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  1. #1

    Default I'm playing breakeven, and its pissing me off.

    I've played poker online on and off (mostly off) for about 2 years. I was thinking of stepping it up and try to become a better player. The last 2 months I've played about 50.000 hands and Im only a slight winner at 1BB/100. I've read a lot of guides , both on this forum and others, watched poker videos etc, but its not going as well as I had hoped.

    I play 6-max 100NL at Prima, running about 18/14/3, trying to play TAG poker. Tight in the early positions and raising/stealing a lot on CO and button. Preflop and flop play is fairly straight forward, but I find myself lost sometimes on what to do on the turn/river.

    I'll post a few major hand histories hoping that anyone can help a bit.

    1) Villain is 25/13/1


    $0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem, 6 players
    Converted at weaktight.com

    Stacks:
    UTG ($124.37)
    UTG+1 ($182.79)
    CO ($147.68)
    Hero ($98.00)
    SB ($61.00)
    BB ($103.21)

    Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is BTN
    UTG raises to $4, UTG+1 calls $4, 1 fold, Hero calls $4, 2 folds

    Flop: ($13.50, 3 players)
    UTG bets $9, UTG+1 calls $9, Hero calls $9

    Turn: ($40.50, 3 players)
    UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $30, UTG calls $30, UTG+1 folds

    River: ($100.50, 2 players)
    UTG bets $55, ??

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    2) Villain is 42/27/5. Did I donk bluff this ?

    $0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem6 players
    Converted at weaktight.com

    Stacks:
    UTG ($99.00)
    Hero ($105.85)
    CO ($198.63)
    BTN ($95.35)
    SB ($85.08)
    BB ($40.38)

    Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is UTG+1
    UTG calls $1, Hero raises to $4, CO calls $4, 2 folds, BB calls $3, UTG calls $3

    Flop: ($16.50, 4 players)
    BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $12, CO raises to $24, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero calls $12

    Turn: ($64.50, 2 players)
    Hero goes all-in $77.85

    ----------

    3) Villain is 27/7/1

    $0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem, 4 players
    Converted at weaktight.com

    Stacks:
    CO ($56.24)
    BTN ($102.24)
    SB ($186.01)
    Hero ($299.71)

    Pre-flop: ($1.50, 4 players) Hero is BB
    1 fold, BTN calls $1, SB calls $0.50, Hero checks

    Flop: ($3, 3 players)
    SB checks, Hero bets $2.50, BTN raises to $5, SB calls $5, Hero raises to $18.50, BTN calls $13.50, SB folds

    Turn: ($45, 2 players)
    Hero bets $30, BTN calls $30

    River: ($101, 2 players)
    Hero bets $53

    4) Villain is 38/28/2.5

    $0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem, 6 players
    Converted at weaktight.com

    Stacks:
    UTG ($144.81)
    UTG+1 ($44.23)
    Hero ($98.73)
    BTN ($43.61)
    SB ($85.36)
    BB ($241.51)

    Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is CO
    2 folds, Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, BB raises to $11, Hero calls $7

    Flop: ($22.50, 2 players)
    BB bets $11.25, Hero raises to $33, BB goes all-in $220.26, Hero has $54

    -----------

    5) Villain is 24/6/1

    $0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem, 3 players
    Converted at weaktight.com

    Stacks:
    BTN ($184.84)
    Hero ($161.87)
    BB ($84.47)

    Pre-flop: ($1.50, 3 players) Hero is SB
    BTN raises to $4, Hero raises to $13.50, 1 fold, BTN calls $9.50

    Flop: ($28, 2 players)
    Hero bets $19, BTN raises to $42.50, Hero calls $23.50

    Turn: ($113, 2 players)
    Hero checks, BTN bets $88, Hero ??

    ------

    Villain is 23/10/2

    6) $0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem, 5 players
    Converted at weaktight.com

    Stacks:
    Hero ($151.50)
    CO ($57.51)
    BTN ($49.69)
    SB ($109.74)
    BB ($139.20)

    Pre-flop: ($1.50, 5 players) Hero is UTG
    Hero raises to $4, 3 folds, BB calls $3

    Flop: ($8.50, 2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets $6, BB raises to $17, Hero calls $11

    Turn: ($42.50, 2 players)
    BB bets $21, Hero calls $21

    River: ($84.50, 2 players)
    BB bets $57, Hero ?


    Feedback appreciated.
  2. #2
    Hand 1: Anything but raise is fine.

    2: Shove flop

    3: Make every bet bigger, raise flop to over 20.

    4: Is 11 his standard threebet? If so, yeah this is good.

    5: Fold flop. Fold turn as played

    6: I'd prob just shove river since he has what, 40 left in his stack? You're ahead greater than 50% of the time and he calls a shove more than 50% of the time when you're ahead, so yeah.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan
    4: Is 11 his standard threebet? If so, yeah this is good.
    You're assuming his 3-bet range is pretty aggressive to match his 2-bet range. This may not be true.

    edit: misread hand 3
  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan
    Hand 1: Anything but raise is fine.

    2: Shove flop

    3: Make every bet bigger, raise flop to over 20.

    4: Is 11 his standard threebet? If so, yeah this is good.

    5: Fold flop. Fold turn as played

    6: I'd prob just shove river since he has what, 40 left in his stack? You're ahead greater than 50% of the time and he calls a shove more than 50% of the time when you're ahead, so yeah.
    Thanks for the input.

    1) I called and he had A5s for the flush.
    2) He called and had A9 for two pair.
    3) He called with 44 for a set.
    4) I called and he had 99 for top set.
    5) I folded turn.
    6) I called and he had 99 for a full house.

    So I managed to lose all 6 hands and about 6 buyins.

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