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ASinnywak — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:14:33 GMT

I want to wish you good luck and all the best

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A3s flops a nut draw - flop? turn?

daven — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:39 GMT

no 3-betting types behind, fish in the sb, button is 15-11 playing a few tables 40% fold flop cbet, 30% fold turn cbet, 7% raise cbet, not enough hands to be sure but doesn't seem to float much. He views me as a little loose i guess cos i'm back on ftp. We may have old history? i have no old notes, nor old stats cos i haven't played on FTP for ages and am on a new computer.
flop? turn?

0/0 No Limit Holdem
9 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG (47) 189bb
UTG+1 (31) 123bb
MP1 (11) 45bb
daven (MP2) (38) 152bb
MP3 (25) 100bb
CO (10) 42bb
BTN (25) 100bb
SB (13) 52bb
BB (28) 110bb

Blinds: 0/0

Pre-Flop: (0, 9 players) daven is MP2 :ad: :3d:
3 folds, daven raises to 1, 2 folds, BTN calls 1, 1 fold, BB calls 1

Flop: :js: :7d: :2d: (3, 3 players)
BB checks, daven bets 2, BTN calls 2, BB folds

Turn: :9h: (6, 2 players)
what to do?

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This sticky will document all of the new [spoonitnow Strategy] posts.

#001: The Process of Learning in Poker (Discuss in forum)

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Jack Sawyer — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:25:54 GMT

So it turns out I haven't registered and therefore do not have a profile to view. How is this possible?

[2NL] CBet sizing

Circuits — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:20:45 GMT

CO ($2.83)
Button ($1.68)
SB ($1.48)
Hero (BB) ($2.13)
UTG ($5)
UTG+1 ($1.31)
MP1 ($2.95)
MP2 ($4.69)
MP3 ($1)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, K
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.02, 3 folds, CO calls $0.02, Button calls $0.02, SB calls $0.01, Hero bets $0.12, UTG+1 calls $0.10, CO calls $0.10, Button calls $0.10, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.50) 10, 3, 5 (4 players)

I have some thoughts on this hand and the way I believe it should be played, and I'd be grateful for some input (both on the hand and my thoughts).

Pre-Flop
Pre-flop is a bit of a train wreck, I hadn't anticipated so many limpers and in hindsight my raise should have been bigger, perhaps along the lines of 0.14 or 0.16.

Flop
The villains are a selection of 14/8, 16/10 kinds, with a huge calling station (77/1) in the mix - all over about 80 hands. Generally they're capable of raising decent hands PF, so I feel I can discount hands like AA-JJ, KQ+ from their ranges, leaving a selection of pocket pairs and marginal/useless hands.

Consequently, I believe my AK has them beaten. So a cbet seems logical. Normally I would cbet 2/3 of the pot but this time, given the number of players, I believe sizing it slightly larger for value is appropriate. I don't think there's much chance of somebody drawing to something that will beat me, but perhaps another reason to bet here is to fold out one or two players...? I don't know if that makes sense here or not; I have neither practiced nor read a great deal about isolating.

How should I size my cbet?

[5NL] JJ against LAG, river decision...

Cobra_1878 — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:30:50 GMT

Villain is 32/20/6 through 325 hands. Fold to 3bet, 56%. Doesn't seem positionally aware, playing 35% of hands UTG. Fold to cbet, 65%.

Notes on villain: Had seen villain defend BB with 32s. C/c flop with bottom pair, check turn, and attempt a bluff on river, around 1/2 PSB.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $16.00
BB: $5.00
UTG: $7.49
Hero (MP): $7.03
CO: $5.44
BTN: $5.40

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has J:spade: J:club:

UTG raises to $0.15, Hero raises to $0.50, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.07, 2 players) 9:club: A:club: 4:heart:
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.55, UTG calls $0.55

Turn: ($2.17, 2 players) A:spade:
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($2.17, 2 players) 2:spade:
UTG bets $1.85, Hero ???

Felt like I opened the door for him to bluff the river when I checked the turn, I have no idea why I did that either as I thought it unlikely that he had an A given how wide his range is.

Can he be bluffing here with some stupid 9x or a busted FD or is it an easy fold?

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JKDS — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:44:50 GMT

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OESD played badly given stack sizes?

Finn — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:52:41 GMT

Hy!

