Hands from todays down session for comment.

[Renton]

#1

Not much I could do about this one. Point out anything if you can.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

CO ($24.65)
Button ($22.30)
SB ($26.25)
BB ($63.86)
UTG ($128.98)
UTG+1 ($35.31)
MP1 ($28.10)
MP2 ($39.01)
Hero ($25)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A, A. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.5, 3 folds, BB calls $1.25, UTG+1 folds, MP2 folds.

Flop: ($3.60) 9, 2, Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB calls $62.36 (All-In), Hero calls $19.50 (All-In).

Turn: ($89.46) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($89.46) J (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $89.46

Results in white below:
BB has Kh Kc (flush, king high).
Hero has Ad Ac (flush, queen high).
Outcome: BB wins $89.46.



#2

This is standard, right?


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (8 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG ($14.10)
UTG+1 ($20.82)
MP1 ($5.40)
MP2 ($24.40)
CO ($46.60)
Button ($32.69)
SB ($24.75)
Hero ($25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, A. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
UTG calls $0.25, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 2 folds, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, SB (poster) completes, Hero raises to $2, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $2, CO folds, SB folds.

Flop: ($5.25) 4, 6, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $5, UTG+1 calls $18.57 (All-In), Hero folds.

Final Pot: $28.82

Results in white below:
No showdown. UTG+1 wins $28.82.


#3


Alright I know the play in this hand is awful. I just want you guys to reiterate to me just exactly how awful it is and what makes it awful. The only thing I can think of in my own defense is that it was hard to put Villain on the straight draw since he was calling my pot sized bets without hesitation.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button ($14.45)
SB ($13.65)
BB ($7.30)
UTG ($22.29)
UTG+1 ($25.05)
UTG+2 ($15.31)
MP1 ($4.25)
MP2 ($26.10)
MP3 ($23.65)
Hero ($24.50)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K, J. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
UTG calls $0.25, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 4 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, 3 folds, UTG calls $1, UTG+1 calls $1.

Flop: ($4.10) 9, Q, J (3 players)
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $4, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $4.

Turn: ($12.10) 9 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $10, UTG+1 calls $10.

River: ($32.10) K (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero calls $9.25 (All-In), UTG+1 calls $9.25.

Final Pot: $50.60

Results in white below:
UTG+1 has Ts Th (straight, king high).
Hero has Kh Jh (two pair, kings and jacks).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins $50.60.


#4

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Hero ($61.20)
SB ($9.80)
BB ($20.07)
UTG ($28.71)
UTG+1 ($20)
MP1 ($31.10)
MP2 ($37.70)
MP3 ($11.25)
CO ($11.60)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, J. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
6 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, SB (poster) calls $1.15, 1 fold.

Flop: ($2.75) 2, 8, J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, SB raises to $4, Hero calls $2.

Turn: ($10.75) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($10.75) 6 (2 players)
SB calls $4.55 (All-In), Hero calls $4.55.

Final Pot: $19.85

Results in white below:
SB has Ac Ah (one pair, aces).
Hero has Qh Jh (one pair, jacks).
Outcome: SB wins $19.85.

[Fnord]

1 &2 already posted.
3 yeah, it's really terrible. No way your hand justifies action on all 3 streets.
4 If you think you're good on the flop, just get all of the money in there against shortie.

[Renton]

1 &2 already posted.

ya just realized this. Well I guess it doesn't hurt to consolidate them all.

[Jimmy Mac]

Hand #2 : Aggression is good and all, but I don't raise AQ from the blinds like this. Maybe if the cutoff and button limped then I might, but not UTG limpers (unless I had a solid read I could blow them off pre flop). I used to raise these hands, but I just felt like I was ending up in too many sticky situations post flop - it's not worth the hassle in my opinion. OK, you may have the best hand, but you also have the worst position. I remember another hand you posted where you made a similar play with ATo. Fine from position, not worth it from the blinds IMO.

