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Results:I really didn't expect him to come over the top, and it was a pretty tough decision. After looking at the lobby and seeing my relative position compared to everyone else, I decided I had to call, if I ended up doubling through I was in great shape to make a run at the FT, folding just wasn't an option. So I called and wasn't surprised to see how close it really was. I had outs for a split after the turn, but it wasn't to be.In retrospect, I agree that a smaller flop bet would have made the decision less one sided, and would have accomplished the same thing without putting so much of my stack in. I think he probably would have called if I pushed on top of his turn lead had I checked behind, but that might have been a much better play.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00+$0.40 Tournament, 400/800 Blinds 75 Ante (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comBB (t19127)UTG (t13695)MP (t15623)Hero (CO) (t13721)Button (t34591)SB (t20575)Hero's M: 8.32Preflop: Hero is CO with A
, 9 2 folds, Hero raises to t2000, 2 folds, BB calls t1200Flop: (t4850) 6 
, 4 
, A 
(2 players)BB checks, Hero bets t4000, BB raises to t17052 (All-In), Hero calls t7646 (All-In)Turn: (t28142) 6 
(2 players, 2 all-in)River: (t28142) 7 
(2 players, 2 all-in)Total pot: t28142BB had A , 10 
(two pair, Aces and sixes).Hero had A , 9 (two pair, Aces and sixes).Outcome: BB won t28142 -
So I finally turned 21 and couldn't wait to get into a B&M Casino and play some REAL poker against some real opponents. The closest I've gotten to this is a local bar game which is basically a joke, they play .25/.50 with $20 max buy in...and it's basically a shove fest. Anyway, I was home from school for spring break in the New England area and I convinced my Family to stop at Foxwoods if I agreed to spend the day at the beach with them. No biggie. Since I'm a poor college student, I had to get my parents to stake me, I know, kind of pathetic, but I made a little deal with them, after convincing them that there was a decent chance I could win some money, I told them they had two options. #1 I guarantee the entire amount of money they stake me, anything I lose I pay back 100%, and anything I win they get the stake +25% of the profit. #2 I guarantee half the stake, anything I lose I pay back 50%, but anything I win they get 50%. I have no idea if these are actually fair/good terms, but the opted for option #2. Now before anyone calls me a terrible compulsive gambler for gambling with borrowed money, I had an $800 bankroll on stars to back this up with. ANYWAY, they ended up giving me $300, which to be honest was a little short, but was better than nothing. My younger brother, who was on leave that week (just joined the Army, bless him) also got $200. He's not a very good poker player at all, also he's only 20, but when he showed the bouncer, or whatever you call the large man who guards the poker room entrance, his military ID, he simply said " '88 huh? Get in there" Hurray for military perks and underage gambling!Now let me say, for someone who's never seen a real poker floor before the spectacle was a little overwhelming. I forget the exact number of tables, but it was a shit ton. I made my way over to the cage and exchanged my cash for a tray of $1 and $5 chips. Now here's where things started to go downhill, I had read online that they ran 1NL tables, which would have been a good limit since I only had a couple hours at best to play. Unfortunately, this wasn't true and I had the option of 2NL or 1/2 Limit. I know what I SHOULD have done, but I'm a much better NL player then limit so I signed up for the NL table. After about a 15 minute wait a spot opened up, and I sat down between an native american looking woman in thick shades, and a rather large older