Poker After Dark (3.40)

[DetroitHusling101]

I was half asleep here. I made misclicks , didn't notice straights , was a calling station and pulled it off. All day i felt i had been playing at MY best and just kept losing. This win took me back out of the hole i dug myself in today playing sng after sng , actually boosted my BR a little above what i started with today. Weird how things work sometimes.

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Hand 5- This was a misclick. Meant to fold , worked out though

Hand 6- Player to my right has min-bet a lot as a bluff i noticed. I honestly thought my K high was good here. Which it must of been. Should i be doing calling loosely like this if i have a read on a player like that?

Hand 7- Wow i didn't even notice i had a straight . Even with tournament indicator up flashing "straight 4 to 8"

Hand 9- Should i have bet the turn to not give the flush draw a free card? I kinda wanted to shut down after he called my raise. And about my raise should i have beefed it up a little more. River obviously i have to call his min-bet and expect him to turn over the flush right? LOL @ K-3 , i thought i was a donk for playing this how i did (i probally was still lol)

Hand 11- should i be reraising for isolation in this spot?

Any comments on my HU play? I finished HOH II today , and near the end about HU i noticed he said it is incorrect to fold regardless of what you have when on the button (if you limp than get raised it's a different story). The odd's make it correct to AT least limp everytime. I've been doing this now , is this good strategy for SNG structure?
I mean i usually never folded the button but there would be times when i'd get 2-4 , 2-3 ... real bad hands like that and i'd just fold. Maybe there's an exception if blinds are HUGE? I'm not sure. Any insight?

[taipan168]

Any comments on my HU play? I finished HOH II today , and near the end about HU i noticed he said it is incorrect to fold regardless of what you have when on the button (if you limp than get raised it's a different story). The odd's make it correct to AT least limp everytime. I've been doing this now , is this good strategy for SNG structure?
I mean i usually never folded the button but there would be times when i'd get 2-4 , 2-3 ... real bad hands like that and i'd just fold. Maybe there's an exception if blinds are HUGE? I'm not sure. Any insight?

I'll comment on your tourney later, but I hate Harrington's advice for SNGs unless opp is very very passive or stacks are deep (as in a HU SNG). If I'm playing an opp who limps too much he usually ends up getting raised by me when I'm in the BB.

Particularly in full table turbos, by the time you get to HU your stacks are usually pretty short (15x BB or less), I'm RAISING/SHOVING or FOLDING every hand preflop from the button, unless opp is very aggressive and you pick up a monster in which case I'd call and hope to get shoved over. Aggression wins in HU and by just calling you're robbing yourself of the opportunity to make opp fold preflop.

Plus if both of you have decent stacks and the blinds aren't totally huge I don't mind folding the worst hands (say bottom 20%) since that may give your raises a bit more respect.

There are quite a few good HU links in this forum (look in the FAQs) but basically you want to by hyper aggressive against weak/tight players and a bit trappy against very LAGG ones.

[taipan168]

In general I thought you played OK, but take a look at my HU comments and perhaps also review some of the HHs linked in the FAQs to see how other players play HU.
- Whenever you or the BB have <10x BB, just shove it preflop rather than standard raising.
- Pay a bit more attention to position. There were some hands that you were limping from MP (KQo) which would be easy limps in position but from OOP become folds. Also, in general don't call raises when you'll be OOP postflop (hands 8 and 17 comes to mind).

3. KQo - I tend to just fold this preflop from two off the button. On the button I would limp also, but with four players still to act and given you can't call a raise, I just fold it. As played, flop call is fine (assuming your overcards are good outs) and I would also call the turn considering the size of the pot - you're getting better than 10:1 on the call and you're about 5:1 against to hit on the river.

5. Q7o - lol misclickaments!

6. KJs - I'd raise opp back from the BB rather than just checking. Make it 600 or so to go. If opp calls, well you have position postflop. As played, I don't like calling the flop bet - I'd raise it up to like 700 and see what he does - shutting down if opp calls or raises. I think you win the pot uncontested enough times to make raising opp's donkminbet +EV.

7. A8o - definitely raise it back preflop, 600 to go. I also value bet the river - if opp flopped the flush he would have bet something on the river rather than checking again. Bet about 250 here and hope that he calls.

8. Q9o - dump it preflop for sure. Sure, you're getting 5:1 pot odds but stacks are not deep enough to play this for two pair or better. As played, I dump it on the flop - that flop is too dangerous to continue with just middle pair and no draw. I also c/f the turn rather than leading, I don't like betting here.

9. A6s - flop raise is fine, but consider the odds you are offering opp to call. Opp is getting 3.5 to 1 on the call which is irresistable if he's on the flush draw. Make it 900 to go on the flop. As played, the rest of the hand is obv fine. That's one DONKEY bet on the river OMG.

10. 85o - just shove it preflop rather than standard raising since opp has <8x BB.

11. TT - the initial open raise is good, but you need to reshove after the shortstack push. You're pretty much guaranteed to get HU with the short stack with Superfluous' dead chips in the pot if you do. LOLOLOLOL at opp's check/call AI!

12. T7o - shove over the minraise on the flop. Top pair any kicker is a strong hand HU, I'm happy to shove this particularly with the flush draw out there. On the turn, I'd call the bet and see what opp does on the river.

13. T8o - I really don't like the flop bet. I'd check here and see what opp does. If he checks behind then I bet the turn for 300 or so.

14. 84o - with even stacks I just tend to dump this preflop. As played, bet the turn when opp checks twice.

15. Q9s - nh obv, but you misplayed it. You should have won the tourney right here. Your flop raise is good but opp's turn minbet seems very weak, I'd shove over here. Sure, any J (or set obv) beats you but you can't put opp on such a narrow range. As played, on the river, 6s now beat you so I think flat calling is fine.

16. 42o - fold preflop. If you want to play, put opp AI. Fold to the minraise too.

17. 75o - fold preflop. You're OOP for the rest of the hand, this is a very significant disadvantage and you have a crap hand, just dump it.

18. K7o - super easy instashove. K7o is an above average hand, opp has 5.5x BB left, just put him AI preflop. Calling is really weak here. As played, bet the turn for 800 or so.

19. 33 - good.

20. 44 - just shove it preflop. You're not ever folding here even if opp calls and face cards come on the flop.

21. QTo - again, just shove it preflop.

[TLR]

was half asleep here. I made misclicks , didn't notice straights , was a calling station and pulled it off. All day i felt i had been playing at MY best and just kept losing

Call it quits for the day and dont play when you are tired/upset
You will have many losing days in poker and long streaks of losing even when you play your A game, one of things that you need to learn is to accept it