What about those hands?

First fishing on $50NL tables. Not a total rock quarry, but opponents are more tricky and dont give too much loose calls.

More pushing was neccessary but it paid off.



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Hand #111831838 at table: Table TH 18
Started: Thu Oct 06 10:25:21 2005

nnnnnn is at seat 1 with 51.50
ksand is at seat 2 with 35.85
se3villa9 is at seat 3 with 13.90
_Vrax_ is at seat 4 with 53.47
roli46 is at seat 5 with 9.00

se3villa9 posts the large blind 0.50
ksand posts the small blind 0.25

ksand: --, --
se3villa9: --, --
_Vrax_: :Ks:, :Kc:
roli46: --, --
nnnnnn: --, --

Pre-flop:

_Vrax_: Raise 1.50
roli46: Fold
nnnnnn: Fold
ksand: Call 1.50
se3villa9: Fold

Flop (Board: , :Qh:, ):

ksand: Check
_Vrax_: Bet 3.50
ksand: Raise 7.00
_Vrax_: Raise 10.50
ksand: All in ($35)
_Vrax_: ??? (decisions decisions....what is correct? No reads here)




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Hand #111849508 at table: Table TH 19
Started: Thu Oct 06 11:48:14 2005

stern is at seat 1 with 39.32
xiao jie is at seat 2 with 179.90
_Vrax_ is at seat 3 with 45.35
HOJ72 is at seat 4 with 50.70
wudan is at seat 5 with 9.50

_Vrax_ posts the large blind 0.50
xiao jie posts the small blind 0.25

xiao jie: --, --
_Vrax_: ,
HOJ72: --, --
wudan: --, --
stern: --, --

Pre-flop:

HOJ72: Fold
wudan: Check
stern: Call 0.50
xiao jie: Call 0.50
_Vrax_: Check

Flop (Board: , , ):

xiao jie: Check
_Vrax_: Check
wudan: Check
stern: Bet 2.50
xiao jie: Fold
_Vrax_: Raise 7.50
wudan: Fold
stern: Call 7.50

Turn (Board: , , , ):

_Vrax_: All in
stern: All in

River (Board: , , , , :Ks:


Showdown:

_Vrax_ shows: 4c, 4s (three of a kind, Fours)
stern shows: Qs, Qh (a pair of Queens)

Mainpot:
_Vrax_ wins the pot of 76.65 with three of a kind, Fours

(3.00 rake were taken for this hand)
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Hand #111862149 at table: Table TH 19
Started: Thu Oct 06 12:37:00 2005

xiao jie is at seat 2 with 199.60
_Vrax_ is at seat 3 with 87.32
HOJ72 is at seat 4 with 39.70
Steu is at seat 5 with 18.75

xiao jie posts the large blind 0.50
Steu posts the small blind 0.25

Steu: --, --
xiao jie: --, --
_Vrax_: ,
HOJ72: --, --

Pre-flop:

_Vrax_: Call 0.50
HOJ72: Call 0.50
Steu: Call 0.50
xiao jie: Check

Flop (Board: :Th:, , :Kd:

Steu: Bet 0.50
xiao jie: Fold
_Vrax_: Call 0.50
HOJ72: Fold

Turn (Board: :Th:, , :Kd:, ):

Steu: Check
_Vrax_: Bet 3.00
Steu: Raise 6.00
_Vrax_: Raise 86.32
Steu: All in

River (Board: :10h:, , :Kd:, , ):


Showdown:

_Vrax_ shows: 2d, 2c (three of a kind, Deuces)
Steu shows: 7d, Kc (a pair of Kings)

Mainpot:
_Vrax_ wins the pot of 37.05 with three of a kind, Deuces

(1.95 rake were taken for this hand)
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hand1
take a look at hand 2. This may very well be the problem you face here. For me you either push over the reraise or fold. Calling is bad to me because you need a 2 outer on the turn, i dont think you get to see the river here. It may simply be someone who doesnt think you have the queen, but morelikely your overpair is beaten here imo
hand2
Nothing wrong id defend my hand here too with a reraise. Although, i dont put him on the draw so i doubt i push the turn, because i dont think opp would call. But he did so hey.
hand3
Again nice play. Opp tries to be smart on turn but he should fold when you push but again he calls. This is how you make money imo at 50nl because too many players will make awful calls with tpgk. just remember to respect the push if you are in opps chair here.

Hand 1 was tough decision for me, I didn't call on flop, I reraised (info about possible QQ or better) and I folded after his push. He was nice enough to show me his bottom set...

in that case you played hand1 fine and made a good play.

Why are you slow-playing against apparent calling stations?

At hand #2 - player named "stern" lost recently huge pot and got over aggressive. I labelled him "pot stealer", he also made lot of river bluff-raises, trying to represent the nuts - for example: huge raise against my flush (when I was betting it for value, on paired board. I called that raise and saw his monster 9 high hand). There was little chance he will check behind (regardless of calling stations). Well, I also try to read opponents hands more...my first level2 thinking attempt

Hand #3 - Good point, got me to the thinking. Fancy play syndrome I guess, I got addicted to slowplay small trips (and in next hands I paid with my stack for it ).Yeah, it was bad slowplay, now I see the result would be the same (or better) if I just value bet every street in the hope that another potential king-junk holder will pay me off a large chunk of his stack.