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Old 12-09-2006, 09:17 PM     Post subject: I suck at poker #1 (permalink)  
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- spoonitnow sitting in seat 1 with $22.60
- silver1210 sitting in seat 2 with $20.35
- of_chance sitting in seat 3 with $54.50
- girtss sitting in seat 4 with $14.83 [Dealer]
- ywnc78 sitting in seat 5 with $22.87 [Sitting out]
- Ishii sitting in seat 6 with $50.85

Ishii posted the small blind - $0.10
spoonitnow posted the big blind - $0.20
** Dealing card to spoonitnow: A Q
silver1210 called - $0.20
of_chance folded
girtss folded
Ishii called - $0.20
spoonitnow bet - $1.10
silver1210 called - $1.10
Ishii folded

** Dealing the flop: 2 9 Q (Pot: $2.40)
spoonitnow bet - $1.50
silver1210 called - $1.50

** Dealing the turn: 3 (Pot: $5.40)
spoonitnow bet - $3.30
silver1210 called - $3.30

** Dealing the river: A (Pot: $12.00)
spoonitnow ...

Villian has about $14 behind and I have villian covered, but a few things.

1. I think I'm totally fucking up with my flop and turn betting, in terms of it not being hard enough. Is potting the flop and 2/3rding the turn more appropriate here?

2. On the river, is a check/call best, or should I value bet? The hand feels like a smaller queen or maybe JT, but there's the freak chance for a made flush. I don't feel like by making top two on this river that I can get away from a set or a flush, though I think most of the time a set would of raised the turn. Seems like a check/call loses the least when I'm behind to a set (they probably won't stack off here), and possibly gets JT to try to bluff the flush.

Bleh I suck at poker.
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Old 12-09-2006, 09:33 PM #2 (permalink)  
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Id bet $2 on the flop and closer to $4 on the turn, but your bets aren't really bad.

Any reads on your opponent? what sort of hands would he be calling down with? As played against most opponents I would push, but this may be a mistake on my part.
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Old 12-09-2006, 09:43 PM #3 (permalink)  
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 Since flop is so raggy it's WA/WB, hence bet isn't terrible. However, with bigger raises river would be easy push as villain would have less than PSB left.

As played, I check/call, I'm not sure what worse hands you get value from (unless you know he's an idiot, then obv push).
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Is value betting like 5$ really gay here? We cant go much higher because I think it would scare villain away here. If he has the Q, the ace is a huge scare card for him, if you check, he checks? If he has J10 if you bet he folds, if you check he...bets or checks (read needed here).

That said I choose option 1 = gay 5$ bet because it says something like "I have a Q but am afraid of the aces as well" so he might call.
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 Villian actually called down with middle pair and made runner runner flush, but me wondering if I should check/call river wasn't really being results oriented. The idea spawned from me originally wondering if my betting on flop/turn was ok.

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Old 12-09-2006, 10:33 PM #6 (permalink)  
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Is value betting like 5$ really gay here?
i suppose it is if spoonitnow is giving me a handjob while he makes that bet.
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Is value betting like 5$ really gay here?
i suppose it is if spoonitnow is giving me a handjob while he makes that bet.
Kinda funny that I'm probably the only guy on here that's taken it in the ass yet you get all the gay jokes.
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I only have 2 simple rules when I am coaching a new student.

Rule # 1: don't ask questions

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I have no interest in discussing strategy with a protege'. Your job is to remain quiet and listen. I have a very systematic approach that I will share with the right candidate and I promise that I will turn you into a force of nature and show you elements of the game of poker that you never knew existed.
 
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