A few hands from this evening

[stevedonel]

Weekends suck for me and limit, so I hit the $25 NL tables when I got home tonight. I am respectable at NL in person, but have a long history of sucking at NL online. How do these plays look?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed) converter

CO ($80.85)
Button ($19.65)
SB ($30.5)
BB ($47.9)
UTG ($39.7)
UTG+1 ($10.6)
Hero ($37.4)
MP2 ($20.65)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 4, 4. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
UTG calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, MP2 calls $0.25, 2 folds, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1.25) T, K, 4 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $1.25, MP2 folds, SB raises to $2.5, BB calls $2.50, UTG folds, Hero calls $1.25.

Turn: ($8.75) 3 (3 players)
SB bets $3, BB folds, Hero raises to $6, SB calls $3.

River: ($20.75) 9 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $10, SB calls $10.

Final Pot: $40.75

Good amount on the river bet?






Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (9 handed) converter

UTG+1 ($79.6)
MP1 ($19.65)
MP2 ($9)
MP3 ($22.5)
CO ($46.75)
Button ($39.1)
SB ($10.1)
Hero ($57.4)
UTG ($25.6)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, K. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
UTG calls $0.25, 2 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, MP3 calls $0.25, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, UTG folds, MP2 calls $1.25, MP3 calls $1.25.

Flop: ($4.85) 2, 3, A (3 players)
Hero bets $3, MP3 folds, Hero calls $4.50.

Turn: ($12.35) 8 (2 players)

River: ($12.35) 5 (2 players)

Final Pot: $12.35

MP3 raised allin on the flop







Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (10 handed) converter

MP2 ($17.05)
MP3 ($9.65)
CO ($13.65)
Button ($16.75)
SB ($20.5)
Hero ($26.45)
UTG ($5.3)
UTG+1 ($47.4)
UTG+2 ($28.7)
MP1 ($24.3)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, A. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
UTG raises to $2, UTG+1 calls $2, 4 folds, CO calls $2, Button calls $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.75.

Flop: ($10.10) 6, J, 9 (5 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 calls $3.30, CO folds, Button folds, Hero calls $3.30.

Turn: ($16.70) 2 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $6, Hero calls $6.

River: ($28.70) 2 (3 players)
Hero bets $8, UTG+1 calls $8.

Final Pot: $44.70

Good amount on the river bet?




Button is 22/5
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed) converter

SB ($18.65)
BB ($11.55)
Hero ($23.15)
UTG+1 ($51.8)
MP1 ($25.4)
MP2 ($56.75)
CO ($24)
Button ($65.45)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J, J. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
Hero calls $0.25, 3 folds, CO raises to $2, Button raises to $4, 2 folds, Hero folds, CO calls $2.

Flop: ($8.60) 2, T, J (2 players)
CO checks, Button bets $3, CO calls $3.

Turn: ($14.60) A (2 players)
CO calls $17 (All-In), Button calls $17.

River: ($48.60) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $48.60


I felt like it was a good laydown, of course until I saw the flop. In a live game, I am able to read the other players better, and can tell if my JJ is good, when unimproved. I don’t like it here though. Am I just a weak-tight pansy?





A few KK hands


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) converter

CO ($11.65)
Button ($11.5)
SB ($23.75)
BB ($23)
Hero ($24.6)
UTG+1 ($10.4)
MP1 ($51.75)
MP2 ($16.2)
MP3 ($10.25)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, K. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
Hero raises to $1.5, 8 folds.

Final Pot: $1.85

Bet to much? I prefer to push them all out, as opposed to the next one.




Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter

Button ($45.05)
SB ($14.25)
BB ($10.98)
Hero ($26.27)
UTG+1 ($24.85)
UTG+2 ($23.95)
MP1 ($24.6)
MP2 ($20.05)
MP3 ($28.7)
CO ($107.4)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, K. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
Hero raises to $1, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls $1, MP1 calls $1, MP2 calls $1, 1 fold, CO calls $1, 3 folds.

Flop: ($5.35) 3, A, 2 (5 players)
Hero checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 bets $4, MP2 folds, CO folds, Hero folds, UTG+2 folds.

Final Pot: $9.35

Bet to little? No middle ground here.

[Fnord]

Hand 1: Raise more, you want his stack.
Hand 2: HH is f'd up.
Hand 3: Fold pre-flop. Push on the river, he'll think you're bluffing an obvious scare card.
Hand 4: Money isn't deep enough to make that call. Good laydown.
Hand 5: Sometimes I just call in that spot intending to drop the hammer if anyone raises behind me.
Hand 6: Well played

[Radix]

Good laydown with the JJ. With JJ you have a 43% chance of winning over anyone with an overcard, and you are 7.5:1 for hitting your set. At least at think those are the right numbers. Anyway, good play.

KK: When someone raises from EP it can look scary for anyone paying attention. I sometimes call hoping for a raise. At least you prevented everyone from catching an A on the flop

[a500lbgorilla]

Hand 1: raise a tad more on the flop, start swinging the hammer on the turn. River should be a follow-through AI. You can get paid off here easily.

Hand 2: Huh? AI on the flop is g00t.

Hand 3: I don't think you have the implied odds here to make this call.

Hand 4: You won!

Hand 5: Make that same raise in hand 4. Flop is difficult. Betting might yield good results but cutting your loses works well too.

-'rilla