a few 50nl hands

[shaker11]

How do these hands look?

Hand 1, check-raise the flop? reraise preflop? or is this line gold...

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $54.75
UTG+1: $49.25
CO: $51
Button: $61.40
HERO: $51.95
BB: $31.70

Pre-flop: (6 players) HERO is SB with
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $2, 2 folds, HERO calls, BB folds.

Flop: ($4.5, 2 players)
HERO checks, UTG+1 bets $5, HERO calls.

Turn: ($14.5, 2 players)
HERO checks, UTG+1 bets $13, HERO raises to $26,

FLopped set, and not very confident that he has a flush. the previous hand he raised 7x BB when I open limped from the sb. I usually raise preflop here, but there must have been a reason why i didnt(hand history from a few days ago.)

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $30
UTG+1: $49.25
CO: $50
HERO: $55.80
SB: $30.40
BB: $86.95

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

Flop: ($3.5, 3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, HERO bets $3, SB calls, UTG folds.

Turn: ($9.5, 2 players)
SB checks, HERO bets $5, SB raises to $22, HERO raises to $39, SB calls all-in $4.4.
Uncalled bets: $12.6 returned to HERO.

River: ($62.3, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $62.3)


Results:
Final pot: $62.3

I dont want to fourbet, cuz his calling range crushes me, so i decided to just play it like a small pair.

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $75.55
CO: $79.45
UTG+1: $49.25
Button: $53.80
SB: $18.60
HERO: $49.25

Pre-flop: (5 players) HERO is BB with
UTG raises to $2, CO raises to $5, 2 folds, HERO calls, UTG calls.

Flop: ($15.25, 3 players)
HERO checks, UTG checks, CO bets $10, HERO folds, UTG folds.
Uncalled bets: $10 returned to CO.

Results:
Final pot: $15.25

[martindcx1e]

1) This can get expensive. I don't like it.
2) Why don't you think he has a flush? I guess it's pretty tough to get away with him only having $30.
3) Have you seen villain 3bet much yet? I think your line is fine.

[zook]

{moved from NLHE Hand Histories}

1. I lead the flop and push over a raise. As played, fold to villain's c-bet, playing draws oop sucks. As played, you took a monster line as a bluff and it worked, so nh, but you'll lose a 1/2 stack or more here a lot.

2. Raise pre-flop. Turn, meh, I probably play it the same without a good read.

3. Can go either way with this. Don't mind how you played it, but if CO has been re-raising a lot, this is an easy 4-bet.

[martindcx1e]

{moved from NLHE Hand Histories}

1. I lead the flop and push over a raise.

wow, that line has never even crossed my mind with these kinds of hands. could you explain why you push?

[zook]

wow, that line has never even crossed my mind with these kinds of hands. could you explain why you push?

b/c I play a set on a drawy board the same way, I'm not far behind an overpair, and the dead money in the pot plus fold equity often makes it +EV. If there isn't much dead money in the pot, or I know from a read that I don't have much fold equity, I reconsider. That's FR and there are a lot of weak/tighties though, so it might not apply to 6-max games...

[silu73]

In Hand 1 I would also lead the flop for the nut flush as more often than not I’m ahead here. However, depending on reads I would only push the flop over a raise against a solid player. I started playing nut draws OOP very aggressively and so far gotten nothing but good results for it.

In Hand 2 I might have played it the same but I have folded sets against known flush chasers in the past in this spot (this might be weak spot of mine though).

Hand 3 I would have 4-betted against an unknown but against a nit I might have played it the same.

[silu73]

Also in Hand 1 - In 6-max I usually re-raise AQs against a lone raiser in the blinds. I rather take down the pot pre-flop.