Hand 1
I assume you won that. If you lost to
quads, then that sucks and that's poker. The allin
call on the
turn is questionable to me as I put
villain on a
flush draw when he calls your
flop bet and then a made
flush on the
turn. If true, you're drawing to 10
outs to the
full house, which is about 20% and the
pot odds are 25% - not a huge error, but unless you have a read to the contrary, I probably
fold in that situation and you got lucky on the
river.
Won
Hand 2
I assume you're beat to an ace. Not a terrible way to play the hand. Cbet to keep the
lead and try to get
villain out.
Slow down on the
turn since you're probably beat.
Villain shows weakness, so why not put him to the
test? If you're going to put him to the
test, though, I'd probably make it a little higher - $1.75 or $2.00
river bet. If you're not willing to do that, just
check it.
Won-villian had a pair of 8's
Hand 3
After two folds, I would have raised or folded - probably raised. I
don't like a
call being the first in the pot. Then you can possibly
steal the blinds right there or win it on the
flop. Maybe bet a little more on the
river. I assume you took that down.
Lost-Villian had Ac5s
Hand 4
Where's the rest of it? Generally speaking, I
don't like big cbets with
KK when an Ace spikes - 6
handed might be a situation where you could
break that rule, but I would definitely shut down with any resistance after that. My guess for the rest of that hand is that you took the pot on the
flop or lost to an ace.
Won-They all folded
Hand 5
I like a
check/bet/
call or
check/bet/reraise, but a bet/
call isn't bad either. On the
turn, I get scared you're beat or TIED at best. What's he going to reraise with besides a 2 or a 5? Unless you have good reason to believe he thinks YOU are bluffing, you really have to think about shutting down here. My guess is you lost that pot to something like A5 or 56s or even 5x since he was the SB.
Lost-villian had 25
Hand 6
Looks like you played it fine. I read that he's on a
flush draw or Kx since he stayed in so long or possibly
top pair and won't give you any credit. You bet enough to price him out after the
turn if he was on the
flush and he went for it and got lucky. So, you're either beat with a weak
flush or maybe the better Kx and he wins with a better
kicker and slowed down because of the
flush, OR maybe he had A9 and you win.
Lost-vilian had flush
Hand 7
I'
m not sure I like sticking around for hands like this after the
flop. You're looking for 4 cards to make the
straight or 2 cards to get
trips, but 2 of those cards put flushes out there and how much
action are you really going to get if you hit as it's just one card needed to make the
straight and then an obvious
paired board? I probably
toss this after the
flop. The pot didn't get too big, but it's certainly not small either. Maybe you won it, but I wouldn't be surprised if you lost to a
flush, too.
Lost-villian had flush
Hand 8
I'd consider a
raise 6
handed in
MP with ATs in general and with that
flop, it would
set-up nicely for a cbet, too. I like a reraise on the
flop. You'll get a better idea of where you stand OR take the pot right there. It may also slow him down and buy you a
free card on the
turn to get your
flush. I like the
check/
check - either he had a
straight and was waiting for you to bet or maybe a
busted flush or some kind of
pair and you win.
Lost-villian had Jc7c
Hand 9
You played it aggressively and took it down. Nice. I'
m guessing you probably had a good read
to go with it to make those big bets.
Keep in mind those are just quick snapshots of my impressions of those hands with absolutely NO
READS and you're
shorthanded, which can further complicate it. With
READS, decisions can go in completely different directions. But, I hope that helps or at least gives you another perspective.
Win
Originally Posted by Jason
Hand 1
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