Full House
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ohio
Posts: 788
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I think I might have just figured out a leak in my game...
I'm walking to the cafeteria for lunch, thinking about the hands from last night that didn't really burn me but they are 'lingering' in my head...
So here is a problem I think I have. I think I give villian WAY too much credit. Here is what I mean... I get dealt JJ in MP, I raise to 4x BB against average 10NL player, slightly aware but not a skilled player by any means... he calls from the button, everyone else folds. (This is all hypothetical btw)... so flop comes Axx rainbow... he checks... calling in position like that often I'm putting him on a pocket pair, Ax or some combination of face cards... now the check ahead seems to indicate he missed the flop... I c-bet the flop, often 2/3 to full pot and he does one of two things... folds or raises me.
The fold is probably 75% of these hands... which, while validates that I was right and had him beat, costs me value... correct? Is there a better way to keep him in the hand when he is behind and build the pot effectively? I think I'm losing value here a lot of the time... really losing value by letting him out easy.
The raise... now that one causes me fits. Check-raising in 10NL is not the most common occurance but puts me on notice... I've learned that 10NL players don't bluff as much as I think they do and I usually get burned, so I'm folding this 95% of the time unless I have a read that they bluff a lot... am I losing a bunch of value here not seeing it out? Is a re-raise justified?
Also, I lost 1/2 BI last night on one hand that is bugging me now... I played it right but got burnt... I had 55 on the button, UTG raised to 2 x BB (min raise) and I re-raised to 8xBB, he flat calls. Flop came something like 579 rainbow... he checks and I bet pot. He flat calls. I'm a little worried here but I'm on a set... his read shows he could have pretty much any high pair here... turn is an eight, he shoves... now I have a gut shot, he might be on a flush draw with two spades showing on the board, I still think he has a high pair... I call... river comes down a Q and he hits his set of Queens. He immediately starts giving me shit in chat for re-raising from the button with 55.
Guess what I'm thinking is, if the situation was reversed, I may have dumped QQ from UTG in this situation after the re-raise or be looking to check it down... if I was in his shoes and just check/folded my way to the end, regardless of the result, I think I would have been losing value... but I see a lot of crap hands, any pair, re-raising or raising pre-flop then checking it down all of the way... are those hands losing value? I'm pondering that now..
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