Poker Forum

Over 1,232,000 Posts!

Subscribe to FTR web feed
Already Registered?      Username:    Password:   Remember      Forgot Password
  >    > 

Some preflop spots 2NL

  
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
JoeHaw
Old 06-30-2009, 05:07 AM     Post subject: Some preflop spots 2NL #1 (permalink)  
JoeHaw's Avatar
Straight

Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: IL
Posts: 186
JoeHaw
Should I have maybe not 3bet it in the first place? I had to call the 19 cents, right?

Villain was 53/21 no 3bet over 21 hands

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($0.97)
MP2 ($5.51)
CO ($3.30)
Hero (Button) ($2.32)
SB ($2.28)
BB ($0.09)
UTG ($0.78)
UTG+1 ($2.91)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, Q
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.02, 1 fold, MP2 bets $0.10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.29, 3 folds, MP2 raises to $0.48, Hero calls $0.19

Flop: ($1.01) 8, A, 3 (2 players)
MP2 bets $1, Hero folds

Total pot: $1.01 | Rake: $0.05
------------------------------------------------------------

These tables are all freaking 42/6 at 2NL I swear to god- am I still folding my QJo utg? A5s? KTs UTG+1 w a limper?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($1.43)
MP2 ($3.97)
CO ($3.36)
Button ($7.50)
SB ($5.28)
BB ($3.02)
Hero (UTG) ($3.81)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, J
Hero calls $0.02, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.02, 1 fold, Button calls $0.02, SB calls $0.01, BB checks

Flop: ($0.10) 6, 4, A (5 players)
SB bets $0.06, BB calls $0.06, Hero folds.........

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($0.84)
MP3 ($4.90)
CO ($8.08)
Button ($4.08)
SB ($2.39)
BB ($3.88)
Hero (UTG) ($2.46)
UTG+1 ($1.45)
MP1 ($3.94)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, 5
Hero calls $0.02, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.02, 1 fold, MP3 calls $0.02, 3 folds, BB checks

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP3 ($2.19)
CO ($4.90)
Button ($8.08)
SB ($5.42)
BB ($2.45)
UTG ($1.32)
Hero (UTG+1) ($2.52)
MP1 ($1.45)
MP2 ($3.94)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K, 10
UTG calls $0.02, Hero calls $0.02, 2 folds, MP3 bets $0.06, 2 folds, SB calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04, UTG calls $0.04, Hero calls $0.04

-------------------------------------------------------------

AQo vs. 3bet from 29/9 and 4.5% 3bet over 109 hands? I don't remember his stats while this happened, so the 3bet might well have been zero then, I don't remember.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($4.97)
MP3 ($2.86)
CO ($2.09)
Button ($2.19)
SB ($4.78)
BB ($0.90)
Hero (UTG) ($8.18)
UTG+1 ($5.31)
MP1 ($1.85)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, A
Hero bets $0.06, 4 folds, CO raises to $0.24, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.18

Flop: ($0.51) J, 5, K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.26, Hero folds

Total pot: $0.51 | Rake: $0
-------------------------------------------------------
Reply With Quote
Join the FTR Poker Forum to disable these banners and start posting!
Keith
Old 06-30-2009, 09:55 AM #2 (permalink)  
Full House

Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,277
Keith will become famous soon enoughKeith will become famous soon enough
You need to tighten up your UTG opens. Read rentons starting hand guide http://www.flopturnriver.com/Small-S...y-Preflop.html whichs is AJs and better as a minimum for full ring .Learn how to play the good hands before you start experimenting with marginal hands.
Reply With Quote
Lucothefish
Old 06-30-2009, 10:37 AM #3 (permalink)  
Lucothefish's Avatar
Full House

Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Cretaceous Park
Posts: 642
Lucothefish will become famous soon enough
Play less hands.

Hand 1: fine
All others: fold preflop
AQo hand: raise to 4bb pre, fold to 3bet

<@d0zer> how will you learn if I don't berate you harshly?
 
