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Hermann the Lombard
Old 09-04-2007, 07:11 PM     Post subject: Baby Steps 2 #1 (permalink)  
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Hermann the Lombard
Two more hands with (I think) similar topics:

POKERSTARS GAME #11856019104: HOLD'EM LIMIT ($0.02/$0.04) - 2007/09/03 - 19:27:32 (ET)
Table 'Enif' 10-max Seat #10 is the button
Seat 1: papadog-76 ($0.81 in chips)
Seat 2: Sane_Robbins ($2.43 in chips)
Seat 3: Prøvekaninen ($1.15 in chips)
Seat 4: PR00-GAMER ($8.07 in chips)
Seat 5: samadams567 ($1.20 in chips)
Seat 6: GregDude ($0.74 in chips)
Seat 7: mindthink ($0.38 in chips)
Seat 8: brihei23 ($0.80 in chips)
Seat 9: Tolnew ($1.08 in chips)
Seat 10: HermannTL ($2.12 in chips)
papadog-76: posts small blind $0.01
Sane_Robbins: posts big blind $0.02
brihei23: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HermannTL [Jh Ks]
Prøvekaninen: calls $0.02
PR00-GAMER: folds
samadams567: folds
GregDude: folds
mindthink: folds
brihei23: checks
Tolnew: calls $0.02
HermannTL: calls $0.02
papadog-76: calls $0.01
Sane_Robbins: checks
*** FLOP *** [6s Kd Qc]
papadog-76: checks
Sane_Robbins: checks
Prøvekaninen: checks
brihei23: checks
Tolnew: bets $0.02
HermannTL: raises $0.02 to $0.04
papadog-76: folds
Sane_Robbins: calls $0.04
Prøvekaninen: calls $0.04
brihei23: folds
Tolnew: calls $0.02
*** TURN *** [6s Kd Qc] [Th]
Sane_Robbins: checks
Prøvekaninen: checks
Tolnew: checks
HermannTL: bets $0.04
Sane_Robbins: calls $0.04
Prøvekaninen: folds
Tolnew: calls $0.04
*** RIVER *** [6s Kd Qc Th] [5d]
Sane_Robbins: checks
Tolnew: checks
HermannTL: bets $0.04
Sane_Robbins: calls $0.04
Tolnew: calls $0.04

Does my play on this hand make sense, especially the raise on the flop?


POKERSTARS GAME #11860825135: HOLD'EM LIMIT ($0.02/$0.04) - 2007/09/03 - 23:55:04 (ET)
Table 'Murzim' 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: HermannTL ($1.72 in chips)
Seat 2: oddflash57 ($0.96 in chips)
Seat 3: jimb1313 ($0.25 in chips)
Seat 6: Kh405 ($1.62 in chips)
Seat 7: gunshow_16 ($0.45 in chips)
Seat 8: riggle74 ($0.85 in chips)
Seat 9: jLs46Re ($1.89 in chips)
HermannTL: posts small blind $0.01
oddflash57: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HermannTL [3d 3h]
jimb1313: calls $0.02
Kh405: calls $0.02
gunshow_16: folds
riggle74: folds
jLs46Re: folds
HermannTL: calls $0.01
oddflash57: checks
*** FLOP *** [3s Kd 6c]
HermannTL: bets $0.02
oddflash57: folds
jimb1313: calls $0.02
Kh405: calls $0.02
*** TURN *** [3s Kd 6c] [7s]
HermannTL: bets $0.04
jimb1313: calls $0.04
Kh405: calls $0.04
*** RIVER *** [3s Kd 6c 7s] [Js]
HermannTL: bets $0.04
jimb1313: folds
Kh405: raises $0.04 to $0.08
HermannTL: calls $0.04

Next: Should I have raised on river vs LAA? Board is not scary.
I could have tried a check-raise on flop or turn.
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arborman
Old 09-04-2007, 08:53 PM #2 (permalink)  
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Hand 1: Straightforward top pair hand. I doubt you were facing AA, so AJ or J9 are probably your big threats.

Hand 2: 3 to a flush on the river can be a bit scary. You would probably have been better check/calling the flop and checkraising the turn, or possibly checkraising the flop.

By betting out in early position on the flop you give most drawy hands the odds to call it down. That's fine on the flop with an uncoordinated board, but the turn opens up two possible draws, and you want to chase them out if you can, or make them pay if you can't.

So given that you are first to act, I'd probably check-call the flop and checkraise the river. At the micro levels with that many people in the pot someone is bound to bet out for you.
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Hermann the Lombard
Old 09-05-2007, 04:44 PM #3 (permalink)  
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Thanks. I see your point about giving them the odds to draw out. I'm not so sure someone would have bet for me, they were a passive lot.
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Old 09-05-2007, 04:50 PM #4 (permalink)  
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermann the Lombard
Thanks. I see your point about giving them the odds to draw out. I'm not so sure someone would have bet for me, they were a passive lot.
Yeah, check-calling or checkraising can backfire if they all check behind, but it works more often than it doesn't. Nobody was expecting you to have a set of 3s, so top pair or even overcards would likely bet out. If nobody bet out on the flop then you should bet the turn, just to get some value in there.
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