). I'm rusty and just feel a little "off." I'd like some input on these hands....A few of them I know exactly where I messed up on, and may say so in my explanation of the hand, but I'd like to hear other's thoughts. I warn you, some of these hands are bad bad bad, but I'm going to learn from this bad night. I lost 3.5 buy-ins, and 3.5 buy-ins isn't such a big deal anyway, I've had a ten buy-in downswing before....I just want to stop this one as soon as I can. Ping and anyone else, please chime in! Thanks!
#1 -- The villian in this hand has a 200bb+ stack, I have almost 150bb's. Villian is also a 15/9 which is tighter than me. If he's limp-calling a raise from UTG here he has a pocket pair (most likely). When he called my flop bet it signaled that I was probably beat right there......when the 3-flush came on turn I shut down. Any problems with this?
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
saw flop|saw showdown
CO ($218)
Button ($341.81)
Hero ($291.37)
BB ($230.59)
UTG ($431.73)
MP ($292.80)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif. Hero posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls $2, 2 folds, Button calls $2, Hero (poster) raises to $12, 1 fold, UTG calls $11, Button folds.
Flop: ($30) 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $22, UTG calls $22.
Turn: ($74) 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $60, Hero folds.
Final Pot: $134
Results in white below:
No showdown. UTG wins $134.
#2 -- Relatively new at the table so no read on SB here. After this hand (and one other hand) I realized that he min-raised his high pocket pairs no matter how many limpers or what type of raises were in front of him. Without that knowledge, though, how do you proceed with this hand? I know I screwed this one up royally. Do I raise preflop with action in front of me (before it gets to the SB)? After SB min-raises everyone do I bother calling? Do I reraise flop, or stick in a reraise right there to find out where I'm at? Do I fold on turn, or is reraise okay? River seems like an obvious fold to me now, it was a bad bad bad call....but where was the FIRST place I went wrong on this hand?
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
saw flop|saw showdown
MP ($218.70)
CO ($104.51)
Hero ($201.15)
SB ($346.80)
BB ($141.97)
UTG ($192)
Preflop: Hero is Button with Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Thttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif. SB posts a blind of $1.
UTG raises to $6, 2 folds, Hero calls $6, SB (poster) raises to $9, BB calls $8, UTG calls $4, Hero calls $4.
Flop: ($40) 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, Thttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (4 players)
SB bets $17.95, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero calls $17.95.
Turn: ($75.90) Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
SB bets $17.09, Hero raises to $75, SB calls $57.91.
River: ($225.90) Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players)
SB bets $40.39, Hero calls $40.39.
Final Pot: $306.68
Results in white below:
SB has Jh Jd (two pair, queens and jacks).
Hero has Ac Tc (two pair, queens and tens).
Outcome: SB wins $306.68.
#3 -- Villian in this hand was terrible. He was like a 54/18 guy. With that said, though, he had made a lot of money just calling-calling-calling. I have seen him call down with huge hands, never firing in a raise. Should I have reraised preflop? Should I have led out on the flop? After I check-raise and he cold-calls, should I have led out for 3/4 the pot on the turn? I didn't do any of these and you'll see the results below...He sucks out on me in the end, but this is absolutely not a bad beat because I butchered the hand badly.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
saw flop|saw showdown
Button ($287.30)
Hero ($231.37)
BB ($234.84)
UTG ($526.19)
MP ($295.10)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif. Hero posts a blind of $1.
2 folds, Button raises to $6, Hero (poster) calls $5, BB calls $4.
Flop: ($18) 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 7http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 4http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, Button bets $8.43, Hero raises to $25, BB folds, Button calls $16.57.
Turn: ($68) Thttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.
River: ($68) 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.
Final Pot: $68
Results in white below:
Button has 6c 6s (three of a kind, sixes).
Hero has 9c 9d (one pair, nines).
Outcome: Button wins $68.
#4 -- Was I just scared of the ace here? Do I have to bet out in position on this flop and shut down if I get called here? That's gotta be right because leading on on the turn got me no where....do I have to call his river bet because it could be a bluff? This guy was pretty bad, he'd call-call-call but if he bet on the river he usually had something....I think by this point I was just scared *every* hand I was playing somebody out-flopped me, that's why I didn't bet the flop. Is that where I messed up?
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
saw flop|saw showdown
BB ($38.59)
UTG ($365.53)
Hero ($265.60)
CO ($320.59)
Button ($431.63)
SB ($220.20)
Preflop: Hero is MP with Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif. SB posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls $2, Hero raises to $10, 4 folds, UTG calls $8.
Flop: ($23) 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks.
Turn: ($23) 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $15, UTG calls $15.
River: ($53) 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players)
UTG bets $20, Hero folds.
