Seconds nuts - the SEQUEL - Also a pair + FD turn spot.

Small disclaimer : ppl may think that I'm just posting veiled coolers, but when you are downswinging (read: no longer a winning player) as hard and for as long a period of time as I am, i'm really not sure what else I can do than look at my biggest losing pots and hope that I'm making mistakes that I can improve upon. This on top of watching vids and reviewing hands. I guess I will have to suck it up and cut down to just playing a few tables to lower variance. Bleh.

My image in these games - I have been a TAG reg at this site for a long time but have moved down from 5/10 to 2/4 to 1/2. A lot of the 1/2 regs used to play higher as well so know that I have also moved down. I'm getting CRUSHED at 1/2 (like -30bb/100 yay) so I think that definitely influences how they play vs me (people seem to play better against someone they know is running bad).

Villain in both these hands is AKPB, he's a aggro lagfish, like 30/25/12 and does some really strange/spewy checkraises as we see here. This hand is exactly one orbit before the KK hand:

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($381.28)
BB ($202.25)
UTG ($604.97)
Hero (MP) ($362.25)
Button ($449.05)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A, J
UTG bets $6, Hero raises $21, 3 folds, UTG calls $15

Flop: ($45) Q, 10, 6 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $22.50, UTG calls $22.50

Turn: ($90) A (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($90) K (2 players)
UTG bets $67.50, Hero raises $153, UTG raises $493.97 (All-In), Hero calls $165.75 (All-In)

Total pot: $727.50

UTG shows 77 for airball.


Hand in question : Are we deep enough that I should be flatting his 4-bet here? I initially thought we were deeper but we're only 280 BB deep so maybe this is a no-brain get it in. I don't really like my 5-bet size..am I correct in assuming something like 125$ish would be better and induce more spazz shoves? I feel like now that i've made it so big he's only shoving AA over my near committing 5-bet and when he does now i'm not happy.

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (4 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($323.68)
Button ($551.75)
Hero (SB) ($765.70)
BB ($401.25)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K
1 fold, Button bets $6, Hero raises to $21, 1 fold, Button raises to $52, Hero raises to $148, Button raises to $454, Hero FML.



Hand 3:

Villain is new, and seems pretty bad/passive and I assume sucks caus he doesn't reload to 100BB. I feel like I have to call flop in position with some backdoor straightdraws as well. Are there enough 89/combo that I beat in his range?

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($174.80)
UTG ($190.14)
MP ($582.30)
Hero (Button) ($384.40)
SB ($510.75)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9, 5
2 folds, Hero bets $7, 1 fold, BB calls $5

Flop: ($15) 4, 10, 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $12, BB raises $31.50, Hero calls $19.50

Turn: ($78) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $136.30 (All-In), Hero wants to spite call.