Whole lotta hands....1

sorry if these are lame, been on a massive downswing and starting to question things i guess

1) Is this a bad time to cbet? Fold turn?

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($13.75)
UTG+1 ($96.50)
MP1 ($75.25)
MP2 ($29.20)
MP3 ($122.30)
CO ($48.75)
Hero ($49.25)
SB ($56.35)
BB ($33.85)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is BTN :js: :jh:
3 folds, MP2 calls $0.5, MP3 calls $0.5, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2.5, SB calls $2.25, 1 fold, MP2 calls $2, MP3 calls $2

Flop: :kd: :3d: :7c: ($10.5, 4 players)
SB checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks

Turn: :8s: ($10.5, 4 players)
SB bets $2, 2 folds, Hero folds

Final Pot: $10.50

SB wins $12 ( won +$7.5 )
Hero lost -$2.50
MP2 lost -$2.50
MP3 lost -$2.50


2) villain is 62/16/4 after not too many hands. again, what to do?
$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($50.00)
Hero ($50.00)
MP1 ($70.20)
MP2 ($19.15)
MP3 ($31.50)
CO ($95.70)
BTN ($73.00)
SB ($22.20)
BB ($119.30)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is UTG+1 :8s: :8d:
1 fold, Hero raises to $1.5, 5 folds, SB calls $1.25, 1 fold

Flop: :ts: :7h: :td: ($3.5, 2 players)
SB bets $3.5, Hero folds

Final Pot: $3.50

SB wins $6.85 ( won +$1.85 )
Hero lost -$1.50



3) obv should have raised flop, but is calling down here bad? what about raising turn/river with 3rd diamond?

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($115.75)
UTG+1 ($50.00)
MP1 ($9.25)
MP2 ($11.45)
MP3 ($36.15)
Hero ($49.85)
BTN ($35.75)
SB ($44.75)
BB ($19.25)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is CO :5c: :5s:
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.5, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.5, BTN calls $0.5, 1 fold, BB checks

Flop: :9s: :ad: :5d: ($2.25, 4 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, BTN bets $1, BB folds, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls $1

Turn: :7d: ($4.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $3, Hero calls $3

River: :kh: ($10.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $10.25, Hero calls $10.25

Final Pot: $30.75

#1 cbetting this flop is mandatory. we have the button, noone has shown strength, we might very well be ahead but dont want to see another diamond fall.

#2 call. ppl love to bluff paired flops. except 89 hes drawing slim to 6outs at best, dont turn your hand into a bluff by raising.

#3 raise preflop next time. as played lead flop. as played dont lead/raise turn or river.

Hand 1: I call the turn and try to see a cheap showdown.

Hand 2: I raise to around $9 and call a push.

Hand 3: Raise the flop but after that it's probably how you have to play it.

Hand 2. I would raise the flop too and try to take it down there.
I think it looks like it may be a good spot for him to bluff, i would.

But im curious why Spoon says to call a push.

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Originally Posted by wesrman

Hand 2. I would raise the flop too and try to take it down there.
I think it looks like it may be a good spot for him to bluff, i would.

But im curious why Spoon says to call a push.

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Well it might depend on the villain, but from those stats I'd say it's fairly likely he could be stacking off with a bare 7 here (because of the small effective stacks). I've seen worse, and quite often too.

If we're 100bb deep then I raise and fold to a 3-bet.

1) c-bet. Raise turn to $8, fold to push
2) raise more pre - especially against maniacs. Makes hands a lot easier. As played, dunno, I guess I fold
3) Bet the flop on this board always!