[Renton]

Hand #2 : Aggression is good and all, but I don't raise AQ from the blinds like this. Maybe if the cutoff and button limped then I might, but not UTG limpers (unless I had a solid read I could blow them off pre flop). I used to raise these hands, but I just felt like I was ending up in too many sticky situations post flop - it's not worth the hassle in my opinion. OK, you may have the best hand, but you also have the worst position. I remember another hand you posted where you made a similar play with ATo. Fine from position, not worth it from the blinds IMO.

hehe I guess this is why your VPIP is like 12%.

No offense meant. Your tight play seems to be working out for you.

If you don't raise AQ from BB, then what DO you raise? Just AA, KK , QQ and AK I presume?

[Jimmy Mac]

hehe I guess this is why your VPIP is like 12%.

You can run at 12/4 and kill these games. That said, I'm running 15/5.5 over the last few thousand - feels as if im playing like Gus Hansen

If you don't raise AQ from BB, then what DO you raise? Just AA, KK , QQ and AK I presume?

Haha, sometimes I'll raise lower pockets, occasionally I'll raise crap. Often I don't even even raise from the blinds with big slick. This probably is weak and tragic, but I just hate building a big pot OOP, when most of the time Ill have multiple callers and I wont flop a pair. Then I'll no doubt spew a c-bet too, and end up folding off a big pot. I think raising out of the blinds sucks, but I may well be wrong and I'd be interested to hear others opinion.

I'm sure Fnord posted about this, but I can't find it.

[bdawg56kg]

KhJh hand. What is the point of your turn bet? Are you trying to get him to fold a better hand? River push is terrible. Easiest check behind ever. What hand that you beat is calling off 40BB's on the river?

QhJh hand. What Fnord said. You don't want a hand like 9T or Jx sucking out on you because you let him see the turn and river for free. TPGK against a shortie, all in baby!

[Lukie]

Renton,

hand #2. Do you see why your preflop play can put you in a world of hurt post-flop? I certainly like the agression, but you are in a clear +EV situation in a 5-way limped pot with terrible position, but a well disguised hand. IMO your preflop play turns this hand into what would be a positive expectation into what is almost surely a negative expectation, IMO.

You take this hand and jack it up to 8x into what looks like a very loose, passive, probably terrible field that likes to call too much. You have a hand that will miss 70% of the time, and when you hit, it's going to be pretty clear to the rest of the field. Being OOP with full stacks really makes this a big problem.

Don't turn AQ into 72....

I could be way off base here, but this is similar to bumping it up a second time preflop with a hand like AKo. You aren't really doing it on the strength of your hand, but rather the fact that 1) since you hold an ace and a king (or A and Q in your example), it is less likely that somebody else holds a big hand. And 2) You actually have a hand to fall back on, albeit the post-flop playability of an AK type hand is far worse then a KK/AA type hand, for obvious reasons.

[bdawg56kg]

Renton,

hand #2. Do you see why your preflop play can put you in a world of hurt post-flop? I certainly like the agression, but you are in a clear +EV situation in a 5-way limped pot with terrible position, but a well disguised hand. IMO your preflop play turns this hand into what would be a positive expectation into what is almost surely a negative expectation, IMO.

You take this hand and jack it up to 8x into what looks like a very loose, passive, probably terrible field that likes to call too much. You have a hand that will miss 70% of the time, and when you hit, it's going to be pretty clear to the rest of the field. Being OOP with full stacks really makes this a big problem.

Don't turn AQ into 72....

I could be way off base here, but this is similar to bumping it up a second time preflop with a hand like AKo. You aren't really doing it on the strength of your hand, but rather the fact that 1) since you hold an ace and a king (or A and Q in your example), it is less likely that somebody else holds a big hand. And 2) You actually have a hand to fall back on, albeit the post-flop playability of an AK type hand is far worse then a KK/AA type hand, for obvious reasons.

Yeah, this is good advice. Now do you see why I was telling you in your other thread that raising ATo out of the BB after a bunch of limpers is a bad play? Of course AQo is a much better hand, but they play exactly the same the 2/3 of the time you will miss the flop.