$5.50 - Questionable hands

[rubixstreub]

-----Hand 1-----
reads on villian: this guy was limping just about every pot. Bit of a calling station
Hero's M = 16.47
Full Tilt Poker Game #2814588011: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (21470101), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:03:16 ET - 2007/06/30
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Seat 1: Lilgiants (1,425)
Seat 2: Jenna71 (1,425)
Seat 3: thorcoman (1,245)
Seat 4: writersbloc (1,235)
Seat 5: Oasis537 (1,275)
Seat 6: BIDROW (1,425)
Seat 7: PanicTX (2,105)
Seat 8: Gang Green17 (1,785)
Seat 9: OldSchool51 (1,580)
Gang Green17 posts the small blind of 25
OldSchool51 posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #7
Preflop: writersbloc dealt K K
Lilgiants folds
Jenna71 folds
thorcoman calls 50
writersbloc raises to 150
Oasis537 folds
BIDROW folds
PanicTX folds
Gang Green17 folds
OldSchool51 folds
thorcoman calls 100
Flop: J T 8
thorcoman bets 50
writersbloc raises to 150
thorcoman calls 100
Turn: J
thorcoman checks
writersbloc checks
River: T
thorcoman bets 250
writersbloc calls 250

-----Hand 2-----
Same Villian as last hand, and after what he flipped over he's clearly an idiot. I knew he'd call the pathetic min-bet on the turn and think nothing of it as I'd watched him call min-bet over multiple hands. I bet the river figuring he was a huge fish and was fairly capable of calling with Ace high or a medium PP
Hero's M = 27.13
Full Tilt Poker Game #2814617392: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (21470101), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:06:52 ET - 2007/06/30
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Seat 1: Lilgiants (1,150)
Seat 2: Jenna71 (1,425)
Seat 3: thorcoman (820)
Seat 4: writersbloc (2,035)
Seat 5: Oasis537 (1,275)
Seat 6: BIDROW (1,500)
Seat 7: PanicTX (2,105)
Seat 8: Gang Green17 (1,760)
Seat 9: OldSchool51 (1,430)
writersbloc posts the small blind of 25
Oasis537 posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #3
Preflop: writersbloc dealt Q 8
BIDROW folds
PanicTX folds
Gang Green17 folds
OldSchool51 folds
Lilgiants folds
Jenna71 folds
thorcoman calls 50
writersbloc calls 25
Oasis537 checks
Flop: Q 9 9
writersbloc bets 100
Oasis537 folds
thorcoman calls 100
Turn: T
Lilgiants has been disconnected
writersbloc bets 50
thorcoman calls 50
River: 9
Lilgiants has reconnected
writersbloc bets 200
thorcoman raises to 400
writersbloc calls 200

-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 15.94
Full Tilt Poker Game #2814644453: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (21470101), Table 1 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:10:08 ET - 2007/06/30
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Seat 1: Lilgiants (1,150)
Seat 2: Jenna71 (1,425)
Seat 3: thorcoman (1,420)
Seat 4: writersbloc (1,435)
Seat 5: Oasis537 (1,200)
Seat 6: BIDROW (3,125)
Seat 7: PanicTX (2,105)
Seat 8: Gang Green17 (210)
Seat 9: OldSchool51 (1,430)
Gang Green17 posts the small blind of 30
OldSchool51 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #7
Preflop: writersbloc dealt K K
Lilgiants folds
Jenna71 folds
thorcoman folds
writersbloc raises to 150
Oasis537 folds
BIDROW calls 150
PanicTX folds
Gang Green17 raises to 210, and is all i
OldSchool51 calls 150
writersbloc has requested TIME
writersbloc calls 60 for some reason I was unable to reraise here, not sure why but the interface only let me call or fold???
BIDROW calls 60
Flop: T 6 3
OldSchool51 checks
writersbloc bets 1,225, and is all i
Was hoping this looked more like a desperate overbet and might get a caller, but ultimately I jumped the gun.

