A couple of hands from last night

UTG+1 is 15/0 through about 60 hands, BB is 75/0 through about 30 hands.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO ($46.20)
Button ($24.75)
Hero ($23.30)
BB ($7.05)
UTG ($49.30)
UTG+1 ($23)
MP1 ($24.60)
MP2 ($24.25)
MP3 ($24.75)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K.
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $1, 5 folds, Hero raises to $3, BB raises to $7.05, UTG+1 raises to $18, Hero folds....


UTG+1 is a little laggy.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

CO ($25)
Hero ($27.10)
SB ($25)
BB ($7.10)
UTG ($19.65)
UTG+1 ($12.90)
MP1 ($24.75)
MP2 ($23.90)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25, 1 fold, CO calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $0.75, MP1 folds, CO folds.

Flop: ($2.85) , , (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $1.25, UTG+1 calls $1.25.

Turn: ($5.35) (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $3, UTG+1 calls $3.

River: ($11.35) (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $2.25, Hero calls $2.25.

Final Pot: $15.85

[badgers]

1) Seriously no, all in. Fwiw this would be closer if BB had a full stack but I''d probs still stack off.

2) Fine but bet more on all streets.

[martindcx1e]

1) You have to shove here. He could easily have AK here and just be freaking out cuz he wants to go HU with shorty.
2) Pre-flop - I've noticed you don't like raising more than 4bb's preflop. You need to up your pfr when there are 3 limpers ahead of you like this. Make it at least $1.50.

Flop - Bet more, at least $2. There's really no reason to ever bet less than 1/2 pot.

River - All-in

In general overpair vs. 1/2 stack = get all in at some point. If you had bet properly pre-flop and on the flop you could just put him in on the turn.

[badgers]

Didn't notice how short villain was I agree with martin that you should have got him all in.

[Fnord]

Take off that skirt.

[martindcx1e]

Take off that skirt.

lol pretty much.

[Deanglow]

Hand 1 NO

Hand 2 Your preflop sucks, flop sucks, turn sucks and river is slightly above sucks. Bet more everywhere and shove river

[Warpe]

^^^^ what they said

good to see you playing cash, dwarfie

[bigslikk]

I was thinking that Hand 1 was a good fold until I noticed that one villain was short. That makes the LAG's 5-bet appear weaker; he probably wants to go HU v. the shorstack.

Also, with hand 1: I'm not sure, but I'd make the initial re-raise bigger than $3. I know that many players (myself included) love the 3x reraise, e.g. someone makes it $4, you make it $12. However lately I've noticed that these "standard" 3x reraises are never getting folds. Not that we want folds, but if they're calling all those reraises, you can probably milk them for more.

Hand 2 you've got to bet closer to pot on the flop. Is the 1/2 pot bet a ruse to make the villain think that your overcards missed? If so, I don't like that move here. At these limits, villains aren't going to RAISE with crap when they smell weakness; I don't think they're that smart. We want more money in the middle here.

As played, I like the river call. I feel he's got crap or is baiting you while holding a monster (like trip fours). A raise here would not achieve anything good.

[BankItDrew]

1) Excellent spot to fold KK
2) raise a lot more preflop and bet each street larger

[martindcx1e]

1) Excellent spot to fold KK

why??

[badgers]

Uhhhh yeah drew are you serious? BB isn't even full stacked.

[pgil]

maybe if you had more hands on UTG+1, but even then I doubt a fold there. It is possible he has been card dead for an hour. As long as QQ/AK are in his range, you can't fold with the dead money out there. I figure, if you are going to 3bet a 15/0 pf, you can't really fold to the push, especially with a donktastic shortstack in there sweetening the pot and monkeying with the action.

[BankItDrew]

1) Excellent spot to fold KK

why??

Because I'm worried about UTG+1. The 5-bet preflop looks more like AA than it does an isolation play. Usually when I fold KK, I ask myself: Would QQ make this play? I don't see UTG+1 having QQ here.

[badgers]

Could UTG+1 have QQ? Yes.
Could UTG+1 have AK? Yes.

This is 25nl. Even against fairly tight opps this is a mandatory push and I don't think it's close.

[BankItDrew]

Could UTG+1 have QQ? Yes.
Could UTG+1 have AK? Yes.

This is 25nl. Even against fairly tight opps this is a mandatory push and I don't think it's close.

Even at 25NL, I don't think I'd see 5-betting preflop with AK more frequently than AA.

[martindcx1e]

Could UTG+1 have QQ? Yes.
Could UTG+1 have AK? Yes.

This is 25nl. Even against fairly tight opps this is a mandatory push and I don't think it's close.

Even at 25NL, I don't think I'd see 5-betting preflop with AK more frequently than AA.

if it were HU it'd be closer. we are like 47/53 if we give UTG+1 a range of QQ+/AK where QQ and AK are heavily discounted. i think we have to go with it since there is dead money in the pot and the fact that ppl do tend to go a bit nuts when a shorty is involved like this.