25NL - 3 hands from today

Hand 1:

Only 10 hands at the table, no reads.

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.25 PL (Real Money), #1,018,192,572
Table Taegu, 18 Sep 2006 10:33 AM ET
Seat 1: swiggidy ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 2: masdo ($26.70 in chips)
Seat 3: SkillzMagilz ($11.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Utrecht Slim ($21.10 in chips)
Seat 5: DJ_CashMoney ($21.60 in chips)
Seat 6: Iocaste ($20.30 in chips)
Seat 7: CHoKut ($15.30 in chips)
Seat 8: iso kivi ($26.05 in chips)
Seat 9: Woodster123 ($9.35 in chips)
Seat 10: Mesterole ($17.45 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Iocaste posts blind ($0.25), CHoKut posts blind ($0.25).

swiggidy has [ :Qd:,:Qs: ]

PRE-FLOP
iso kivi folds, Woodster123 calls $0.25, Mesterole calls $0.25, swiggidy bets $1.25, 5 folds, CHoKut calls $1, 1 fold, Mesterole calls $1.

FLOP [board cards :8h:,:8s:,:6d: ]
CHoKut checks, Mesterole checks, swiggidy bets $3, CHoKut folds, Mesterole bets $13.25, swiggidy ...

Hand 2:
No real reads here either. Table was very loose.

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.25 PL (Real Money), #1,019,051,775
Table Flensburg, 18 Sep 2006 2:07 PM ET
Seat 1: __WildBill ($20.15 in chips)
Seat 3: Magnusman ($3.50 in chips)
Seat 4: swiggidy ($23.25 in chips)
Seat 5: ks1977 ($24 in chips)
Seat 6: awausm ($5.95 in chips)
Seat 7: bburnout2 ($8.45 in chips)
Seat 8: Pekkiis ($14.25 in chips)
Seat 9: gestern1 ($18.55 in chips)
Seat 10: jookkas89 ($2.75 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
gestern1 posts blind ($0.25), jookkas89 posts blind ($0.25).

swiggidy has [ :2d:,:2c: ]

PRE-FLOP
__WildBill bets $0.75, 1 fold, swiggidy calls $0.75, 2 folds, bburnout2 calls $0.75, 1 fold, gestern1 calls $0.50, 1 fold.

FLOP [board cards :Jd:,:9d:,:2s: ]
gestern1 bets $0.25, __WildBill bets $2, swiggidy bets $5, bburnout2 folds, gestern1 calls $4.75, __WildBill calls $3.

TURN [board cards JD,9D,2S, :8c: ]
gestern1 checks, __WildBill checks, swiggidy bets $17.50 and is all-in...

I feel like I only get called by a hand that beats me, checking is out, this good?

Hand 3:
villains first hand at the table

Seat 1: jaaba_baaba ($22.75 in chips)
Seat 2: ClaesW ($28.25 in chips)
Seat 3: ks1977 ($23.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Ekneb ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 5: veiski ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: hodovan2 ($28.50 in chips)
Seat 7: rarash. ($25 in chips)
Seat 9: swiggidy ($25.20 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
jaaba_baaba posts blind ($0.25), ClaesW posts blind ($0.25), veiski posts blind ($0.25).

swiggidy shows [ :Qd:,:Qs: ]

PRE-FLOP
2 folds, veiski checks, hodovan2 calls $0.25, 1 fold, swiggidy bets $1.25, 1 fold, ClaesW calls $1, veiski calls $1, 1 fold.

FLOP [board cards :4d:,:Jh:,:Jd: ]
ClaesW checks, veiski bets $1, swiggidy bets $5, ClaesW folds, veiski calls $4.

TURN [board cards 4D,JH,JD,:4s: ]
veiski bets $3, swiggidy calls $3.

RIVER [board cards 4D,JH,JD,4S,:6h: ]
veiski checks, swiggidy checks.

1. Fold
2. Maybe 1/2-1/1 pot your set is usually good here, check-raise is out because of draws. allin is too premature here i think.
3. why is villain calling here 5? Reads needed but if
he is any good u get call only from better hand. Maybe
a 4 if villain is fishy or lag.
But turn bet is so small i think you have to call it anyway.
River is strange no value bet here from villain. I would
definetely check behind as u did. I would say villain has 4.

1 - Reraise all in
2- check, it's more than likley someone was on a straight draw there really is not much +EV in betting here, you will only be called by 2 pair or perhaps pair + draw. I would say it's a break-even play.
3- Why would villian check a full house... His like screams middle 88-99 or AK I would say 80% he will have 88-99. All in and expect a call from A high or 88-99.

1. Against know LAG reraise allin is good. Against known
regular bye bye stack.
2. Check and give free card for fl and str8 draw?
3. why would villain call raise 1->5 with AK or 88-99? No way...

One general comment I like to play at least half an hour in
a table to get a feel what kind of players my opponents are.
I am not willing to play for stacks in marginal situations
before I have some kind of read of my opponents.

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Originally Posted by Turska

3. why would villain call raise 1->5 with AK or 88-99? No way...

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Because its 25nl and yes, way.
This opp looked at his hand and thought 'haha ill catch this aggro sucker out with his ace high'

btw, bet the river for value. Noone at 25nl is going to c/r the river when they have QQ beaten, they lump it all in for value.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Turska

One general comment I like to play at least half an hour in
a table to get a feel what kind of players my opponents are.
I am not willing to play for stacks in marginal situations
before I have some kind of read of my opponents.

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These hands are QQ and a flopped set. What would you do differently in the absence of reads? The other more experience players here seem to do fine assuming a general 25NL donk mentality.

1: Raise

2: Bet turn 3/4 or stronger

3: Bet river, because he didn't. So I wouldn't put him on anything.

You look just like one of my old roommates, it weirds me out.

OK tell us results...

1 - All-In
2 - Bet 3/4 on turn
3 - I probably pansy out and check

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Originally Posted by Turska

OK tell us results...

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1. all-in, he called with 55
2. called by 99
3. He had 99 (maybe 88 I don't remember)