Originally Posted by Fnord

You won't do well at Party 3/6 without reads and good table/seat selection. ABC tight poker alone doesn't get the job done often enough at this level.

Hand 3: I don't understand the flop line, leading out looks weak and the better players in this game know it. AQ is raising this flop quite often. A turn c/r is clearly called for and bet/fold is a much better river line.
Hand 4: A read on the SB makes all the difference. Sometimes a flop raise is clearly called for.
Hand 8: This is why I don't auto-raise an unimproved AK on the flop. Calling down is a much better line if there is a good chance of facing a bet/3-bet.
Hand 9: The flush and 9x got there, with a read the pot might be small enough to let this one go.

Originally Posted by Nehmer

So on Hand 3 would you suggest a check/raise on the flop? I don't understand how leading out looks weak, since that is probably what I would do with a better hand like AA or KK...

Originally Posted by Nehmer

What criteria do you look for in deciding if you raise the flop unimproved like in hand 8? I think this might be one area that my game is seriously lacking in. I tend to almost always raise except maybe if a Q or J comes on the flop, but I don't know what sort of read I want in order to just call. I know somebody who only bets if they have something would be a call situation, but there aren't many of those players around at 3/6.

Originally Posted by Nehmer

Hand 9 the guy had KQ of hearts, so had the flush. Again, what kind of read do you want on this guy in order to lay this down? I get raised on the turn by draws and nothing hands so often at 3/6 that I have a hard time laying a hand like that down...I find that there are very few people that are only capable of raising the turn with the nuts at this level of play, so I am always worried that laying down a fairly good hand is a mistake.