Some hands for feedback

[JeffreyGB]

Hand 1: Flopped a gutshot/SFD

PokerStars Game #2262882023: Tournament #10902082, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/08/04 - 18:42:26 (ET)
Table '10902082 1' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: schaef22 (2540 in chips)
Seat 3: jac33142 (2975 in chips)
Seat 4: mojo99 (3125 in chips)
Seat 5: geowal21 (1185 in chips)
Seat 6: Mackymac (1860 in chips)
Seat 7: GWat01 (1815 in chips)
geowal21: posts small blind 50
Mackymac: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to geowal21 [Th 9h]
GWat01: folds
schaef22: calls 100
jac33142: folds
mojo99: folds
geowal21: calls 50
Mackymac: checks
*** FLOP *** [8h 6h 8d]
geowal21: bets 1085 and is all-in

Thoughts? I figured that any sizeable bet made me pot committed, and that I'd rather see all 5 cards, and that pushing offered the most folding equity.

Hand 2: Tried to get tricky with AA. Good laydown?
PokerStars Game #2262774148: Tournament #10902082, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/08/04 - 18:28:04 (ET)
Table '10902082 1' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: schaef22 (1205 in chips)
Seat 3: jac33142 (3550 in chips)
Seat 4: mojo99 (2745 in chips)
Seat 5: geowal21 (1420 in chips)
Seat 6: Mackymac (2110 in chips)
Seat 7: GWat01 (2040 in chips)
Seat 8: cheeshation (430 in chips)
jac33142: posts small blind 25
mojo99: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to geowal21 [As Ad]
geowal21: calls 50
Mackymac: calls 50
GWat01: folds
cheeshation: calls 50
schaef22: folds
jac33142: calls 25
mojo99: checks
*** FLOP *** [7c 3c 2h]
jac33142: checks
mojo99: checks
geowal21: bets 150
Mackymac: folds
cheeshation: calls 150
jac33142: folds
mojo99: raises 2545 to 2695 and is all-in
geowal21: folds
cheeshation: calls 230 and is all-in

Hand 3: Small pair, position, and a raise in front of you. Lay it down, or call?
PokerStars Game #2262765304: Tournament #10902082, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/08/04 - 18:26:54 (ET)
Table '10902082 1' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: schaef22 (1230 in chips)
Seat 3: jac33142 (1915 in chips)
Seat 4: mojo99 (2745 in chips)
Seat 5: geowal21 (1620 in chips)
Seat 6: Mackymac (2110 in chips)
Seat 7: GWat01 (2040 in chips)
Seat 8: cheeshation (430 in chips)
Seat 9: kywildcard (1410 in chips)
schaef22: posts small blind 25
jac33142: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to geowal21 [4d 4s]
mojo99: folds
geowal21: calls 50
Mackymac: folds
GWat01: folds
cheeshation: folds
kywildcard: raises 150 to 200
schaef22: folds
jac33142: calls 150
geowal21: calls 150


Hand 4: Set-up for hand 5. Read to understand how confident I was of being ahead in hand 5, and of getting called anyway. I hadn't showed down the weaker hand in at least the last several dozen hands, and those that I lost were hands I'd been ahead on.
PokerStars Game #2265328385: Tournament #10912090, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2005/08/04 - 23:30:21 (ET)
Table '10912090 1' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 3: chubs100 (3999 in chips)
Seat 8: geowal21 (6355 in chips)
Seat 9: bigfoot678 (3146 in chips)
chubs100: posts the ante 25
geowal21: posts the ante 25
bigfoot678: posts the ante 25
geowal21: posts small blind 200
bigfoot678: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to geowal21 [3h Kc]
chubs100: calls 400
geowal21: calls 200
bigfoot678: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ac Ah 3c]
geowal21: bets 800
bigfoot678: raises 1921 to 2721 and is all-in
chubs100: folds
geowal21: calls 1921
*** TURN *** [Ac Ah 3c] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [Ac Ah 3c 5d] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
geowal21: shows [3h Kc] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
bigfoot678: shows [Qd 5s] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
bigfoot678 collected 6717 from pot


Hand 5: bigfoot had shown a proclivity to play lots of hands once we got ITM. He doubled me up twice previously, then sucked out when I got him all in to regain the chiplead. My point is that when I pushed here, I knew he would call. I also was pretty confident I was ahead. But given my pair and the expectation of a call, is a push right?