gentlemen. I was nervous, and it probably showed. I was easily the youngest at the table, but it seemed to be a good mix of people, ranging from mid 20's to later 40's.I bought in full $200, and waited for my BB, observed some of the action, the guy 2 to my left was sporting a stack of about $1600. Holy shit, he must have been playing all day, and by the looks of his cloths he was dressed for long term comfort. Okay, so watch out for him then. When the time came, I promptly posted my $2 blind, so as not to look clueless. The dealer asked me for $5 for time, and I made the first mistake of trying to hand him a chip directly, whoops! He asked me to just place it on the table and I did feeling a little embarrassed. After that things went relatively smoothly, I folded my first couple hands. One thing I noticed was that people were raising a lot more then I expected pre flop, with the standard raise being between $10-12. Somewhere along the line I raised $6 on the button with a small pocket pair, flopped nothing and folded to a bet and a call. Anyway, on to the first real interesting hand,I was sitting with about $185 in the cutoff. Villain raises $12, 3 callers, I look down at 89s, and make the call, in position, multi-way pot, feeling classy. Flop comes 89J, rainbow. Oh now I'm a genius! I start doing the math in my head and figuring out exactly how much to bet to get the most value out of my obviously winning hand when I hear "ALL IN" from the original preflop raiser. I do a double take, what the hell? The other 3 callers fold and it's up to me. I'm looking at a $163 bet at a $60 pot. I have no idea whats going on here. It doesn't matter what hand he has, that's not a valid bet in any case, is it? What the heck is he saying with that bet? Does it even matter? Can I call? Should I call? The only thing I can put him on is AA-QQ. That's a scared overbet. There's no way he's shoving with better than 2 pair is there? Maybe the straight draw? Oh god. I think about my limited bankroll, about extending my playing time, NO, I can't let that let me play scared, that would be a mistake! I check my cards again and feebly say "Call" and push my stack in. He flips up JJ and asks if i have Q10. Oh. wow. What just happened here? I'm confused. The turn is an unnecessarily brutal J. Stupid call. Stupid. No reason to call off my stack when I only had $12 invested, right? I reload my remaining $100 still stunned.Couple hands later I'm looking at 67s on the button, folds around, so I put in a $6 raise and get called by the BB, and older gentlemen. Flop 557, 2 hearts. He checks, I bet $12, he calls. Turn 2. He checks, I bet $30, he calls. River is the 3rd heart. He goes all in, I fold, and he shows A3h. Oh well, I bet him off it and he caught, no biggie. I hear something about old folks never folding an ace life, lol. I'm left with about $60.Couple hands later, "standard" $12 raise, folds around, I look down at QQ, easy shove, raiser calls, w00t? Flop comes K high, crap, turn A, double crap, river something. He shows AQ. Triple crap! I toss my unlucky ladies face up in the muck, thank everyone for the game (all 20 minutes of it). They tell me that my seat has been bad luck all day, I'm like the 4th person to bust out of it in couple hours. Orly? I find my brother who has also busted out, and we head to the arcade to play some video games with my little sister. I end up winning a ton of tickets and got some sweet candy for them. All in all a good day.On reflection, I should have played limit, or waited for the $100 Tournament to start, I'm a much better tourney player, and limit would have been a lot safer with my short bankroll. Second, without any reads I should have easily folded that 2-pair, if I had been sitting at the table for a bit longer and had seen the way they were playing it would have been a much easier fold.
