25-50NL Comments plz.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with 8 8
UTG calls, 2 folds, Button calls, Hero calls, BB raises to $1, UTG folds, Button calls, Hero raises to $3.15, BB calls, Button folds.

Flop: 2 Q Q ($7.55, 2 players)
Hero bets $8, BB folds.
Uncalled bets: $8 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $7.55





#2



Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
5 players
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Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with 2 2
Hero raises to $1.5, CO folds, Button calls, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: T 2 5 ($4.6, 3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $3, 2 folds.
Uncalled bets: $3 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $4.6

Should I try and let villian catch up here? Flop seems scary, is my bet enough to price out flush draws?


#3


Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with Q Q
2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, Hero raises to $1.5, BB folds, CO calls, Button calls.

Flop: 3 T 2 ($4.75, 3 players)
Hero bets $4, CO raises to $8, Button folds, Hero raises all-in $23.25, CO calls.

Turn: 8 ($51.25, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $51.25)


River: 5 ($51.25, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $51.25)


Results:
Final pot: $51.25


#4


Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG+1 with 5 5
UTG folds, Hero raises to $3, 2 folds, SB raises to $9.5, BB folds, Hero calls.

Flop: 4 2 5 ($19.5, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $6, SB raises to $22, Hero raises all-in $41.25, SB calls.

Turn: J ($102, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $102)


River: 6 ($102, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $102)


Results:
Final pot: $102



Last 2 standard? No reads in any of these.

2, 3, and 4 are standard. The first one is wierd. If he raises the bb lightly it's ok. Though I hate it, it's really hard to rep something in this spot. Against any kind of decent player you're facing another raise pf or a push on the flop (esp. this flop).

margin,

Hand 1: wtf? Just call the raise and play your hand from there.
Hand 2: Is that big a preflop raise normal in this game? I would normally just raise 4bbs preflop, but I guess your raise is fine. Bet closer to pot ($4) on the flop to build a pot. Else hand is fine, its rare I check in this spot (I sometimes check if the flop is completely dry).
Hand 3: This is fine. This can change quickly with a read though. An alternative line is to call the flop raise and reevaluate on the turn, but since you are OOP I like your line better.
Hand 4: Stacks please? With shallow stacks your preflop call is horrible. And again, why raise 6bbs preflop instead of 4bbs? Bet around $15 on the flop, rest is fine. He has an overpair here like always.

Robert you don't think there is any value in raising medium pairs like that? The bonuses I see is that you rep a strong hand so you can take down pots after the flop, and you mix up your preflop action when looking for a set.

p-roth, he limp reraised eights

Doh' One of these days i will read a hand correctly...

phanta,

He first limped in the SB, the BB raises and then he rereraises BB's raise when action gets around to him - you dont rep anything with such a move. Raising preflop from the SB is OK under the right circumstances, but in this case I would just call in the SB and call BB's raise afterwards.

Originally Posted by Robert

margin,

Hand 1: wtf? Just call the raise and play your hand from there.
Hand 2: Is that big a preflop raise normal in this game? I would normally just raise 4bbs preflop, but I guess your raise is fine. Bet closer to pot ($4) on the flop to build a pot. Else hand is fine, its rare I check in this spot (I sometimes check if the flop is completely dry).
Hand 3: This is fine. This can change quickly with a read though. An alternative line is to call the flop raise and reevaluate on the turn, but since you are OOP I like your line better.
Hand 4: Stacks please? With shallow stacks your preflop call is horrible. And again, why raise 6bbs preflop instead of 4bbs? Bet around $15 on the flop, rest is fine. He has an overpair here like always.

Hand 1: Villian was super loose pre flop. I was pretty sure I was ahead here and wanted to build a pot.

hand 2: I always raise 6xbb's pf at micro stakes.

Hand 3: cool

Hand 4 : I had like 105 bb's and he had me covered.

margin,

If you want to build a pot, then just be the first to raise yourself. Limpreraising 88 from the SB out of position against any player is just asking for trouble - seriously.

Hand 1: Spew. I hate the lack of balance in potting the flop there. If I think he's FoS I'd just call and check/bomb him on the flop. Also, 88 is a wonderful hand to play multi-way in a built pot if the table is a little loose. You need to consider if isolating the guy getting frisky is a better play than playing it at face value.

Hand 2:
Why are you opening for 6x? Hand plays itself from there. I think a 6x opener is doing a lot of bad things for you outside of very particular table textures.

Hand 3:
Not standard at all, you need to tell us something about CO here. Folding, re-raising and calling are all options worthy of consideration.

Hand 4:
Why are you opening for 6x? Hand plays itself from there.

Originally Posted by Fnord

Hand 1: Spew. I hate the lack of balance in potting the flop there. If I think he's FoS I'd just call and check/bomb him on the flop. Also, 88 is a wonderful hand to play multi-way in a built pot if the table is a little loose. You need to consider if isolating the guy getting frisky is a better play than playing it at face value.

Hand 2:
Why are you opening for 6x? Hand plays itself from there. I think a 6x opener is doing a lot of bad things for you outside of very particular table textures.

Hand 3:
Not standard at all, you need to tell us something about CO here. Folding, re-raising and calling are all options worthy of consideration.

Hand 4:
Why are you opening for 6x? Hand plays itself from there.

Hand 1: I agree that play is probably spew. Heres the thing though, lets say I lead out pf, get reraised and I flat call. With that flop can I really c-bet consistently and have any hope of being ahead?


I open for 6x cause at full tilt the tables are so rocky no one will play post flop with me unless a. they have the nuts, or b. there is a decent sized pot to fight over.