A couple of hands from last night (NL100)

[Robert]

Hand 1:

No read on opp, but he seems loose. Hows my river line?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB ($69.49)
UTG ($106.95)
MP ($115.60)
CO ($65.20)
Button ($81.20)
Hero ($99)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 4, 4. Hero posts a blind of $0.50.
3 folds, Button calls $1, Hero (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($3) 4, 9, 3 (3 players)
Hero bets $3, BB calls $3, Button folds.

Turn: ($9) T (2 players)
Hero bets $7, BB calls $7.

River: ($23) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $17, Hero raises to $59, BB calls $68.49 (All-In).

Final Pot: $167.49


Hand 2:

Classic situation, you semibluff c-bet flop, and hit big on the turn - do you bet when checked to, or check behind? Betting of course has a lot of benefits, especially because I have a monster and I want to build a pot, but it just seems like I fold out way to many hands with a turn bet.

(edit: converter is f***ing up, so I'll just post the raw HH)

***** Hand History for Game 5497738213 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 11, 13:21:10 ET 2006
Table Table 126700 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: scort555 ( $78.98 )
Seat 2: seagulls3000 ( $74.29 )
Seat 3: jbvfjk ( $100 )
Seat 4: Robert250385 ( $102.60 )
Seat 5: SirRahvin ( $98.50 )
Seat 6: Beadles_Hand ( $96.54 )
seagulls3000 posts small blind [$0.50].
jbvfjk posts big blind [$1].
Beadles_Hand posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Robert250385 [ Qc Ac ]
Robert250385 raises [$5]
SirRahvin folds.
Beadles_Hand folds.
scort555 folds.
seagulls3000 folds.
jbvfjk calls [$4]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5s, Jc, 9c ]
jbvfjk checks.
Robert250385 bets [$8]
jbvfjk calls [$8]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
jbvfjk checks.
>You have options at Table 127425 Table!.
Robert250385 bets [$14]
jbvfjk folds.
Robert250385 does not show cards.
Robert250385 wins $40.15
seagulls3000 has left the table.


Hand 3:

Very standard situation here. Do you bet or check behind here? I mean our hand has value, and very few hands call a flop bet that we beat

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB ($92.89)
Hero ($156.75)
MP ($71.05)
Button ($273.27)
SB ($82.92)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 8, 8. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, SB (poster) calls $3.50, 1 fold.

Flop: ($9) 6, 6, A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $6, SB calls $6.

Turn: ($21) 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($21) J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $21

[gabe]

you play good

[benny999]

1, potentially losing value from 9x but I guess it's worth it to trade that for stacking flushes or other random hands that will value bet/bluff.

2, I had this happen a lot recently too, and decided I like betting the turn, and might bet a little more. If he has one pair, oh well, but if he made a lower flush, pair/draw, or even a set then you can get paid.

3, cbet is alright...maybe you fold better hands, and at least you don't give other hands 5 cards to draw out and/or put you in an awkward spot.