Reply With Quote
Hoopy
Old 06-30-2009, 04:04 PM #4 (permalink)  
Hoopy's Avatar
Full House

Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Riverballs
Posts: 708
Hoopy is an unknown quantity at this point
Hand 1: 3 bet and call is fine, flop is a fold as all you beat is a bluff and TT/JJ. Without the ace (overcard) on the flop I ship it in, what does everyone else think?

Hands 2,3,4:All standard folds utg, position is the nuts in NL limp calling these hands in early positions can be exploited even if they don't realise it at this level. Check out Renton's pre-flop guide in the digest.

Hand 5:Fold to the 3 bet, his range is (roughly) JJ+ and AK considering his stats.
 
Reply With Quote
okiman
Old 06-30-2009, 04:08 PM #5 (permalink)  
Straight

Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 171
okiman
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucothefish
Play less hands.

Hand 1: fine
All others: fold preflop
AQo hand: raise to 4bb pre, fold to 3bet
+1
Reply With Quote
JoeHaw
Old 06-30-2009, 04:24 PM #6 (permalink)  
JoeHaw's Avatar
Straight

Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: IL
Posts: 186
JoeHaw
Yeah, yeah- I've read all the starting hand preflop strategys out there- I was just curious as to if the 6% preflop raise from the tables I play at made any difference.

Is there anyway to do some math about that type of thing? Trust me- I believe you guys, but ive just finished reading a few of ISF's big posts and I'd like to understand the game on a conceptual level rather than just listening to people who are better than me tell me what to fold UTG.

And I sorta was thinking I should've folded that AQo.

For the QQ, say there was no ace, theres a big differnece between ME shipping it in and HIM getting it in, right? Say he donks a dollar either way- can really call that w no ace there? Does it kind of depend on if I put TT and AQs in his 3bet range? (which i wouldnt)
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
-Thomas Jefferson

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
-Thomas Edison
 
Reply With Quote
nish81
Old 06-30-2009, 04:32 PM #7 (permalink)  
nish81's Avatar
Flush

Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 295
nish81
I do the same thing in hand 1, but don't like it. Fold in most of the UTG hands, range needs to be pretty damn right here, TT+, AQ+, KQ I'd say in 2nl
<JustinSKS> Tha'ts why I fold my 33 to 72o, because 7 high beats, 1 pair, donk.

JR: lets do it JUAN
JR: mono e mono
JR: man to man
JR: HU4ROLLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Dealer: juan0984 folds
 
Reply With Quote
linaker
Old 06-30-2009, 09:43 PM #8 (permalink)  
3-of-a-Kind

Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 70
linaker
Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeHaw
Yeah, yeah- I've read all the starting hand preflop strategys out there- I was just curious as to if the 6% preflop raise from the tables I play at made any difference.

Is there anyway to do some math about that type of thing? Trust me- I believe you guys, but ive just finished reading a few of ISF's big posts and I'd like to understand the game on a conceptual level rather than just listening to people who are better than me tell me what to fold UTG.
QJo, A5s and KTs are trap hands. If you raise them, or call a raise with them, then a large part of you opponent's range is going to consist of hands that dominate QJo etc. In a raised pot, if you have QJ, the flop is Q75 and you bet out from UTG, the hands most likely to give you action are AA, KK, AQ, KQ, QQ and you are in poor shape compared to those. You will lose chips to find out you are beaten. So with hands like QJo, you mostly either lose a big pot or win a small one.

OK this is micro stakes, so you can win a big pot on a QT5 flop from someone with Q9, KT or 66, but it takes skill to fold QJ to the nit with AQ, but crush the fish with 66.

QJ etc do better in position. If its folded to you on the BTN, then QJ is much more likely to be the best hand. There are just three hands left in the pot rather than 10 if you have QJ UTG. The idea in poker is to put money in the pot when you are ahead, so if you raise QJ, you are much more likely to be ahead if you are on the BTN than UTG.

If QJ hits a good flop then its quite likely someone else will have a hand they want to play. So if you are on the BTN and four people have limped, it can be profitable to limp and see a cheap flop. If the flop is KT9, then its probably big pot time. The more players in the pot the better, as the likelihood of someone having something good like K9 increases.

