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  1. #1

    Default Suck Less Tomorrow Than You Did Today

    Yeah another basic A-B-C 1-2-3 poker blog starting at 2nl. I'm struggling to understand basic concepts, and coupled with my natural laziness I'm just not improving. Hopefully this will motivate me to at least review my hands and stop giving away my money to strangers on teh internetz.

    Concept 1:

    Raising first in:
    UTG/UTG+1: AQs, AK, 77+
    MP1: AJ+, 55+
    MP2/3: AJ+, KQs, 22+
    HJ/CO: AJ+, KQ, QJ, 22+
    BTN: A8s+, KQ, KJ, QJ, 22+


    But what if someone raises in front of us? If it's a 3-4bb raise and I have one of the above hands in the relevant position I would call it, otherwise I would fold. If it's a larger raise, unless I have KK or AA I fold. amirite?
  2. #2
    After reviewing my hands today I didn't lose that many. This is one of the ones that had me thinking though.

    The player I'm interested in is UTG +1. Stats are 67/33 but I'd only seen him play 3 hands.

    $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem
    PokerStars
    9 Players
    Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com
    Stacks:
    UTG ($2.39)
    UTG+1 ($1.07)
    MP1 ($2.90)
    Hero ($0.97)
    MP3 ($0.87)
    CO ($2)
    BTN ($0.93)
    SB ($1.16)
    BB ($0.90)
    Pre-Flop: ($0.05, 9 players) Hero is MP2
    [CO posts $0.02]
    1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.02, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.10, 1 fold, CO calls $0.08, 1 fold, SB calls $0.09, BB calls $0.08, UTG+1 calls $0.08

    Flop: ($0.50, 5 players)
    SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets $0.10, $0.1 to Hero ($0.87)?

    UTG +1 calls my preflop raise, at this stage I'm thinking he has 44+, A8+, KJ+ QJ+. I don't think he'd call a raise with small suited cards. Against this range my equity is 46%

    When the flop comes and he raises, now I'm thinking he has 99+, A9+, KJ+, QJ+. My equity against this has dropped to 22%. But I think because he is oop & raised the flop, it has to have improved his hand somehow. What I wasn't sure about was that he only bet 20% of the pot, that really threw me.

    So, the correct action here is to fold?
    Last edited by heist; 03-15-2010 at 10:57 AM.
  3. #3
    fold quick like. multiway pot, super wet flop, likely to have hit everybody BUT you.
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    play small pairs like this for sets only

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