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    H1: raise more on the flop. Against 4 opps here you need at least a pot sized raise ($0.64), if not more. Don't make the mistake of basing your raise size on the size of the bet of your opponent only. A pot sized raise=size of the pot when it is your turn to play ($0.44) + 2x what you would pay to just call ($0.10), so total = $0.64. As played, having been called in 4 spots on the flop, I don't think you should bet the turn because you don't want to be committed with just a pair in this spot. It's very likely that one of them has a better hand than yours at this stage. As played, you have to call $1.52 for a chance to win $8.44, so the pot odds are 15%. Even then, I think it is still a fold because if any of them has a set or a straight, you're crushed. It's only a (slim) call if the best hand out there is two pairs.

    H2: same mistake, your flop raise is too small. On this very coordinated board, you need close to a pot sized raise ($0.60). Turn is OK, but you really need to put your opponent on a range here (and also on previous streets). River is a cooler, shit happens, move on.

    Read "guidelines for posting hands" in the beginners' digest. Include reads and ranges.
    Last edited by daviddem; 11-18-2010 at 11:05 AM.
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