A few hands; how did I do and what can I change.

[Toad13]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP3 (t1400)
CO (t1340)
Button (t1650)
SB (t1610)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
Hero (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with J, Q.
UTG calls t20, Hero raises to t60, 2 folds, MP3 calls t60, CO raises to t220, 3 folds, UTG calls t200, Hero calls t160, MP3 folds.

Flop: (t750) 4, T, Q (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets t100, CO folds, UTG calls t100.

Turn: (t950) T (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks.

River: (t950) A (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t950

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t1680)
UTG+1 (t1070)
MP1 (t1350)
MP2 (t1540)
MP3 (t1800)
CO (t1070)
Hero (t2090)
SB (t1400)
BB (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, Q.
UTG calls t20, 4 folds, CO calls t20, Hero raises to t300, 2 folds, UTG folds, CO folds.

Final Pot: t370

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG+1 (t1660)
MP1 (t1855)
MP2 (t1325)
CO (t1160)
Button (t1330)
SB (t1370)
Hero (t1440)
UTG (t1680)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, A.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t30, MP1 calls t30, 1 fold, CO calls t30, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero raises to t300, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls t270, CO folds, SB folds.

Flop: (t690) 2, J, 3 (2 players)
Hero bets t300, MP1 raises to t600, Hero raises to t900, MP1 calls t300.

Turn: (t2490) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets t240 (All-In), MP1 calls t240.

River: (t2970) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2970

[AHiltz]

#1
Why are you raising that crap UTG+1 with a 20 BB???
Flop raise was weak compared to size of pot.
Why not bet the turn?

#2
You would like SOME action with that hand. Raising to 15x BB is a sure fire way not to get any

#3
Raise to 150 or 200 to try and get someone to come along. You want action from 1 or 2 with this hand. 300 is too damned large.
Don't minreraise the flop. All your money is going in anyways, do it now.

[Toad13]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB (t1600)
UTG (t1295)
MP1 (t1100)
MP2 (t1330)
CO (t2275)
Hero (t2955)
SB (t1265)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8, A.
3 folds, CO calls t30, Hero calls t30, 1 fold, BB checks.

Flop: (t105) 4, 5, 3 (3 players)
BB checks, CO bets t90, Hero folds, BB calls t90.

Turn: (t285) T (2 players)
BB checks, CO checks.

River: (t285) 2 (2 players)
BB bets t210, CO calls t210.

Final Pot: t705

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB (t715)
UTG (t3320)
MP1 (t1635)
MP2 (t2110)
Hero (t2715)
Button (t1585)
SB (t1420)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q, J.
3 folds, Hero raises to t100, 1 fold, SB calls t75, BB calls t50.

Flop: (t300) Q, 6, Q (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets t200, Hero calls t200, SB calls t200.

Turn: (t900) 2 (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets t415 (All-In), Hero raises to t830, SB calls t830.

River: (t2975) 4 (3 players, 1 all-in)
SB checks, Hero bets t300, SB calls t290 (All-In).

Final Pot: t3565

[lowBoy]

#1: Never ever raise w/ QJo from UTG+1 in the first level. Fold to that CO raise.

#2: AHiltz.

#3: AHiltz.

#4: Either play it for a raise and rep that big pair on the flop, or drop it. You folded and you would have made the straight. Well, it was a good fold - don't even bother posting the results of that one.

#5: Were minraises working as steals? If they didn't work for someone even once, DON'T MINRAISE. QJ is not a hand I want to get involved with for a raise. After that, well-played - you might want to think about checking behind on the river, fearing 66.

[Toad13]

#5 LOST to AQ should i have seen it

[GatorJH]

First Post analysis

Hand 1 - It's way too early and you are out of position to be playing a hand like this one. Fold pre-flop

Hand 2 - You want to get this down to 1 or 2 players not eliminate everyone. Normally (or later in the tourney) a bet of 3-4X BB will accomplish that. Because this is early in the tourney though you may want to increase that to 5 or 6X BB.