PokerStars Game #2265342015: Tournament #10912090, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2005/08/04 - 23:31:50 (ET)
Table '10912090 1' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 3: chubs100 (2749 in chips)
Seat 8: geowal21 (3184 in chips)
Seat 9: bigfoot678 (7567 in chips)
chubs100: posts the ante 25
geowal21: posts the ante 25
bigfoot678: posts the ante 25
chubs100: posts small blind 200
geowal21: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to geowal21 [5d 5s]
bigfoot678: raises 400 to 800
chubs100: folds
geowal21: raises 2359 to 3159 and is all-in


Hand 7: An exception to the above. Anything you do different here? I figured with only 3 in the pot, my chances of TPGK being good were pretty decent. Honestly, part of me thinks it was a mistake not to raise preflop, but I'd been pretty aggro lately, so I wanted to slow down a bit to mix it up.

PokerStars Game #2265225492: Tournament #10912090, Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2005/08/04 - 23:19:06 (ET)
Table '10912090 1' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 3: chubs100 (3862 in chips)
Seat 5: SERNE (1440 in chips)
Seat 8: geowal21 (2275 in chips)
Seat 9: bigfoot678 (5923 in chips)
geowal21: posts small blind 100
bigfoot678: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to geowal21 [9s Kd]
chubs100: calls 200
SERNE: folds
geowal21: calls 100
bigfoot678: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kh 4d 3s]
geowal21: checks
bigfoot678: checks
chubs100: checks
*** TURN *** [Kh 4d 3s] [Qc]
geowal21: bets 400
bigfoot678: calls 400
chubs100: calls 400
*** RIVER *** [Kh 4d 3s Qc] [Jh]
geowal21: bets 600
bigfoot678: raises 600 to 1200
chubs100: folds
geowal21: calls 600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bigfoot678: shows [Kc 3c] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
geowal21: mucks hand
bigfoot678 collected 4200 from pot

[JeffreyGB]

Hand 8: Good lay down, or bad repping?

PokerStars Game #2265175140: Tournament #10912090, Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2005/08/04 - 23:13:37 (ET)
Table '10912090 1' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: greybrain (1252 in chips)
Seat 3: chubs100 (505 in chips)
Seat 5: SERNE (2645 in chips)
Seat 8: geowal21 (3875 in chips)
Seat 9: bigfoot678 (5223 in chips)
chubs100: posts small blind 100
SERNE: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to geowal21 [7d 7h]
geowal21: raises 400 to 600
bigfoot678: calls 600
greybrain: folds
chubs100: folds
SERNE: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kc 3h Qs]
geowal21: bets 600
bigfoot678: raises 600 to 1200
geowal21: folds
bigfoot678 collected 2700 from pot
bigfoot678: doesn't show hand


Hand 9: Better to check/call the flop? Check/raise?
PokerStars Game #2265001648: Tournament #10912090, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/08/04 - 22:55:11 (ET)
Table '10912090 1' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: greybrain (1215 in chips)
Seat 3: chubs100 (3165 in chips)
Seat 5: SERNE (2285 in chips)
Seat 8: geowal21 (3100 in chips)
Seat 9: bigfoot678 (3735 in chips)
SERNE: posts small blind 50
geowal21: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to geowal21 [Ac 6c]
bigfoot678: calls 100
greybrain: folds
chubs100: folds
SERNE: calls 50
geowal21: raises 200 to 300
bigfoot678: calls 200
SERNE: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc Ad 6h]
geowal21: bets 300
bigfoot678: folds
geowal21 collected 700 from pot
geowal21: doesn't show hand

[gabe]

1: i check, if he bets, i push. if he checks, i bet pot on turn.
2: fine.
3: fold to the raise. you won't make enough when you hit the set to make it worthwhile.
4:-
5: i call the raise preflop and auto push the flop. unless you hit a set, in which case you can trap him somehow.
6: no hand 6???
7: since you have been aggro, why not just fold this preflop? instead of slowing down the pace, just take a hand off and find another place to pick the aggression back up.
8: fine
9: don't like your PFR. raise alot more preflop or just call. you aren't getting him to fold very often here, and when he calls you are stuck with a marginal hand.

