Hand review

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($3.30)
Hero (MP) ($4.85)
Button ($5)
SB ($1.44)
BB ($7.03)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 10, J
UTG bets $0.08, Hero calls $0.08, Button calls $0.08, 1 fold, BB calls $0.06

Flop: ($0.33) 2, 9, 10 (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.26, Button calls $0.26, BB calls $0.26, 1 fold

Turn: ($1.11) 7 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.74, Button calls $0.74, BB calls $0.74

River: ($3.33) A (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1, 1 fold, BB calls $1

Total pot: $5.33

How should I have played this?

hi, Im a beginner too , as you know. Im not sure on the correct way to play it , but Ill exlain what would have gone through my head as the hand unfolded

UTG ($3.30)
Hero (MP) ($4.85)
Button ($5)
SB ($1.44)
BB ($7.03)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 10, J
UTG bets $0.08, Hero ??

At this point, I would think about UTG 4xbb raise . What might he hold for a for this kind of raise ? how often has he been raising 4xbb ? the hud stats would give me some clues.Have you got your poker tracker or holdem manager yet?

lets say , you have no reads, because you havent given any.

Ill guess he 4xbb , (its not UTG,its 2 off the button, thaks SPoon) with the top 4% , just to be safe, cos there are no reads.

99+,AQs+,AKo is the range ill assign him . And Ill use Pokerstove


32.139% { JcTc }
67.861% { 99+, AQs+, AKo }

Looks like hes way ahead,perhaps its a fold, save $$ for a better time



Moving on...

Hero calls $0.08, Button calls $0.08, 1 fold, BB calls $0.06

Flop: ($0.33) 2, 9, 10 (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.26


Top Pair , crap kicker, UTG didnt Cbet, perhas I can take the pot out here and now, worth a stab.
, Button calls $0.26, BB calls $0.26, 1 fold

Turn: ($1.11) 7 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero ???


The buttons still intrested, I think Im beat, I dont want to invest any more money in this pot,im OOP. save my $$ for a better time. Check and fold to any pressure.So what if it shows weakness.

Hes probably got AT , KT, 2 high spades , everything that beats me.

Hero bets $0.74, Button calls $0.74, BB calls $0.74

River: ($3.33) A (3 players)
BB checks, Hero???


SHIT , Theres his second A , thats me stuffed ,Check and fold to a raise.


Hero bets $1, 1 fold, BB calls $1

Total pot: $5.33[/quote]

Ive not done anything scientific , and I might be way out.

Just my thoughts, hope it helps.

In the future , when you improve, Ill remind you to come back and look at your first BC posts, trust me , you will wet yourself.

You're right lol, I probably will.

I was ahead until he hit the A on the river.

Thanks btw

i like how you played this much better than your other hands, the key to the low stakes is aggression aggression aggression when youre ahead but then dont be afraid to c/fold when youre likely behind

preflop is fine if you are comfortable making decisions with marginal hands like top pair bad kicker or second pair, if you are not yet just stay away from them unless you can be the one raising and in position

flop is fine, turn i dont mind but you could check and see, i dont think its bad though

on the river i usually check, he probably isnt calling you with worse ever unless he is really bad so your hand is now a bluff catcher. if he has a better hand than j10 he is calling your river bet very often, if he has worse then he is folding - but you woulda won anyway! so there is no advantage to betting. check, then if he checks - cool, if he bets then this is when your reads come into play

actually , im wrong above , its the BB, not the button. never mind.

Originally Posted by EasyPoker

I was ahead until he hit the A on the river.

I hope you made a note on the way he played,

something like

called a 4xbb raise with A9o whilst on the in BB
Flop 2s 9s 10s , hung on in with A9 facing a 3/4 pot bet from me.
Hung on in till the river with A9. .

It helps develop your game.

I did actually. Something to the effect of, "is prepared to go to the river with nothing if he has an Ace"

If check/call the flop is more likely a showdown hand than a draw that would play faster for fold equity, then I don't like the turn bet.

Don't see much value in a river bet at all. Draws missed, c/r bluffs are super-rare at this level and you're behind his showdown value range.

You are short-handed (5 players). With few players it becomes correct to play more hands or a wider range of hands. This indicates that the raiser should play more hands and that you should be playing more hands.

You are playing deep. 165bb vs the UTG(HJ) and potentially 240bb vs the BTN and BB. Given 100bb I think even considering the shorthandedness of the game that there is nothing wrong with folding JTs preflop some of the time, but with the deep stacks calling preflop becomes mandatory.

With you having called BTN and BB are both looking at a decision to call to make a multiway pot. That means suited aces, suited connectors especially become more attractive. An offsuit ace seems like a strange choice though.

On the flop you have to consider that you hit it, but you don't hit it hard. You play JTs to hit straights and flushes and in this case you hit a top pair with a weak kicker. It may yet be best, but you still have 3 opponents to contend with.

I like the flop bet, and I like the flop bet size. Because of the follow-on effect on implied odds when the first person calls a bet you want to make the price high enough to discourage callers so as not to give good odds to drawing hands.

Note that both BTN and BB could have J8 or 86 with the turn completing a straight. AsXs is certainly also a possible holding through the hand.

The turn I don't feel strongly about. With two other people still in the hand it may be prudent to consider what a worst case scenario looks like. (One holding AT and the other holding two spades). I don't think the bet is necessarily wrong, and if you bet I don't think the bet size is necessarily wrong. I don't mind checking either though and being ready to give it up to aggression or squeeze out the second bet on the river.

You don't have a hand that you want to play a big pot with. If the pot grows big you are probably up against something better than you. If people are content to keep the pot small you are more likely to be holding the best hand.

The river bet is almost certainly a mistake. One of the few things that they could still hold that you beat when they call the turn are aces.