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 13.17
Full Tilt Poker Game #2814742857: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (21470101), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:22:15 ET - 2007/06/30
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Seat 1: Lilgiants (575)
Seat 2: Jenna71 (1,570)
Seat 3: thorcoman (2,150)
Seat 4: writersbloc (1,975)
Seat 5: Oasis537 (1,270)
Seat 6: BIDROW (3,015)
Seat 7: PanicTX (1,605)
Seat 9: OldSchool51 (1,340)
thorcoman posts the small blind of 50
writersbloc posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #2
Preflop: writersbloc dealt 3 9
Oasis537 calls 100
BIDROW calls 100
PanicTX folds
OldSchool51 calls 100
Lilgiants folds
Jenna71 folds
thorcoman calls 50
writersbloc checks
Flop: 7 T 6
thorcoman bets 100
writersbloc raises to 400
Oasis537 folds
BIDROW folds
OldSchool51 folds
thorcoman folds
Uncalled bet of 300 returned to writersbloc
writersbloc mucks
writersbloc wins the pot (700)

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 13.47
Full Tilt Poker Game #2814785621: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (21470101), Table 1 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:27:35 ET - 2007/06/30
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Seat 1: Lilgiants (425)
Seat 2: Jenna71 (1,420)
Seat 3: thorcoman (2,100)
Seat 4: writersbloc (2,425)
Seat 5: Oasis537 (920)
Seat 6: BIDROW (3,865)
Seat 7: PanicTX (1,355)
Seat 9: OldSchool51 (990)
thorcoman posts the small blind of 60
writersbloc posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #2
Preflop: writersbloc dealt A Q
Oasis537 folds
BIDROW folds
PanicTX folds
OldSchool51 raises to 420
Lilgiants raises to 425, and is all i
Jenna71 folds
thorcoman folds
writersbloc calls 305
OldSchool51 calls 5
Flop: 2 2 T
writersbloc bets 600
OldSchool51 calls 565, and is all in
thought I might have a sliver of FE and given he was a shorty thought he could easily be involved in this hand with AJ or worse. Granted there's no money in our side pot so check flop instead?

-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 9.85
Full Tilt Poker Game #2814841588: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (21470101), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:34:31 ET - 2007/06/30
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Seat 1: Lilgiants (2,070)
Seat 2: Jenna71 (1,000)
Seat 3: thorcoman (1,425)
Seat 4: writersbloc (2,365)
Seat 5: Oasis537 (1,400)
Seat 6: BIDROW (3,625)
Seat 7: PanicTX (1,615)
PanicTX posts the small blind of 80
Lilgiants posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #6
Preflop: writersbloc dealt A J
Jenna71 calls 160
thorcoman folds
writersbloc raises to 400bad idea?
Oasis537 folds
BIDROW folds
PanicTX folds
Lilgiants folds
Jenna71 raises to 1,000, and is all i
writersbloc ??? well, this clearly looks like a PP trap, can you call here for another 600?

-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 10.69
Full Tilt Poker Game #2814970073: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (21470101), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:50:21 ET - 2007/06/30
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Seat 1: Lilgiants (2,250)
Seat 3: thorcoman (1,800)
Seat 4: writersbloc (3,850)
Seat 6: BIDROW (3,325)
Seat 7: PanicTX (2,275)
PanicTX posts the small blind of 120
Lilgiants posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #6
Preflop: writersbloc dealt T A
thorcoman folds
writersbloc raises to 600
BIDROW calls 600
PanicTX folds
Lilgiants folds
Flop: J 9 8
writersbloc calls
BIDROW bets 1,200
as played folded, but can you play better defense on the flop and lead with a 1/4 pot bet? How do you play this differently?

-----Hand 8-----
Hero's M = 6.22
Full Tilt Poker Game #2815034879: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (21470101), Table 1 - 150/300 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:58:20 ET - 2007/06/30
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Seat 1: Lilgiants (1,800)
Seat 3: thorcoman (2,010)
Seat 4: writersbloc (2,800)
Seat 6: BIDROW (3,835)
Seat 7: PanicTX (3,055)
thorcoman posts the small blind of 150
writersbloc posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #1
Preflop: writersbloc dealt A J
BIDROW folds
PanicTX raises to 600
Lilgiants folds
thorcoman folds
writersbloc calls 300
Flop: J 7 3
writersbloc checks
PanicTX bets 300
writersbloc calls 300
Turn: 6
writersbloc checks
PanicTX bets 2,155, and is all i
writersbloc calls 1,900, and is all in

felt like I was either way ahead here or way behind, but given his betting pattern I figured I'd look him up- it was either now or never

