terry dips toes into 6max 2hands

wanted to join the fun..



opponent unknown, wanted to keep him on the hook. knew i was ahead, how much to bet each street? bonus points, what does opponent have?
******* Hand 1 ********

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $50
UTG+1: $51.80
CO: $61.20
Hero: $50
SB: $18.45
BB: $47

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with Q 8
3 folds, Hero raises to $2, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: Q 3 Q ($4.25, 2 players)
BB bets $3, Hero raises to $6, BB calls.

Turn: 2 ($16.25, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $5, BB calls.

River: K ($26.25, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $5, BB calls.

Results:
Final pot: $36.25


ugly flop reminraise, i know. but it just seemed right. i felt i was ahead. bonus points what's opponents hand?
******* Hand 2 ********

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $24.30
UTG+1: $55.75
CO: $49.25
Button: $8.25
Hero: $50
BB: $36.65

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with T T
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $1, CO calls, Button folds, Hero raises to $5, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, CO folds.

Flop: 4 7 6 ($11.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $8, UTG+1 raises to $16, Hero raises to $32, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: 2 ($75.5, 2 players)
Hero is all-in $21, UTG+1 calls.

River: K ($117.5, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $117.5)


Results:
Final pot: $117.5

Hand 1: Turn and river bets look weak. He has a middle PP maybe even JJ.

Hand 2: I try not to stack off with TT, but if you feel you are ahead I think this is fine. There are alot of 6 max players with hands like 97 who raise when they hit.

hand 1 - bet $10 on the turn, if he calls you make the same amount, maybe more. He has K3

hand 2 - If you think you're ahead it's fine. I'm guessing 89s

terry,

Hand 1: You might have the button and all that, but I dont like preflop unless the blinds are really tight OOP or they are really easy to outplay postflop. Raise a lot more on the flop, minraise here is meh. As played bet turn for at least 2/3 pot. River I would valuebet ½-2/3 pot. BTW, I would probably either just call flop (instead of raising) or check the turn behind (pot control with a WA/WB hand). Villians hand: Maybe a K-high spade draw hitting his TP on the river?

Hand 2: Preflop is OK, without a read I would mostly just call the minraise though. As played, I would probably fold (not likely) or felt on flop, so many draw out there, you dont want to see a turn card with any money behind here. Villians hand: AK/AQ of spades?

Lastly one piece of advice: stop minraising so much and start making bigger bets and raises. Generally I never bet less than ½ pot on any street (unless I'm making a very thin river value bet or river blocking bet). My bet sizes are mostly around 2/3-3/4 pot.

why are you minraising on boards that are absolutely unoptimal for minraising?

In hand 1, I like taking him to value-town if you think he's trying to showdown something drawing pretty much dead to your trips. However, I think he's good for a lot more money. $10 on the turn and $10 more on the river works. However, if he's realy terrible just try to get it all-in by going $12 on the turn and sticking the rest in on the river.

Hand 2 is standard.

Originally Posted by Fnord

Hand 2 is standard.

Seriously? If you want to felt this hand, pushing the flop over his reraise is certainly better than minraising leaving you with very little behind on the turn with a superdraw heavy board

hand 1. 55
hand 2. q5o.

i was def. taking him to valuetown on hand 1.

Originally Posted by Renton

why are you minraising on boards that are absolutely unoptimal for minraising?

1. paired boards, i find anything but a minraise will scare of non-trips, without a flush draw on the board. KQ/AQ would push over my minraise so it helped me see where i stood..

hand 2.. my 3 bet was technically not a minraise.. to 24$ wouldve been minraise.

Originally Posted by Robert

Seriously? If you want to felt this hand, pushing the flop over his reraise is certainly better than minraising leaving you with very little behind on the turn with a superdraw heavy board

Do we think he's drawing and would a push get rid of hands we'd like to see call us down?