I'm progressing, 8 bucks up on the session, 2 hands

Hand 1:
I played 1 hand against villain where he called a monotone board with 2nd pair, turn checked through and he rivered trips and I c/c 5 bucks. Apart from that pretty unknown after 39 hands.

Any better way of playing this?
I can’t call the J river can I?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (3 handed) Party-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

SB ($5.20)
BB ($23.25)
Hero ($24.85)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif.
Hero raises to $1, 1 fold, BB calls $0.75.

Flop: ($2.10) 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif, 7http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players)
BB bets $0.25, Hero raises to $1.25, BB calls $1.

Turn: ($4.60) 4http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif (2 players)
BB bets $3, Hero calls $3.

River: ($10.60) Jhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players)
BB bets $5, Hero….


Hand 2:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) Party-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Hero ($33.04)
UTG ($15.24)
MP ($38.88)
Button ($24.05)
SB ($30.99)

Preflop: Hero is BB with http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/qs.gif, http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/qh.gif.
UTG calls $0.25, 2 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to $1.375, UTG calls $1.25, SB calls $1.25.

Flop: ($4.50) http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/8s.gif, http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/kh.gif, http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/3h.gif (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets $1.25, SB folds, Hero calls $1.25.

Turn: ($7) http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/8d.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $2.25, Hero calls $2.25.

River: ($11.50) http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/jc.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $4, Hero....

1) I call him down

2) I lead 1/2 pot flop, give up turn.
Alternate line: k/c flop, lead 1/2 pot turn. But the pf potsize is too big irl stacks

I wanted to k/r flop here first, but then I saw the potsize and its virtually impossible to do this without getting committed

1)I'd call.

2) I think reading this thread if you missed it will help you're play a lot in hand 2.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...biggest%20leak

I cant find any possible reason to call the turn in hand 2...

Is it me being rubbish or are both flops played weakly?

hand 1. Your flop bet gave him 3:1 to call and imo still looks weak and you call $3 on turn. Why not make it $2 on the flop then reevaluate? Makes it easier to fold turn if he leads strong. I think I prefer a call to raising $1.25.

hand 2. You look weak again. You called down $3.5 before folding which could be used to cbet the flop and rep your range. If they call then you can reassess.

I agree my flop raise isn't very big on hand 1, but this way I think weaker Q's will stay in. It's not like the beard is very drawy so i don't really see why raising more is better. Calling 0.25 and seems even weaker to me. But please correct me if my thinking is wrong.

Also can someone help me with a river range for villain?
This is mine:
Likely AQ, KQ, QJ, QT,87s
Possibly 77-TT, 56s, Q8s, T9s
Both seemed like I should have called, but it's marginal.

Quote:

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Board: 8h 7d Qc 4d Js
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 36.667% 26.67% 10.00% 8 3.00 { KdQh }
Hand 1: 63.333% 53.33% 10.00% 16 3.00 { AQs, KQs, QTs+, 87s, AQo, KQo, QTo+ }

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Quote:

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Board: 8h 7d Qc 4d Js
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 39.655% 34.48% 05.17% 20 3.00 { KdQh }
Hand 1: 60.345% 55.17% 05.17% 32 3.00 { TT-77, AQs, KQs, QTs+, Q8s, T9s, 87s, 65s, AQo, KQo, QTo+ }

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Hand 2:
In another thread I had a more or less similar hand. Some people advocated not c-betting the flop. Does it matter this is multiway?
I think I like betting flop as well.
Jack Sawyer the c/c, lead turn line I almost never use. It just seems like a weird line to me that can easily be exploited. Any thoughts on that?


Meeloche thanks for the link. I have read it before, but I feel like I have to study it cause I don't completely get the thoughts behind it and they seem fundaments.