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Originally Posted by Savy

vpip = false includes all your blinds you fold I assume? You have to be really careful looking at results in your database because remember as a default sb = -50bb/100 and bb = -100bb/100 so if the weakest hands you play are just above that (your sample is far too small for this) then things are looking good.

Hmm, interesting. I was acknowledging (to myself) that a big part of it was simply my blinds on hands I had no actions, but never actually considered those at a bb/100 rate. I'm at -22bb/100 over 1800 hands, so compared to the sunk cost of my blinds that's probably actually not too bad.

A few questionable hands I'd love some feedback on:


1st JTo in BB
Early in table, no reads although I think I made him fold just before on another new table when he was PFR.
NL Holdem $0.02(BB)
CO ($2)
BTN ($2.07)
SB ($2.05)
HERO ($2) [B]
UTG ($2.76)
HJ ($3.25)


Dealt to Hero: T J


UTG Folds, HJ Folds, CO Raises To $0.06, BTN Folds, SB Folds, HERO Calls $0.04


Flop ($0.13): 3 J 5
HERO Checks, CO Bets $0.13, HERO Calls $0.13


Turn ($0.39): 3 J 5 5
HERO Checks, CO Bets $0.28 , HERO Calls $0.28


River ($0.95): 3 J 5 5 A
HERO Checks, CO Bets $1.53 (allin), HERO Folds


I feel like I can defend with JTo for that price, but even when it hits I don't really want to play a big pot. Not sure there's a worse card on the river, and to the overbet with no reads...


2nd. QTs CO.

This guy was fairly new to table but so far seemed fairly tight. I think I like the look of QTs more than I should...



NL Holdem $0.02(BB)
BB ($2.38)
UTG ($2)
HJ ($2.04)
HERO ($2)
BTN ($2.68)
SB ($3.43)


Dealt to Hero: T Q


UTG Folds, HJ Raises To $0.06, HERO Calls $0.06, BTN Folds, SB Folds, BB Folds


Flop ($0.15): 4 4 5
HJ Bets $0.08, HERO Calls $0.08


Turn ($0.31): 4 4 5 3
HJ Checks, HERO Bets $0.22 , HJ Raises To $0.59 , HERO Calls $0.37


River ($1.49): 4 4 5 3 2
HJ Bets $1.31 (allin), HERO Calls $1.27 (allin)

So on flop I think this is much better for my range than his, and want to bluff even with such low equity, but a 4 or 55 (or 45s) is such a low part of my range, so even though I can have stuff like 56, 67 etc I kind of got stuck in "if I had hit this flop, what would I do?" and thought I'd wait for turn, which looked about the perfect card for me. I find the raise strange, but given the price I thought looking for my draw was worth the cost... I dunno, I question just about every part of this hand, including whether I should be in it at all.

3rd A5s BB

I kind of suspect A5s should be in my 3b range rather than flatting range, but not real sure. Anyway, as played I think looking for a bit of value from pretty much all PPs and any TX combos is worthwhile, but then on river given I just said I expect a fair amount of TX hands when he calls turn I wasn't sure what my plan on river should be when the T hit.

Villain just sat down.


NL Holdem $0.02(BB)
BTN ($2) [B]
SB ($3.80)
HERO ($2) [B]
HJ ($2.77)
CO ($5.29)


Dealt to Hero: 5 A


HJ Folds, CO Folds, BTN Raises To $0.06, SB Folds, HERO Calls $0.04


Flop ($0.13): T A 3
HERO Checks, BTN Checks


Turn ($0.13): T A 3 3
HERO Bets $0.06 , BTN Calls $0.06


River ($0.25): T A 3 3 T
HERO Bets $0.12 , BTN Raises To $0.60 , HERO Folds

Any thoughts or feedback appreciated.