Final Pot: $73
Results in white below:
UTG doesn't show.
Outcome: UTG wins $73.
#5 -- Set over set.....Absolutely no way I can fold here, right? Could easily have QQ/KK/AA here. This is the only semi-bad beat I have in this collection of hands, just want to make sure there's no way I fold to his over-bet on the turn. I repped it like I had a flush-draw, so QQ/KK/AA plays it like this enough to make this a profitable call. (EDIT -- Reading back over this it's kind of silly to even put this hand in here but I guess I won't delete it)
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
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MP ($198)
Button ($234.10)
SB ($381.10)
Hero ($200)
UTG ($188)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif. SB posts a blind of $1.
UTG raises to $4, 1 fold, Button calls $4, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.
Flop: ($13) 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (3 players)
Hero bets $9, UTG raises to $28, Button folds, Hero calls $19.
Turn: ($69) 2http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG calls $156 (All-In), Hero calls $156.
River: ($381) Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $381
Results in white below:
Hero has 5h 5s (three of a kind, fives).
UTG has Jc Jh (three of a kind, jacks).
Outcome: UTG wins $381.
#6 -- Bluffing is bad when the other guy won't fold. My read on this guy was solid, that he had 77. That's what he ended up having. I repped an over-pair the entire way. I should have just folded this preflop, but with my read being as it was.....I thought I could win this one. Just a bad move against a bad player, right? Don't try this at PP NL200?
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
saw flop|saw showdown
SB ($233.72)
BB ($145.85)
UTG ($224.47)
MP ($200)
Hero ($213)
Button ($115.01)
Preflop: Hero is CO with Thttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif. SB posts a blind of $1.
1 fold, MP calls $2, Hero raises to $9, 3 folds, MP calls $7.
Flop: ($21) 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 4http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 4http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $15, MP calls $15.
Turn: ($51) 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $39, MP calls $39.
River: ($129) 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $100, MP calls $100.
Final Pot: $329
Results in white below:
MP has 7h 7s (two pair, sevens and sixes).
Hero has Ts Ks (two pair, sixes and fours).
Outcome: MP wins $329.
#7 -- I'm kicking myself on this one. This was one of this guy's first few hands at the table, so no reads. He over-bet the crap out of it preflop, then bet HUGE on the flop. My mind said he had absolutely nothing, but being rusty I couldn't pull the trigger on this. Against an unknown is this an easy fold? I just don't see a very strong hand betting so damn strong at NL200 like this.....I have QQ, a K drops on the flop.....so obvious fold, or should I have trusted my read? (this is where I'm rusty)
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
saw flop|saw showdown
SB ($174.10)
BB ($210.10)
UTG ($371)
Hero ($210)
Button ($195)
Preflop: Hero is MP with Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif. SB posts a blind of $1.
1 fold, Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, BB raises to $25, Hero calls $20.
Flop: ($55) 3http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, Thttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
BB bets $45, Hero folds.
Final Pot: $100
Results in white below:
No showdown. BB wins $100.
#8 -- Good up until the turn.....but I've gotta fold this turn after being mini check-raised on the flop, right?
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
saw flop|saw showdown
UTG ($206.75)
MP ($413.27)
CO ($400)
Hero ($201.40)
SB ($316.15)
BB ($99.45)
Preflop: Hero is Button with Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif. SB posts a blind of $1.
1 fold, MP calls $2, 1 fold, Hero raises to $10, 1 fold, BB calls $8, MP folds.
Flop: ($23) 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 2http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $15, BB raises to $30, Hero calls $15.
Turn: ($83) 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
BB bets $35, Hero raises to $70, BB calls $24.45 (All-In).
River: ($212.45) 9http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: $212.45
Results in white below:
BB has Ad Ac (one pair, aces).
Hero has Qs Qd (one pair, queens).
Outcome: BB wins $201.90. Hero wins $10.55.
#9 -- I shouldn't even bother betting the flop here, right? I raised preflop OOP, got a bunch of callers...Nothing hits me, yet a bet anyway. Is this a no-no? I'm sure it was a good fold, but should I even bet this flop? Should I have raised more preflop? This particular table there were LOTS of limp-callers, but this is a favorable flop for an over-pair (which is what I could be repping here), right?
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
saw flop|saw showdown
CO ($88.82)
Button ($313.07)
SB ($407.10)
Hero ($201.13)
UTG ($373.20)
MP ($146.05)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif. SB posts a blind of $1.
2 folds, CO calls $2, Button calls $2, SB (poster) completes, Hero raises to $9, CO calls $9, Button calls $9, SB calls $9.
Flop: ($44) 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 7http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $34, CO folds, Button folds, SB raises to $93, Hero folds.
Final Pot: $171
Results in white below:
No showdown. SB wins $171.