I have to say that I don´t look at his stack size and feel bad when he raises and I see that I have just prized me in for a call when I´m behind. I see it as a big mistake. Am I right?

36 hands on my opponent 17/17 Cbet 100% (1)

And just as a general question:
If the stack sizes would be ok would you say it´s better to reraise this flop or the same flop when there are for example two hearts on board?

Because I bet as a semi bluff I tend to this board because there´s more Fold Equity.

Poker Stars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (7 handed) - Poker Stars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

UTG ($9.59)
MP1 ($4)
MP2 ($4.40)
Hero (CO) ($10.40)
Button ($10.27)
SB ($4)
BB ($18.19)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J, Q
2 folds, MP2 bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, 2 folds, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.80) 10, 7, 9 (3 players)
BB checks, MP2 bets $0.61, Hero raises $1.80, 1 fold, MP2 raises $3.54 (All-In), Hero calls $2.35

Total pot: $9.10

Ruh roh... (NSFW)

Donachello — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:33:53 GMT

Hey dudes, long time no see! How yall doin? Wasn't sure where else to post this but I'll pay with tits and ass. :)

Just logged into my FTP account for the first time since Black Friday to check the security of my funds (US player). My account balance shows 0.00. So I checked my past transactions and there is the withdrawal for 1K I made a couple hours after the domain seizure that never made it to my bank account. I had left something like 550 in the account after I realized how fucked things were. My FTP points are still there so it's not like they wiped my account and there's no transaction listed for the other money.

I wrote support but has anyone else had an experience like this?

those tittays

dat butt

[10NL] 98s, 2pr on turn, facing c/r...

Cobra_1878 — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:38:14 GMT

Villain was 42/24/2 (3bet) through 117 hands. Didn't fold his BB too much, playing 40%. Fold to cbet, 53%.

Notes on Villain: Passive with draws and TPTK hands. Usually c/c. Capable of c/r flop and firing turn as bluff, seen him do this with 44 and ended up stacking off to a shortstack for around 60bb.

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: $12.35
MP: $12.53
Hero (CO): $10.54
BTN: $11.22
SB: $10.83
BB: $10.00

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has 8:heart: 9:heart:

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.30, fold, fold, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.65, 2 players) 8:diamond: 4:heart: 5:heart:
BB checks, Hero bets $0.50, BB calls $0.50

Turn: ($1.65, 2 players) 9:club:
BB checks, Hero bets $1.20, BB raises to $5.20, Hero ???

I think this is a call, but I'm not sure. The only hands I have to worry about are 55, 44 and 76. Not too worried about 88/99 even though they are obviously possible.

I had only seen villain 3bet AKo, so it's possible he could have slow played an overpair here, TT+. I figure he could also have a smaller 2pr, 54.

I also figure my heart outs are probably good here as well.

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Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

2,068 games 0.000 secs 413,600 games/sec

Board: 8d 4h 5h 9c
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 75.097% 75.10% 00.00% 1553 0.00 { 9h8h }
Hand 1: 24.903% 24.90% 00.00% 515 0.00 { 88+, 55-44, 54s, 54o }

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Thoughts?

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JKDS — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:29:36 GMT

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5NL AQo [formerly 'test']

derekeverett — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:09:46 GMT

Full Tilt - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $5.53 (VPIP: 30.61, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 51)
BB: $4.09 (VPIP: 37.84, PFR: 24.32, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 38)
UTG: $4.97 (VPIP: 27.27, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 57)
MP: $5.00 (VPIP: 22.45, PFR: 18.37, 3Bet Preflop: 6.06, Hands: 102)
CO: $6.33 (VPIP: 64.29, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 14)
Hero (BTN): $5.50

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q:diamond: A:spade:

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.15, fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.32, 2 players) 6:spade: A:diamond: 2:spade: BB checks, Hero bets $0.21, BB raises to $0.67, Hero raises to $1.31, BB raises to $1.95, Hero ??

I don't think he's flatting pre-flop with QQ+ or AK. And I also don't think he's re-raising with a flush draw. If anything I think maybe he's defending against one?

Low pair I think is for sure in his pre-flop flatting range, so sets worry me, and that would explain him trying to put me off a flush draw. AJ, AT, A6, even A2 is possible right? Thoughts?

I also know I struggle with sizing.. so any comments there would be appreciated.