100NL, a few line checks please!

Hey guys,

Here are a few hands from my session tonight. I'd appreciate any feedback on the lines I took in some of these.


******* Hand 1 ********
-going for a blind steal, and flopped a pretty good looking flop
-didn't like the turn spade
-this is an auto call on the river right? I figure lots of different hands would lead out at me after i check through the turn

Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $156.03
CO: $157.50
Hero: $91.50
SB: $100.25
BB: $86.07

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with :6h: :5h:
2 folds, Hero raises to $4, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: :3s: :5d: :4s: ($9, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $6.75, SB calls.

Turn: :js: ($22.5, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: :7d: ($22.5, 2 players)
SB bets $13, Hero calls.


******* Hand 2 ********
-I feel like I get myself into troublesome spots in hands like these
-Is this a preflop fold to the min raise? even after the second caller and getting 5:1
-flop bet of 7 into $24 seemed weak to me, so I called
-turned a flush draw.. is this a call or fold?

Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $249.25
UTG+1: $113.30
Hero: $167.75
Button: $100
SB: $98.50
BB: $179.25

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with :8d: :ad:
2 folds, Hero raises to $4, Button raises to $8, SB folds, BB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: :4d: :4h: :as: ($24.5, 3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, Button bets $7, BB folds, Hero calls.

Turn: :9d: ($38.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $15, Hero calls.

River: :9s: ($68.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.


******* Hand 3 ********
-is this a flop bet into 3 other players on the flop, or is the check good?
-I raised the turn, since the second queen made me confident that nobody had the Queen. i figured, if the player had the flush they would re-pop me, and if not they might check the river and I could check through
-any better lines?

Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Hero: $114.50
UTG+1: $90.75
CO: $35.25
Button: $84.50
SB: $137.50
BB: $57.25

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with :jc: :js:
Hero raises to $4, UTG+1 folds, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: :th: :3h: :qc: ($16, 4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, CO checks.

Turn: :qh: ($16, 4 players)
SB folds, BB bets $5, Hero raises to $12, CO folds, BB calls.

River: :4c: ($40, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.


******* Hand 4 ********
-villain is very LAGG 80/27/4.48
-should I lead this turn against this villain? check/call.. check/fold?
-check/fold the river when villain fires again?

Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
4 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $128.25
Button: $126.50
Hero: $137.5
BB: $57.25
Hero: $71.50
BB: $164.32

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is SB with :9c: :qs:
UTG calls, Button folds, Hero calls, BB checks.

Flop: :qh: :9d: :jh: ($3, 3 players)
Hero bets $1.75, BB folds, UTG calls.

Turn: :ts: ($6.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $4, Hero calls.

River: :4s: ($14.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $11, Hero calls.


******* Hand 5 ********
-same LAGG from previous hand
-standard fold, or standard call of villains flush draw push?

Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $144.50
BB: $57.25
Hero: $104.50
Button: $39.75
SB: $164.07
BB: $43

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with :ks: :ah:
UTG folds, Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: :8c: :th: :4c: ($8.5, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $6.75, BB raises all-in $39, Hero folds.


******* Hand 6 ********
-is continuation betting here just spewing?
-give up on this horrible flop, or try firing from EP into two players and rep a strong ace?

Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
BB: $57.25
Hero: $98.25
CO: $117.50
Button: $115.32
SB: $257.54
BB: $148.25

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with :9s: :9d:
Hero raises to $4, CO calls, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: :js: :ac: :qc: ($12.5, 3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $9.75, CO folds, BB raises to $30, Hero folds

1. I play this the same, maybe check the flop, but I dont think betting is bad. You obviously have to call this river.

2. This is a shitty spot, but PF I dont think I can fold with 100BB stacks against only a minraise, Im also not folding an ace here against what could easily be a cbet. On the turn I again cant fold because there is still a chance we are ahead and we picked up a good draw that is very concealed. River is fine.

3. I like a flop check here. On the turn I really dont like the raise as I just dont see a ton of value in it. We see a weak bet, that typically means a weak hand or a very strong one. We are going to blow most weak hands out of the water and then get killed by the big hands, I just call this bet and most likely call a bet on the river. As played I most likely check behind here as well, I dont know if a bet would be _horrible_ though and would like to see whats others say here.

4. I dont know If I call PF with only 1 limper in before us, I guess it isnt bad though. On the flop I am leading with a PSB, the turn is more interesting though. It completed the GSD, would he really call with a K or an 8 here? I think its possible but wouldnt be surprised if this were just a move or some other random hand, I think this is an easy call. However, on the river when he bets big again, I think Im getting away from this pretty easily. Maybe if I have a few hundred hands on him and his turn and river AF are ridiculous, but most likely Im just going to fold here.

5. I dont know if I cbet here, he may fold 22 or something, but most likely we are just folding hands we are ahead of. Also, if we do hit an Ace or a King there is a much better chance of a bigger win because he'd probably expect us to bet this flop. There is also a good chance our hand is good unimproved. Basically, I dont like betting this flop that often, as played it's an easy fold.

6. Yes, cbetting here is spewing.

Thanks for the help!

Yah I agree with most of your comments.

With regards to Hand 5, I guess this may be one of my major leaks. I feel that at the end of a session I definitely have a lot of $9-10 pots that I lost (ie: raised PF, cont bet and then ended up losing the pot).

I think my stats for the last few days were 25/15 and cont betting about 65-70% of the time, is this too big?

Do most people check through this flop in hand 5, and call a turn lead by villain to see the river? raise a turn lead?

Anyone else?

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Anyone else have any feedback? sorry if these hands are too obvious!

I think hand 1 and 4 are mostly straight forward: call 1 and shoulda folded 4.

The others I could use some help with my lines though. Thanks a lot!