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MagyarSHU

02-19-2007, 05:25 AM Post subject: HU: How's my play?

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I had this guy outplayed for the first 20min...then he starts catching and making some rediculous hands. Who's playing these differently, and what's your line?

Is anyone laying down two pair to the turn RR A-I?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t910)
Hero (t2090)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5

, J

.
Hero calls t25, BB checks.

Flop: (t100) K

, 7

, 5

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t50, BB calls t50.

Turn: (t200) J

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: (t200) 6

(2 players)
BB bets t200, Hero raises to t600, BB calls t400.

Final Pot: t1400

Results in white below:
BB has Kd Ks (three of a kind, kings).
Hero has 5d Jh (two pair, jacks and fives).
Outcome: BB wins t1400.

I whittle him away some more(not even 10 hands later). I think I'm getting good odds for it, but we're deep stacked. Is anyone folding here?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t960)
Hero (t2040)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7

, 3

.
Button calls t25, Hero checks.

Flop: (t100) K

, 7

, 2

(2 players)
Hero bets t50, Button calls t50.

Turn: (t200) 3

(2 players)
Hero bets t300, Button raises to t860, Hero calls t560.

River: (t1920) 7

(2 players)

Final Pot: t1920

Results in white below:
Hero has 7d 3d (full house, sevens full of threes).
Button has Ks Kh (full house, kings full of sevens).
Outcome: Button wins t1920.

Is anyone folding to him PF here?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t940)
Hero (t2060)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K

, J

.
Hero raises to t300, BB raises to t940, Hero calls t640.

Flop: (t1880) 3

, Q

, T

(2 players)

Turn: (t1880) K

(2 players)

River: (t1880) 6

(2 players)

Final Pot: t1880

Results in white below:
BB has Jh As (straight, ace high).
Hero has Kc Jc (one pair, kings).
Outcome: BB wins t1880.

I push him around for the next couple hands, and then get my best hand of the night. Should I have played it a little slower?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t1030)
Hero (t1970)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J

, J

.
Hero raises to t1300, BB calls t930 (All-In).

Flop: (t2330) 7

, K

, 8

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2330) T

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2330) 2

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2330

Results in white below:
BB has Ah Qh (flush, ace high).
Hero has Jd Js (one pair, jacks).
Outcome: BB wins t2060. Hero wins t270.

Who's reraising the turn and how much?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t1810)
Hero (t1190)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8

, 9

.
Hero calls t50, BB checks.

Flop: (t200) 6

, J

, 7

(2 players)
BB bets t100, Hero calls t100.

Turn: (t400) 5

(2 players)
BB bets t100, Hero calls t100.

River: (t600) 8

(2 players)
BB bets t200, Hero raises to t890, BB calls t690.

Final Pot: t2380

Results in white below:
BB has 5h 9s (straight, nine high).
Hero has 8h 9d (straight, nine high).
Outcome: BB wins t1190. Hero wins t1190.

and I finally pick a spot to double up...I think an initial push would be more correct here though, no?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t1760)
Hero (t1240)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q

, K

.
Hero raises to t300, BB raises to t500, Hero calls t200.

Flop: (t1000) J

, Q

, 8

(2 players)
BB bets t700, Hero raises to t740, BB calls t40.

Turn: (t2480) 9

(2 players)

River: (t2480) 2

(2 players)

Final Pot: t2480

Results in white below:
BB has Qs Qc (three of a kind, queens).
Hero has Qh Kc (one pair, queens).
Outcome: BB wins t2480.

***typo edit

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taipan168

02-19-2007, 10:08 PM

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02-22-2007, 04:21 PM

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Hand no.1: I call here even though if you think about it, it is a marginal hand the way you described his play. If you think he will only do that with two pair and not with only top pair, you should fold. But since you have been agressive, he might play back at you so you have to lower your calling standards and call.

Hand no.2: I layed down a hand in a situation like this before but I should really see the speed of his betting to tell. Normally I call here in case he has a lone king plus a flush draw.

Hand no.3: Ha, that is a tricky one. The best you can hope for is a coin flip (I don't think he is doing it with King low kicker) so you might fold and keep your chip lead. When you have chip lead, you can steal a lot of pots with agression and let your opponent being shortstacked. That is an interesting one and I am not comfortable calling in situation like this. Hope someone else tells his opinion on that one.

Hand no.4: You have been agressive with nothing so you have to be agressive with monster. All in, baby. If a flop comes an overcard like it did, you have a hard time pushing so make your decision preflop.

Hand no.5: I like to slowplay in this situation so I wouldn't raise turn. You need to have guts to slowplay in HU even if it backfires sometimes.

Hand no.6: If you push here and get called, you are probably beat, so seeing flop with this hand is fine. His raise just seems like a trap. It is not even a minraise. After the flop, you played it fine.

I hope I didn't misread any hand. I was surprised to see villain betting in hand no.5. He probably got nervous after being pushed around.

When you are playing HU, study the speed of raising, checking etc. It really tells you a lot. HU is so much opponent dependent that no one can really blame you for making strange plays ocassionally. I would play most of the time just like you, except a hand no.3. I really hope someone who has experience will tell this one because it is really tricky and tough.

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