[Noob At Hu Play - Critique Please]

You forgot to post your reads.

Ok, so I have ventured into HU NL Holdem play, I have had some good days but overall my experience is one of frustration....(seem to get coolered hard) Can you check my lines here to see if I'm making the correct plays.Standard?http://www.pokerhand.org/?3668022 Opponent wasn't overly aggro and I felt in control during the match, but he did seem to be hitting with regularity.Should I lead this flop or check raise higher?http://www.pokerhand.org/?3668024Opponent was 3 betting with high frequency preflop and generally bet his draws and strong hands well.Ace is disgusting card but can I really slow down on this turn?http://www.pokerhand.org/?3668030I was tilting at this point, but villian had called re-raises preflop with A2-9 suited and generally weak type hands no showing me any respect.Standard?http://www.pokerhand.org/?3668041I was putting villian on a hand like 1010/JJ/KK/AA or even AK, as he had hardly 3bet me during our match.Can I really toss this on the river?http://www.pokerhand.org/?3668063 Opponet was loose aggro and had 3 bet folded a couple of times already.

[Noob At Hu Play - Critique Please]

Ok, so I have ventured into HU NL Holdem play, I have had some good days but overall my experience is one of frustration....(seem to get coolered hard) Can you check my lines here to see if I'm making the correct plays.Standard?http://www.pokerhand.org/?3668022Should I lead this flop or check raise higher?http://www.pokerhand.org/?3668024Ace is disgusting card but can I really slow down on this turn?http://www.pokerhand.org/?3668030Standard?http://www.pokerhand.org/?3668041Can I really toss this on the river?http://www.pokerhand.org/?3668063

[Crisis Of Confidence......]

I have been on a disastrous run lately and would like some advice from more experienced players whom, no doubt, have been in this situation many many times...In January I started playing 100Nl holdem and over about 4-5 months I beat the game for about 25 buys in's, nothing too exceptional granted, but I felt my tightish steady ABC approach worked well and I was winning about $400-700 per month. I Then decided to start some 200Nl and see if I could adapt to the more aggressive style, and I did. I steadily won about $2800 over about 20,000 hands...again nothing special i know, but again I'm beating the level. It's then things turn ugly.... I started to lose at $100Nl as I experimented with looser style as seen in CR vids.... At the same time I took a shot at $400nl and have lost $1600 from 3000 hands....(I think I have been running really bad), to compound this, I have dropped over $1200 playing 200NL.I feel like I can't catch a break and have lost 1/2 my roll in 15,000 hands. any words of advice on how to combat this dreadful run?My stats are as follows50Nl - 22/17/2.55 over 15,000 hands100Nl - 20/15/2.53 over 37,000 hands200Nl - 19/15/2.76 over 21,000 hands400NL - 21/16/2.62 over 3000 handsObviously my problem is I still think I can beat 200NL but I don't have the roll for it anymore, but it's hard not to play the games I have beaten in the past.Is this standard big downswing? any words of wisdom out there?

[400nl - Kk On Paired Board]

400NL - Partypoker 6 playersHero has not been sat for long and has no reads on the villian.Hero just lost reasonable sized pot and didn't reload, stack sizes areHero $226 MPVillian $ 402 COHero is MP and holds K K Hero raises to $14, Villian calls $14, button calls $14, SB folds, BB folds.Flop: 9 9 7 Hero bets: $34, villian calls $34, button folds.Turn: 5 Hero?

[Kk Blind V Bind Facing Aggression On Flop & Turn]

Partypoker 400NL - 4 playersThis is only my 12th hand and villain has just sat down to play his first hand, so no reads.Hero $408 - SBVillian $400 - BBHero holds K Folds to hero, hero raises to $14, BB calls $10.flop: 7 9 2 Hero bets $22, BB raises to $65, hero calls $43Turn: 5 Hero? Is check raise optimum here or do we prefer a lead?

[Top Two]

I think this is AK a lot here and if you raise he has trouble folding on the turn. He'll probably check river and then you take it to value town. However if he pushes to a turn raise you can safely fold imo to TT or AA.

[400nl Flopped Middle Set, Raised On Turn]

It's been fun watching you move from 5 cent ten cent games to $400 NL in about .... three weeks. I don't play this any different. The only difference is usually I get them to shove an overpair on my set and they spike a two outer on the river instead of just having simply floopped set over set.

Three weeks...lol, I wish, its been about one year from $0.10-0.25 to $2-4NL. To be honest I have been taking a shot at 400NL and running below expectation in terms of results...meh whatever. The standard at 400NL does have trickier players for sure but on Party you still get lots of huge donks with stats like 60/11/1.2, I'm sure it 's a whole different story on fulltit.

[400nl Flopped Middle Set, Raised On Turn]

this is how it went down, I pushed fully confident that this guy probably would not call an UTG raise with J9 and that he probably was holding Q 10 or 77 maybe even 88 if he's really bad, however he snapped called and flipped QQ.tough to put him on that hand with a smooth call but thats the third set over set since I moved up to 400NL and it's likely I'll be moving back down soon if my downswing continues.Out of interest, how much do regular 200NL players make in a month over 5000 or so hands???