[JeffreyGB]

1: i check, if he bets, i push. if he checks, i bet pot on turn.

Interesting. Can you expand on this? Are you looking at that play as a way of getting more chips in the pot (when you're either marginally ahead or slightly behind...45% or so to make the draw)? It seems to me that pushing while you have max folding equity is better...I'd rather take it down now; if I don't, then I want to see all five - but I'd rather just end it here.

9: don't like your PFR. raise alot more preflop or just call. you aren't getting him to fold very often here, and when he calls you are stuck with a marginal hand.

It was a really tight bubble, so I actually was getting folds with a raise to 300. It also seemed easy enough to take down a hand post flop if no one hit (though I did expect a little resistance, hence the semi-slow play).

[Staresy]

OK, here’s my $0.02 worth, do with it what you will ……

Hand 1 – I like it. I guess the main hand you are worrying about initially is shaef holding 66 given the limp from early. Any other type of hand gives you plenty of opportunities to win from there.

Hand 2 – This might just be me, but that seems an oversized bet from mojo to me. Surely if you hit something dirty out of the BB (like 73 or 72 for 2 pair etc), you would make a more callable bet? All in all, I think you are right to lay it down, it just seems a bit strange to me.

Hand 3 – I don’t mind the call with the 4s here. Provided that, if you hit your set here and win with it, it makes sense to call. There is 625 in the pot pre-flop and kywildcard has 1210 left and jac 1715. If Ky puts in the rest of his stack, you make 1835 for your 200 investment (9-and-a-bit:1) and if Jac puts in, you make even more. If they both put in, bingo. Maybe I have misunderstood here, but I think this is +EV in the long run??!

Hand 4 and 5 – weren’t you a bit worried that he might put you on some sort of tilt raise? I like it personally. You have a made hand and you are asking the question of him as to whether (a) he feels like gambling or (b) whether something like Ace-Middle is dominated here

Hand 7 – may have bet the flop, but I can see exactly why you didn’t. I think you are right to mix it up. I am not sure I would have bet the river tho. 2 smooth calls on the turn and then a J could have me behind to all sorts of combinations KT, KJ, KQ, QJ etc

Hand 8 – good lay down IMO. I think Bigfoot has already shown that he likes his assortment of Broadway cards.

Hand 9 – I like checking that flop and giving someone like Bigfoot a chance to bet at it

[DimitriT]

#1 - I like this move, esp. from the blinds

#2 - limping AA from UTG is something I might try on a full table where I think I have a strong chance at reraising. Why didn't you call the AI? He has a medium overpair.

#3 - yep, I'll call that with 2 opps in the hand - their stacks are also big enough to pay you

#4 - raise or fold - you're OOP and shouldn't look to play flops with that

#5 - I don't like it - I would focus my efforts on the small stack

#7 - the medium stack is going to take on your aggressive buddy - GET OUT OF THE WAY! With any luck he will bust out and you will get ITM

#8 - OOP - limp and consider a reraise on a single caller

#9 - I like the PFR, consider going AI on that flop, he may call with A8 or better

[JeffreyGB]

Hand 1: He had the 8, and caught another one. Tough break I guess.
Hand 2: His overbet to me says that he wants to take it down now but has a hand that could become strong. At the time I read it as a made hand, but looking back, the flush draw (which he had and completed) makes sense too.
Hand 3: Just checking. I think one of my leaks may be calling too much with a pocket pair...not sure if it's a bad leak or not for tournaments.
Hand 4: The blinds are big enough here that position is less of a factor. Often you can take them down just by being the first one to bet once the flop comes. If the pot is enlarged, however, I'd seen both players hang on. And anyone calling preflop also calls the bets preflop now that we're ITM.
Hand 5: We're already in the money and bigfoot is playing all kinds of crap. Focusing on the small stack means little given the blinds and the fact that bigfoot is in EVERY HAND. I called and he showed A4o, to catch an A.
Hand 6: Glad no one disagrees with my play here.
Hand 7: Despite the posting order, this hand took place long before the others. Sorry about that, but I was scanning them in reverse order when I wrote the post. I think check/call on the river is the right play, in retrospect.
Hand 8: I can't conceive of limping being the right play here. You do not want multiple people in this pot!
Hand 9: I think check-raising is the better play here. Pushing when I'm nearly big stack ensures no action...