Some hands that I'm wondering about

[Monty3038]

edit: wrong post

[PapalRage]

uh, wat?

[Monty3038]

Nevermind. Was supposed to be in my blog thread... screwed up the post. Can be deleted if I figure out how.

[Erpel]

Hand 1: Nothing wrong there. You could have chosen to bluff on flop or turn as noone has really shown great strength, but you missed the flop and didn't have any real showdown equity so checking and folding is fine.

Hand 2: You could have been paid off on your hand better imo. Pre-flop is fine. Flop is fine imo - you have TPGK 9-handed. I read villain to have A9+ or a pocket pair 66-KK. He thinks his hand is good enough to showdown and doesn't really give you credit for holding an ace and bets the turn also - a call is fine for me also. I doubt any worse hands than yours would call (perhaps a worse A) - with his bet I'd tend to weigh his range more towards the higher pocket pairs. On the river when he checks you know you have won. Even the 32s (extremely unlikely) straight is something you're beating. The question for you here should be finding a bet size that he will call with whatever hand he's holding. Surely some bet size is callable. Personally, I like a $1 overbet because it can look like a bluff trying to steal the pot which he might want to call with TT-KK type hands.

Hand 3: Pre-flop is ok with me. When you start thinking of 3betting you may want to revisit this hand and consider if this is a good 3bet spot. Same for squeeze plays. I don't really know. Flop is good for your flushdraw, but very connected also. This is where it would help if you had any ideas if any low connected hand is in your villain's range. 55 almost certainly is. I would expect both villains to have a range weighted towards high cards or pocket pairs. I don't think a lead folds out any pocket pairs, but it would fold out high cards that you dominate. I think I like check/calling here tbh. While connected I think it's doubtful you're letting someone else draw cheaply. Turn is fine to me. You're almost getting the exact right odds for your flush draw and it has implied odds value on a diamond river so I'm happy with it. It might be more +EV to raise him on the turn, but I'm not unhappy with a call. It's at least +EV. I'm a bit lost on the river. It's not impossible for him to have played a AhQh hand and now sit on a nut flush, but I could see him turning up here with 88 also. It's possibly +EV to represent the heart flush and bluff - I don't think AhQh is too unlikely for your range.

Hand 4: Pre-flop ok. Flop min-raise? Really? You're almost certainly not representing a set or draw. I think he can only really put you on an overpair (though perhaps he'll think you have AA/KK). Turn PSB I like - you're wielding your overpair and 8 outs to a straight with some fold equity - this is almost certainly +EV based on your actual holdings. I don't like what the min-raise on the flop did to your range though, so when he calls you I think we're looking at a range of 44, 98, 87, JT, TT-AA. When he checks the river - if I thought it was weakness I'd put him on TT-QQ, but I think he's just trying to induce a bluff (or 'value' bet) from you (as you seem not to be afraid of betting). When he calls your turn bet I think you're beat so I'm very happy for you to be checking behind the river.