[400nl Flopped Middle Set, Raised On Turn]

400NL Holdem Partypoker 5 playersHero is UTG and just showed a turn raise bluff with 66 on 5 8 4 9 board for $150 so my image is questionable. Villian has stats of 38.7/2.5/1.5 and is fishy for these stakes.Hero $558.59Villian $403.23SB $334.50Hero holds 10 10 Hero raises to $12, villian calls $12, button folds, SB calls 410, BB folds.Flop Q 10 7 Hero bets $25, villian calls $25, SB foldsTurn 8 Hero bets $71, villian raises to $146, hero?????

[Value Bet On River? - 400nl]

Partypoker $2/4 NL Holdem 6 playersHero $412 UTGVillian $ 402 BBButton $ 298Hero is losing and therefore questioning normal decisions my image would be very average and possibly weak as I am not getting many hands and not hitting flops at all.Hero holds A K Hero raises to $14, Button calls $14, SB folds, BB calls $10.Flop: 6 6 K BB Checks, Hero bets $30, button calls $30, BB Calls $30Turn: 10 BB Checks, Hero bets $80, button folds, BB Calls $80River: 7 BB ChecksHero? are we value betting here, my read is that he possibly holds middle pair or KQ,KJ suited kind of hand.Thoughts please...

[$0.50/1 - Top Two, Horrible River Decision]

Partypoker $0.50/1 Blinds - 6 Max NL HoldemHero is playing 22/18/3.7 normal aggro game, I have only played 17 hands with villian and he won a decent sized hand calling Q6 offsuit oop to a CO $12 re-raise and turning a straight. I doubt he has any reads or any poker strategy to be honest.Hero: SB $106.00Villian: BB $132.55Hero Holds A J Folds to hero, hero raises to $4, Villian in BB calls $3.Flop: J 9 8 Hero bets $6, villian callsTurn: A Hero bets $16, villian calls $16River: 3 Hero?

[Pacific/888.com Soft Games?]

I play on party but would like to join a site with decent rakeback for obvious reasonsand I heard that the games on 888 are pretty soft, can anyone who plays there offer some insight? I normally play $.50-1 & $1-2 NL.Thanks..

[2pr On Turn Facing Large River Bet]

I don't like the play preflop or on the flop, your turn raise is fine but the fact he called you out of position with 1 card to come indicates strength either in a big draw or made hand already.The river is ugly, the flush gets there, a wheel gets there (if he's that bad) and your two pair can be dominated, i fold here every time!

[Over Pair On Drawy Board]

yeah I'm shoving, if he has a set then too bad but you can't fold for 100BB here at 25NL.

[Simple Pt Question...]

thanks fella's...

[Simple Pt Question...]

When I watch cardrunners vid's, at the end of a session the pro's go to the general info screen and it shows their combined stats for their 4 table session, how do i get this to appear? My general info screen shows all levels and all the hands I have ever played!!Thanks for your help..

[Interesting Pt Stats In Heads Up/mulitway Pots...]

Ok, so I have a decent sample size (40,000) now to start analizing my poker more in depth and I found the following disturbing figures...1: using the filter "hands with between 2 and 2" and "pre-flop raise - Raised first in" my BB/hand is 0.452: using the filter "hands with between 3 and 10" and "preflop raise - no raise" my BB/hand is 0.09Is this typical?, the first stat should be showing at least a 1% profit surely?????

[Playing Down By The River (ub $200)]

No I don't like it on any street, fold preflop to this guy

[200nl - Turn The Nuts, Bad River Card]

ty for the reply's guy's.... here is what happenedhe checked the river, I value bet $64, he min raised to $128 which left him with about $10 behind and I just flat calle assuming the worst and he showed JJ which is fine as my play was good throughout, just wanted to go through the theory when faced with this situation again!!

[1/2 Nl - Odd Turn Bet, What To Do Next?]

I'm worried about a set of aces or kings here... I wouldn't be putting him on Q 10 for sure so I call and see what he does on the river..

[200nl - Turn The Nuts, Bad River Card]

Partypoker 6 payers - 200NL HoldemVillian is the fish at the table, his stats are 67/19/1.1 over 60 hands. I'm calling lighter than normal in position to play some pots with him, my notes on him are "calls down light", "value bet","best not to bluff him"....Effective stacks areHero: $197 COVillian: $185 MPHero holds A 10 Villian raises to $8, hero calls $8, SB folds, BB folds.Flop: 5 j Q Villian checks, Hero bets $14, Villian calls $14.Turn: 4 villian checks, hero bets $31, villian calls $31.River: 4 villian checks, hero???River is party spoiler for sure but are we value betting here? or is it best to check it down, feels weak against this type of player

[Bottom Two, Raised Pot, With Position.]

standard, if he's holding QQ that sucks but your stacking AQ,KQ with 1 spade, Kings, Aces & jacks if he's a donk, I would prefer only 2 spades out there but I don't see how you get away from this one.

[Flush Draw + Overs]

your almost certainly behind here and folding is the best option, however if you fancy a gamble then shove it in baby!! your equity isn't that bad.

[Qq - Overpair In 3bet Pot -facing Turn C/r]

I'm definatley raising the weak flop bet ...if he comes back over the top then I'll probably let it go, i don't think he has JJ here, I'm guessing KK, either way you aren't beating much and folding probably our best option, but it's close!

[Check Raise Bluff Verse Tight Player]

don't like your line here at all... I fold here to the BB as your out of position and at best your even money against JJ. I check fold the flop also, I don't see him folding here to your raise given the stakes!