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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00+$0.40 Tournament, 400/800 Blinds 75 Ante (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comBB (t19127)UTG (t13695)MP (t15623)Hero (CO) (t13721)Button (t34591)SB (t20575)Hero's M: 8.32Preflop: Hero is CO with A
, 9 2 folds, Hero raises to t2000, 2 folds, BB calls t1200Flop: (t4850) 6 , 4 , A (2 players)BB checks, Hero bets t4000, BB raises to t17052 (All-In), Hero?I hadn't been very aggressive at all up to this point, and it was time to start making some moves or quickly blind out. I know the pre flop raise is non-standard, but I wanted to keep the pot manageable, I haven't been playing for a while so I know I'm a bit rusty. Villain was running 47/23 for 17 hands, not much of a read. If I fold here I'm left with 7000 or so, in my mind at this point in the tournament that's crippled, so if I give up here I'm playing shove/fold. Thoughts? -
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)MP1 ($9.25)MP2 ($52.60)Hero ($48.45)Button ($30.85)SB ($49.10)BB ($49.50)UTG ($21.65)UTG+1 ($19.20)Preflop: Hero is CO with J
, J . 3 folds, MP2 raises to $2, Hero calls $2, 3 folds.Flop: ($4.75) T , J , A (2 players)MP2 checks, Hero bets $3, MP2 calls $3.Turn: ($10.75) 3 (2 players)MP2 bets $8, Hero?There's a few things I think I could of done to make this hand play out easier, one would have been re-raising pre-flop, but villain was running 13/8 for 36 hands, so the flat call pre flop seemed like a good way to see a flop without getting reraised where I'd probably have to fold. The flop is a nightmare, and the check could mean any number of things, but I definitely should have bet more on the flop, probably about the pot since the most likely case is A-Kc or A-Qc, and he's definately going to call, and assuming no more clubs come I'll probably get paid, or if another comes and i fill up I get super paid, unless he has KQc, in which case it's cool. anyway when the 4th club hits the turn and he leads, I'm pretty sure he's got the flush, but with the stack size how do we feel about the implied odds of filling up on the river? If he's got Kc i'm very likely to stack him, but assuming he has an ace I've got like, 9 outs right? -
I'm at it again!PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (7 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)Button ($19.15)SB ($35.25)BB ($10)UTG ($32.20)MP1 ($33.30)Hero ($51.55)CO ($8.35)Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q
, Q . 3 folds, CO calls $0.50, Button calls $0.50, SB raises to $2.5, 1 fold, CO raises to $8.35, Button folds, SB calls $5.85.Flop: ($17.70) 2 , A , 8 (2 players)Turn: ($17.70) 4 (2 players)River: ($17.70) 7 (2 players)Final Pot: $17.70Results in white below:SB has Kd Ts (high card, ace). CO has Js Kc (high card, ace). Outcome: CO wins $17.70. -
I won the $2.20 turbo and the $10 one, weeeeee$2.20 #89141108 1st$10 #91856700 1st
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actually i was lurking on /b/you must have really needed to pee PF
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That's why i folded.
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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)BB (t1050)Hero (t1580)UTG+1 (t4320)MP1 (t913)MP2 (t620)CO (t1310)Button (t1964)SB (t1743)Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q
, Q . 4 folds, CO raises to t120, 2 folds, BB calls t90.Flop: (t255) 8 , Q , T (2 players)BB bets t120, CO folds.Final Pot: t255No showdown. BB wins t255. [/color]I only play AA -
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (7 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)Button ($15.90)SB ($19.10)Hero ($31.45)UTG ($27)MP1 ($20.80)MP2 ($15.45)CO =(Intellipoker)/ ($14.80)Preflop: Hero is BB with 4
, 9 . 3 folds, CO (Intellipoker) calls $0.25, 2 folds, Hero checks.Flop: ($0.60) Q , 8 , 8 (2 players)Hero checks, Intellipoker checks.Turn: ($0.60) Q (2 players)Hero checks, Intellipoker checks.River: ($0.60) J (2 players)Hero bets $0.25, Intellipoker calls $0.25.Final Pot: $1.10ResultsHero has 4d 9h (two pair, queens and eights). Intellipoker has 8s 8d (four of a kind, eights). Outcome: Intellipoker wins $1.10. He said he didn't want to raise because he knew I didn't have a Q, they make excellent reads! -
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)Button (t1500)SB (t1500)BB (t1500)UTG (t1500)UTG+1 (t1500)MP1 (t1500)Hero (t1500)MP3 (t1500)CO (t1500)Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q