-----Hand 9-----
Hero's M = 9.86
Full Tilt Poker Game #2815080458: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (21470101), Table 1 - 200/400 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:03:58 ET - 2007/06/30
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Seat 4: writersbloc (5,915)
Seat 6: BIDROW (7,585)
writersbloc posts the small blind of 200
BIDROW posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #4
Preflop: writersbloc dealt J 9
writersbloc raises to 1,000
BIDROW calls 600
Flop: 7 J 5
BIDROW checks
writersbloc bets 1,000
BIDROW raises to 2,000
writersbloc raises to 4,915, and is all i
BIDROW calls 2,915
writersbloc shows J 9
BIDROW shows A A
Turn: 2
River: 5
writersbloc shows two pair, Jacks and Fives
BIDROW shows two pair, Aces and Fives
BIDROW wins the pot (11,830) with two pair, Aces and Fives
writersbloc: gg
writersbloc stands up
BIDROW stands up

Another 2nd. Think I need to be more patient HU, always get busted like this.

[taipan168]

Hand 1 (KK) - 200 to go preflop not 150. If he's a calling station you want to get more chips in the pot since he won't fold for another 50 chips. On the flop, that board is somewhat straight drawy, I raise his donkminbet to 300 or so. If he's chasing a draw your small raise gives him odds to chase. On the turn, I think the check behind is OK since donks LOVE to slowplay if they hit trips, and on the river the call is fine.

Hand 2 (Q8s) - preflop is fine as is the flop bet, but why donkminbet the turn? This achieves nothing. The T fills a quite a few draws, I'd check and see what he does. On the river I'd bet at least 1/2 pot or 250, and shove over his minraise. You're almost always good here - I pay off quads or a higher full house, he calls with a LOT of hands you beat.

Hand 3 (KK) - you couldn't re-raise preflop because Gang Green's AI is treated like a call since he didn't raise at least the amount of the last raise. If he had raised to 250 or more you could have re-raised. On the flop, I'd bet about 3/4 pot, no need to go berserk here!

Hand 4 (93s) - fine. I always play this fast because another either kills you or kills your action.

Hand 5 (AQs) - with the first raiser having almost half his stack in the pot preflop, reshove preflop if you're going to play this and put the hard decision back on him.

Hand 6 (AJo) - I think your raise is fine at these blind levels with your stack size. You have to call the shove, it's 600 to see a 1640 pot so 2.7 to 1 odds and this is NOT always AA or KK. Even if opp shows you KK face up you pretty much have to call.

Hand 7 (ATo) - not sure of the flop action here, something went screwy with the HH, but I would bet this flop for 1/2 pot or so with your OESD and overcard. You've very likely got 8-11 outs here if called or raised.

Hand 8 (AJs) - sorry to be harsh but this is really bad on all streets. With <10x BB I'd just shove back preflop rather than cold calling. Calling is the worst option - you're OOP postflop and you won't like most flops. On the flop, I don't get this slowplaying - I'd probably just bet 1000 and hope he raises or alternatively check/raise all-in! On the turn, again, BET BET BET! Why check here, you likely have the best hand, you want to get your chips in! As played, you have to call, the 6 is unlikely to have helped opp.

Hand 9 (J9o) - fine, I go broke here too. Flopping top pair heads up is like flopping trips or a set on a full table.

[bjsaust]

Wow, those are some interesting hands.

1) I play same as Taipan.

2) You've got a full house man! I bet turn harder and I thank him for his min-raise on the river and get all my chips in.

3) Hand 3 I dont get tricky. PSB maybe a little less on flop.

4) I like this as played. You almost undoubtably have the best hand here, but someone could be drawing with a higher heart so take it down.

5) In this scenario I generally check down unless I hit.

6) You have great odds to call this as played.

7) PF is fine by me, but you need to c-bet this flop. You have a OESD and you were the PF aggressor.

8) I 2nd everything Taipan said. You need to up your aggression.

9) Perfect. Sometimes you just run into a better hand.

[rubixstreub]

Hand 2: I like my hand and I know this guy is calling station. Even though the donk bet is retarded I use it when I'm fairly confident my opponent is very unlikely to read into it and will call just about any bet. I want to lead because I'm not sure what he might bet and I want to see more cards as cheap as possible. I know it sounds all wrong, but at this buy-in you see a lot of calling stations who can't tell the difference between a pot bet and a min-bet. He ended up flipping over Q9 for the nuts/

Hand 8: Haha, looking back over this I agree that it's terrible, but at the time I figured I was getting all my chips in and figured the best way to get his in were to let him lead. He flipped over KQ or something, total bluff... I busted 3 guys in this SnG with questionable calls on their push bluffs- gotta post them and get reemed.

[mcatdog]

I would just call the river raise in Hand 2.