You are also more likely to make money on some less than dream flops. In this case, if the flop is Q75, its less likely that AQ, KQ or QQ are out there, because most people raise those hands. So it is easier to play your hand more aggressively.

You asked if the 6% pre flop raise makes a difference? I am not sure what you mean by that, but if you mean your opponents are raising 6% of their hands on average then if you limp UTG, about 50% of the time, you are either throwing away your hand or calling a raise with a hand like QJ, KTo which will only have about 33% equity against the best 6% of hands. The rest of the time you will be playing a multiway limped pot from UTG, which can seem like its the same as playing one from the BTN, but its not. Its easier to play a Q75 flop with QJ, when its been checked around to you, than when you are first to act.

Starting hand charts tend to pick hands that are easier to play post flop. If you have AK then you will hit TPTK a third of the time, and while that can be beaten, you dont have to worry whether the person betting into you has a better kicker or not.

It is relatively easy to play Ad5d if the flop is 3 diamonds. But that happens very rarely and if you play it UTG, you will mostly miss the flop entirely, have to play a flush draw correctly or have a tough decison on how to play an AT4 or K95 flop. Thats why playing these hands is not recommended for beginning players, especially out of position. I hope this explains some of the reasons why some hands are recommended and others aren't
Reply With Quote
Muzzard
Old 06-30-2009, 09:57 PM #9 (permalink)  
Muzzard's Avatar
4-of-a-Kind

Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cheshire, UK
Posts: 1,843
Muzzard is on a distinguished road
Send a message via AIM to Muzzard Send a message via MSN to Muzzard
1. 3bet is fine, sometimes I get it in vs fish pre. Sometimes I fold to the 4b, sometimes I call sometimes I shove, depends on what sort of fish it is and how lightly he stacks off pre. Some fish don't 4b without AA and you're implied odds are pretty close postflop to be set mining.

2. Fold pre, position is going to be the key to beating fish, value bet the crap out of them with good hands. QJo is too marginal UTG, if you're the first to enter a pot always raise imo. BUt still QJo is too weak 7 handed

3. Fold pre, too weak to open and don't open limp

4. Fold pre, I don't mind isoing a player who limps alot. But I wouln't iso a utg limp utg+1 as there is too much risk a lot of others will call behinnd and you'll be OOP with a pretty weak hand.

5. Fold pre to the 3b, you're going to be out of position and it's goign to be tough post flop coz ur goign to be playing for stacks alot with the worst hand. Also, even though the 3b is coming from the cut off ppl are rarely raising UTG opens light as ur range is pretty tight - or shoudl be.

As for opening UTG I think 55+/AQ+ is fine, personally I never open limp. That's why I tend to fold small pairs as my fold to 3b woudl be pretty exploitable if I included every pair UTG.

I don't mind you open limping say 22-55 pre or even just opening 3bb/4bb for all pairs. I doubt you're goign to get exploited at 2nl.

I think a key to improving your game is to stop limping/opening limiping with weak hands OOP. Play sttrong hands OOP, play weaker hands IP esp if your the first to open the pot in LP - steal blinds etc. Punish llimpers IP. etc
Reply With Quote
JoeHaw
Old 06-30-2009, 10:29 PM #10 (permalink)  
JoeHaw's Avatar
Straight

Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: IL
Posts: 186
JoeHaw
Alright, I'm convinced.

thanks for the feedback
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
-Thomas Jefferson

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
-Thomas Edison
 
Reply With Quote
Reply
Latest Poker News
eugmac Old 02-10-2012, 10:26 AM    WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Starts Today in Florida
The World Poker Tour makes its return to the Sunshine State with the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a non-televised Season X Main Event to take place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollyw ...

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT. The time now is 06:25 PM.


FTR Testimonials

All content
© FlopTurnRiver.com
Advertising  |   Partners  |   Testimonials  |   T&C  |   Contact Us  |   FTR News & Press  |   Site Map  |   Search FTR

Full Tilt  |   Titan Poker  |   UltimateBet  |   Poker Stars  |   Ladbrokes Bonus  |   Sportsbook  |   Cake Poker  

Play Texas Holdem Online, Online Texas Holdem Strategy, & Poker Forum
This is not a gambling website.