, A . 2 folds, MP1 calls t20, Hero raises to t80, 4 folds, BB calls t60, MP1 calls t60.Flop: (t250) A , 4 , T (3 players)BB checks, MP1 bets t80, Hero raises to t200, BB folds, MP1 calls t120.Turn: (t650) Q (2 players)MP1 checks, Hero bets t300, MP1 raises to t600, Hero?As it's first hand no reads on villian, i bet half the pot on the turn as a feeler for the flush, should I have bet more, or is the minraise enough of an indication? do we stack off here every time, or let it go without any reads? -
Yeah, the PFR was too small, one of the habits I'll have to get out of, in .10.25 I'd raise 3x no matter what I was playing, and raising more almost telegraphed a big PP, but I just need to vary my PFRes more so I can protect my hands without telegraphing them. I was a bit surprised that most of you didn't think it would be a terrible call, I sure convinced myself that I should have folded. He had 88 for the set, without any reads though this was a marginal call.It's also interesting that some say 50nl is the worst, I almost get that feeling too, since it seems like it's a bit too high for the micro donks, but a bit too low for the rich fish. I might go ahead and skip it, since my first day has gone so horrible, my first downswing right when I move up, the next table I sat at I got shoved into holding the flopped nut straight only to see 2 more diamonds come off
completely erased all my profits from .10/.25 . I'll just hold out for $1K and play 100nl when I get there. -
I just moved up in levels, I was winning solid at .10/.25, and then I won a $10 180 dude tourney so my bankroll like tripled, lol. Anyway I know that people get tighter and generally better as you move up the limits, so I'm wondering if I'm playing too lose for this level here, or if it's just some negative variance.This is my 6th hand at the table, haven't shown anything down, taken down 3 on the flop, 55, AK and 89, figure that someone will make a move assuming I'm playing too laggy, but no specific reads on the villain.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)Button ($133.85)SB ($66.75)Hero ($52.35)UTG ($50.05)MP ($31.75)Preflop: Hero is BB with K
, K . 1 fold, MP calls $0.50, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero raises to $1.5, MP calls $1, SB calls $1.Flop: ($4.50) 8 , 2 , 4 (3 players)SB checks, Hero bets $3, MP folds, SB raises to $10, Hero raises to $26, SB raises to $65.25, Hero?In 25nl I make this call, but what about here? Also how was the play up to this point, do we like the re raise on the flop? -
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (7 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)Hero (t1900)UTG (t1120)MP1 (t1470)MP2 (t1100)CO (t1490)Button (t4960)SB (t1460)Preflop: Hero is BB with T
, 7 . 2 folds, MP2 raises to t60, 1 fold, Button calls t60, SB calls t45, Hero calls t30.Flop: (t240) 8 , T , 6 (4 players)SB checks, Hero bets t180, MP2 calls t180, Button folds, SB raises to t420, Hero calls t240, MP2 calls t240.Turn: (t1500) 2 (3 players)SB checks, Hero?I know, I know, fold pre flop. It's 1 bet and it's my BB, and the blinds are cheap. Anyway, as played, what do we do on the turn? This is the 7th hand of a 3 table SnG, so no reads on villian. This might be a donkish slowplay move, maybe he thinks i'll forget that he c/r'd the flop, but I doubt it. Maybe I just fold tho the raise on the flop and avoid this situation on the turn. -
Thanks for the responses, you're right, I wasn't exactly sure why I was betting, but I was pretty sure he had a weaker Q, It's a good thing i checked behind on the river, 'cause he turned over KQ. Oh well, at least I was in position, saved me some money most likely
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Oh no, I did win this hand, I was just wondering if i played it correctly. I busted out like 15 minutes after the break though-fyp
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Villain is 34/0/3.4 for 60 hands, i've been fairly laggy, table is pretty tight, what do you think, probably should have given up after he called the raise on the flop, but the check on the turn was just too weak to not bet it, as far as I thought. How do we feel?PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)Hero ($25.55)SB ($24.35)BB ($20.50)UTG ($39.15)MP ($38.45)Preflop: Hero is Button with Q
, J . 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.75, SB calls $0.65, BB calls $0.50.Flop: ($2.25) Q , 2 , T (3 players)SB bets $0.75, BB folds, Hero raises to $3.25, SB calls $2.50.Turn: ($8.75) T (2 players)SB checks, Hero bets $6, SB calls $6.River: ($20.75) K (2 players)SB checks, Hero checks. -
Alright, I see that it probably wasn't a +EV decision in the long term, but I called just because I was pretty sure he was bluffing and he flipped 55, which just as easily could have been 88+, thanks for the input guys, I've changed the way I play small/medium pairs now, since most of the time if i flop a set after open limping the pots not big enough to get much action anyway.
