two hands where I hope to have FE - $50NL

[donkbee]

I haven't played much cash the past couple of years and I'm trying to get back into it. Not sure whether or not I played these hands okay so I thought I'd quickly post them.

1) Villain is 45/27 but only over 13 hands.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($50)
Button ($71.55)
Hero (SB) ($76.75)
BB ($58.90)
UTG ($58.70)
MP ($40.80)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, J
UTG calls $0.50, 1 fold, CO bets $2.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $8, 2 folds, CO calls $5.50

Flop: ($17) K, 3, K (2 players)
Hero bets $8, CO calls $8

Turn: ($33) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $34

2) Villain is 28/15 with 3 bet 7.1 over 65 hands. No notable hands between us, she seems to have been pretty straight forward. Fold PF?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($83.85)
CO ($70.05)
Hero (Button) ($57.75)
SB ($58.10)
BB ($71.20)
UTG ($35.75)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J, 10
3 folds, Hero bets $2, 1 fold, BB raises to $5.50, Hero calls $3.50

Flop: ($11.25) 2, 8, 9 (2 players)
BB bets $7, Hero raises to $19, BB calls $12

Turn: ($49.25) 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $33.25 (All-In)

[humanfugitive]

hand 1: why such a small cbet and pot sized turn bet? I feel you can get as many folds with lower turn bets.

hand 2: i like pre if villains cbet is really high. I like turn given flop

[meeloche]

1) Your sizing is very bizarre and doesn't make much sense if you want to shove turn bet bigger on the flop vs this guy. If you want to bet 3 streets then your flop sizing is fine.

2) This is a fold preflop 9/10 times.

[XTR1000]

#1 I let go preflop. Id wait until I get a better idea of his postflop play before I put myself in a potemntially very marginal spot in a 3bet pot oop.

#2 Def fold pre. On flop he doesnt fold overpairs or FDs, hard to say how many bare overs he´s 3betting and cbetting on this board. again Id rather wait until I have a better idea of what he´s actually doing.

[minSim]

1- What is UTG like? Is he likely to come along when you call pre?
Readless I'd 3bet this pre as well and apart from turnsizing I'd play it the same.

2- Pre it could go either way for me between calling and folding because of his small 3bet size. It surprises me he called the flop raise, but I guess as played it's a decent tough call with TP or a small overpair and you still have some outs to those.

[griffey24]

1) like others have said, sizing by street is all messed. As played, I think you still have fold equity with a bet around $22-25ish.

2) pre is meh, fold. Flop I'd just call. As played, I like the turn jam.

[minSim]

Yeah I forgot to mention I prefer calling flop in hand 2 too.

[Ravageur]

yeah you accomplish the same thing in hand 1 just betting way less, like 2/3 pot or something. Hand 2 the turn is fine simply because so few flush draws just call that flop and you have outs and f/e against everything else.

Both hands are probably folds pf though.

[jyms]

IF you have access to the deuces cracked vids or the Baluga book he talks alot in his second ghost video about leverage. It's all about bet sizing and FE. I would watch the vid and read the chapter Court, it will clearify all of this.

I fold AJ pre and fold the JT to the raise pre as well

[donkbee]

IF you have access to the deuces cracked vids or the Baluga book he talks alot in his second ghost video about leverage. It's all about bet sizing and FE. I would watch the vid and read the chapter Court, it will clearify all of this.

thanks a lot, I'll check that out!

And thanks everyone else for the help with the hands.

[Numbr2intheWorld]

since ther'es a lot of good double barrel cads the sizing on the flop is bad on 1. But if you're not planning on barreling much i really see nothing wrong with it.

I liked the spirit of bluffing on both though! We seem to have lost the craziness around here.