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 Re: Good or Bad?
A lot of beginner players make calls to "see a flop" without having an intended strategy once they make the call, despite what cards come. Second of all, as you can see by hand one, you do not need to play tricky to beat these guys. This guy was willing to stackoff with ace high. Be patient. Be overly patient. Try being so patient that you almost dwindle down to nothing, waiting for premium hands. It's a good exercise.
Hand 2. Preflop: This is actually a difficult spot. You have nearly 30 big blinds, so no reason to make any mistakes with mid pairs. But you do have a strong made hand, and the blinds are high enough to play for the forced bets. To make this all the more difficult, your opponent too, specifically the PFR, has a large stack behind. Unfortunately you didn't post the buyin, but I don't give too much credibility to a min-raise. I see you have 2 options here.
1: Raise to isolate or win the pot now. The negatives here is that there's a ~50% chance you'll see overcards on the flop if you're called. The positive is that you have the benefit of position here, so even if you see an ace, that could be a scare card to villain. Anyway, if overs come on the flop, and it's checked to you, your gut will likely help you once you make a bet. If he reraises you're likely beat, and if he calls, look for draws. Another benefit to raising here is that you've built a pot that's worth protecting, so if you do flop all unders, an allin bet isn't so suspicious on the flop. I hate being looked up by QJ/KQ in small pots and deep stacks in these situations.
2: Call, and play a little post flop. The negatives here is that you invite other callers behind you. In particular the blinds. So playing this 3 way is a little more challenging if you flop overs, or the board pairs, or it's really draw heavy. The positive is that it's real easy to get away from when there's so little committed to the pot.
Anyway, it looks like it turned out ok. That flop is super coordinated by the way. I don't know if I would check that board, unless you were comfortable letting this hand go depending on the turn card. Turn cards that you don't want to see, 8/J/K or any club. And you really don't want to see the 8 or jack or king of clubs. This is one of those situations where it might be better to win a little pot, than lose a big one.
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Originally Posted by Fortune 500
