100NL aint goin good.

[euphoricism]

Im down 4 buyins at 100NL -- biggest loser is AA. Am I overplaying? It seems like the only money being made at this level is cracking AA and the random flush over flush / set over set. I dont get it. I feel like I'm playing way better than my opponents -- but if they dont pay out wheres the money?

/waah waah bad beat posts are gay


******* Hand 1 ********

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $61.90
UTG+1: $218.75
CO: $197.70
Hero: $246.20
SB: $210.85
BB: $165.50

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with A A
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, CO calls, Hero raises to $5, SB folds, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, CO calls.

Flop: J K 5 ($16.5, 3 players)
BB checks, CO bets $5, Hero raises to $25, BB folds, CO raises to $58, Hero raises all-in $241.2, CO calls all-in $134.7.
Uncalled bets: $48.5 returned to Hero.

Turn: 7 ($401.9, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $401.9)


River: 9 ($401.9, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $401.9)


Results:
Final pot: $401.9


******* Hand 2 ********

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $198
UTG+1: $28.35
CO: $200.90
Button: $10.30
SB: $84.20
Hero: $113.55

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with A A
UTG raises to $4, UTG+1 calls, CO folds, Button raises to $10, SB folds, Hero calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: 9 K T ($40.5, 4 players)
Hero bets $38, UTG raises to $92, UTG+1 folds, Button calls all-in $0.3, Hero raises all-in $103.55, UTG calls.

Turn: T ($247.9, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $41.4, Sidepot 1: $206.5)


River: Q ($247.9, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $41.4, Sidepot 1: $206.5)


Results:
Final pot: $247.9


******* Hand 3 ********

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $103.55
UTG+1: $197.50
CO: $67.35
Button: $97.50
SB: $240.20
Hero: $111.20

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with A A
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, CO raises to $13, Button calls, SB folds, Hero raises all-in $111.2, 2 folds, Button calls all-in $84.5.
Uncalled bets: $13.7 returned to Hero.

Flop: 5 T J ($-68.5, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $209.5)


Turn: Q ($-68.5, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $209.5)


River: 4 ($-68.5, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $209.5)


Results:
Final pot: $-68.5


******* Hand 4 ********

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $110.60
UTG+1: $248.80
CO: $51.60
Button: $179.95
SB: $298.45
Hero: $94.70

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with A A
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $6, 2 folds, SB calls, Hero raises to $19, UTG+1 calls, SB calls.

Flop: 9 4 K ($57, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $40, UTG+1 folds, SB calls.

Turn: 6 ($137, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero is all-in $35.7, SB calls.

River: 5 ($208.4, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $208.4)


Results:
Final pot: $208.4

[|~|ypermegachi]

hand 1: i raise 6x. 4x+limpers right? meh. i call the flop min-raise and re-evaluate on the turn. i don't think draws play this strong.

hand 2: i'm uncreative. i shove preflop (whoops not an sng). 4bet $50. put the rest in on any flop. as played...looks good.

hand 3: this didn't need to be posted. you got'em all in preflop. can't play aces better than that.

hand 4: yeh.

you just look like you got coolered if you lost all of these. but what do i know, i'm still donking away buyins like nobody's business...

[Numbr2intheWorld]

Hand 1: I prob raise to 6 pre, not a big deal though. This is pretty bad deep, fold to his 3-bet.

Hand 2: LOL dude, you absolutely have to put a 4-bet in here.

Hand 3: is perfect

Hand 4: i probably reraise to more like 22 here. Bet closer to 30 on the flop. And you aren't folding here ever, BTW.

[Alexos]

1 & 2 are suicide, 3 & 4 are standard

In general you need to reraise (or reraise more) Pf, its seems as you try to trap too much, try to get money in the pot a lot, instead of just playing them strong.

Once you start winning >90-93% with AA, then you can start about thinking of more optimal ways to trap opponents and stuff like that. Just play them super strong especially preflop, for now

[Galapogos]

Hand #1: His bet does not want you to fold. Call down if it's going to be cheap enough. But you are beat here.

Hand #2: Don't get cute, 4-bet that mutha.

Hand #3: Got it all-in preflop, mission accomplished.

Hand #4: Reraise preflop more, I do 3.5x initial raise plus the amount of dead money in after it. So I would have made it around $27 here.

[phantom_lord]

100NL aint goin good.

move up levels

[donkbee]

From someone who doesn't really know how to play poker either ...
1) I would call the flop and try to get a cheap show down. I wouldn't push there ...
2) I would reraise PF to like $40 and just shove the flop.
3) Looks good to me ...
4) I would raise to $27 PF like Galapagos said. The rest of the hand looks okay to me though?