Hand 3
Again, your pre-flop raise was to high and should have been 3-5X BB. Here you got lucky and got a caller. On the flop, when he raises you go ahead and push. At that point he isn't going away and you have top pair with a draw to the Nut Flush. This is a great spot to get all of your chips in and if you wait till the turn one of his "scare cards" may come up and he may release the hand.

Second Post

Hand 1
The call pre-flop is OK because you have position, however your fold on the flop was the correct move. You completly missed your flush draw, have a weak kicker and a gutshot straight draw. Not good odds to win the hand. Don't be upset that your "miracle" card hit on the river. That happens sometimes but doesn't make it ok to play the hand.

Hand 2
Playing QJ offsuit from early position is a hole in your game that you need to fix. Another problem with this is the weak raise. What was the purpose of your raise? If it was to steal the blinds it was much too small and if it was to build the pot then why would you want to build the pot with such a weak holding?

I like your bet on the flop, however why would you raise on the turn? In 90% of the cases you have the best hand here. Were you trying to eliminate the SB? I would have called hoping to keep the SB in the hand. In this case you got lucky and he called anyway.

Good bet on the river as he had to be pot committed at this point.

Note: What hand did you put him on?



Hand 3

[GatorJH]

#5 LOST to AQ should i have seen it

No, that is just bad luck and happens sometimes.

[Toad13]

Thanks for the help want to improve my game this year.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Hero (t8305)
MP3 (t3265)
CO (t2610)
Button (t5075)
SB (t860)
BB (t2880)
UTG (t6805)
UTG+1 (t6160)
MP1 (t4540)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9, 9.
2 folds, MP1 raises to t400, Hero calls t400, MP3 calls t400, 4 folds.

Flop: (t1500) 8, 4, 8 (3 players)
MP1 bets t800, Hero calls t800, MP3 folds.

Turn: (t3100) 6 (2 players)
MP1 bets t3340 (All-In), Hero calls t3340.

River: (t9780) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t9780

[Toad13]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Hero (t4165)
BB (t4905)
UTG (t4160)
UTG+1 (t4350)
MP1 (t2570)
MP2 (t2880)
MP3 (t3945)
CO (t4045)
Button (t9480)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7, 7.
UTG calls t400, 6 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t1200) 9, 8, 5 (3 players)
Hero bets t400, BB calls t400, UTG folds.

Turn: (t2000) T (2 players)
Hero bets t800, BB folds.

Final Pot: t2800

[AHiltz]

77 hand
Pot is 1200. You bet 400. You're giving BB 4:1 odds and if he calls UTG gets 5:1. Raise more, probably 7-800.

[GatorJH]

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9, 9.
2 folds, MP1 raises to t400, Hero calls t400, MP3 calls t400, 4 folds.

Flop: (t1500) 8, 4, 8 (3 players)
MP1 bets t800, Hero calls t800, MP3 folds.

Turn: (t3100) 6 (2 players)
MP1 bets t3340 (All-In), Hero calls t3340.

River: (t9780) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t9780

The problem with your betting here is that you never defined the strength of either yours or your opponents hands. MP1's pre-flop bet from mid position could signal a wide range of hands including mid pocket pair's up to 10's or even J's if he was a super tight player. His 2/3 pot sized bet on the flop screams continuation bet. I would have put in a raise here to really see where you stand. If he comes over the top let it go. If he calls then bets again on the turn you also may want to start thinking that you are beat, however in many cases he will either A) fold to your raise or B) call, then check on the turn at which point you can take the pot down.

As for the all-in bet on the turn, did you have any reads on him? Has he made this move alot or rarely? If he rarely makes this move then I would probably put him on something better than I have (such as 10's or A 8 suited). Heck, he may have even been silly enough to slow play a high pocket pair. In any case I am not sure I can put this many chips at risk on a mid pocket pair with little chance for improvement.

[zenbitz]

[quote="Toad13"]

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with J, Q.
UTG calls t20, Hero raises to t60, 2 folds, MP3 calls t60, CO raises to t220, 3 folds, UTG calls t200, Hero calls t160, MP3 folds.

This is a very loose raise and call. QJo sux. Post flop is fine, although that's a super weak bet on the flop. You lucky you didn't get spite raised.

AA hand... wp.