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lol, i meant the first hand i played, i said that i had already seen a few hands played out. nice catch though.Ha, -ev sir. Buying into a tourney where you start 7/9 -
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)SB ($159)BB ($1000)UTG ($1190)Hero ($1000)CO ($10065)Button ($7971)Preflop: Hero is MP with A
, K
. Flop: ($0) 8, K, T
(6 players)Turn: ($0) 9(6 players)River: ($0) J(6 players)Final Pot: $0ResultsUTG has Qd Td (straight, king high). Hero has Ad Kc (one pair, kings). CO has (one pair, kings). Button has (one pair, kings). Outcome: -
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)CO ($730)Button ($3395)SB ($1980)BB ($1300)Hero ($990)UTG+1 ($1000)MP1 ($1000)MP2 ($1000)Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q
, Q. 1 fold, MP1: calls $148 (All-In), MP1: calls $891 (All-In), CO: calls $582 (All-In), Button: calls $852 (All-In), SB checks, BB checks, Button checks.Flop: ($0) 5
, 7, 4(7 players, 4 all-in)Turn: ($0) 8(7 players, 4 all-in)SB checks, BB checks, Button checks.River: ($0) 2(7 players, 4 all-in)Final Pot: $2473Results in white below: SB doesn't show. BB doesn't show. Hero has Qd Qc (one pair, queens). MP1 has Jd 6d (straight, eight high). MP2 doesn't show. CO doesn't show. Button has Ac 3h (straight, five high). Outcome: MP1 wins $2473. -
I do raise with just about anything i see the flop (running 27/21/2.7 atm) with, except middle and small pairs, I'm looking to flop a set or bounce, but this hand was interesting, i know it's possible he could have the 2 pre flop, but based on the betting post flop it's not likely. I didn't have enough hands on him for a great read, but he was aware that I had been fairly aggressive.
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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)SB ($26.80)BB ($25.55)UTG ($27.95)Hero ($10)CO ($28.35)Button ($29.75)Preflop: Hero is MP with 7
, 7 . 1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, 3 folds, BB checks.Flop: ($0.60) 2 , 9 , 2 (2 players)BB checks, Hero bets $0.5, BB raises to $2, Hero calls $1.50.Turn: ($4.60) T (2 players)BB checks, Hero bets $2.25, BB raises to $8, Hero?I'm almost certain he doesn't have the 2, he wouldn't have raised the flop there. The check on the turn is incredibly suspicious, he raises the flop and doesn't lead the turn? He's trying to represent strength, but then gives up? How do we feel about the bet on the turn? Should I have bet more to discourage the raise? -
Don't call out of position with bad hands, raise them pre flop if you're going to play them at all, and do it in position. yes you should have bet more the whole way with 2 pair, and you shouldn't have been in that hand with QJo. Call UTG with A10o is also weak.raise, be aggressive, be in position.
4.40, 12 Left, Facing Check Shove On Flop
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I agree that the flop bet was pretty bad, I need to think more about what I'm trying to accomplish, and there It was just "you better fold because I'm betting so much". The smaller 2500 or so bet would have accomplished the same thing without sacrificing such a large portion of my remaining chips.I've heard from a couple people that I could have checked behind on the flop, but I find that a really tough thing to do short after flopping top pair, it's true that there's almost no scare cards on the turn, but there's nothing worse then checking to a showdown and seeing that a bet on any street would have taken it down.Thanks for the comments and advice guys!