[Tough Decision With Ako]

i think this is a call...he could have A-A or 10-10, other than that we have the best hand...we are ahead of his range in my estimation

[Headsup, 74s, Great Flop]

i raise pf, limp-call is pretty weak imoi like the shove as played...we will be ahead here, but it will be close most of the time, so i would prefer not to be called, i'd like to just take it down and look to keep chopping away next hand...but if you're going to play 7-4 of clubs here this is the type of flop you look for, just get your money in there since you're not going to fold

[Flop A Monster - Standard Play]

If you know he has a set or two pair, you're actually better calling the flop and getting it in on the turn if it doesn't pair the board. I would usually opt for that line (although I might not get away if it pairs the turn) to encourage villain 1 to overcall with one pair drawing nearly dead.

i think this is the best line, esp since those are the only hands we can lose to directly on the turn since it's a rainbow flop

[Playing For Stacks]

standard shove here

[Top Pair Top Kicker And No Reads]

If UTG shows up with top two or a set here after check calling twice while 4 people are in the hand I would be extremely extremely shocked. His play is much more consistant with a Q10 type hand as was mentioned earlier. CO would just about have to bet the turn with anything that flopped big after we checked. Playing for a check raise with only one player to act behind, who had simply called down so far not showing any actual strength, would be a very optomistic play on his part. As far as the buttons range I think it includes either a draw or a K with a weakish kicker. If he had a big hand like a set or top two he would need to protect it better than lay out 4.5-1 odds to 3 opponents on a board with possible straight and now flush draws.

playing these stakes people tend to believe that their big hands are invulnerable, so i think it wouldn't shock me to see UTG have either one of those hands...obv we have to worry about the CO more than UTG, but still there is a chancei agree with your assessment of the button's range here, but i am very worried about being trapped here based on the flop texture and the number of opponents here

[To Bet Or Not To Bet, That Is The Question]

i like the way it was played all the way throughthe situation you are facing on the river is one of the main decisions which makes stud a lot harder than it looks...you really have no clue what you are against here, he is just calling down the whole way...this spot is close but i think i go ahead and bet it and hope he made two small pair and is willing to pay off...if he raises you can probably fold, since he has to assume you have at least queens up since you bet the whole way

[Top Pair Top Kicker And No Reads]

i think with three callers on a flop like that at the stakes we are playing, someone is likely to be trapping this flop...maybe i am alone, but i think the best play might well be folding...there is no reason UTG or CO can't have 6-6 or K-J and be looking for a c/r, esp at stakes this small when people think the only thing you should do with your big hands is keep people in regardless of how many draws could be out thereactually, i don't think i hate any of the options here, but obv i'm not in love with any of them either...just calling and seeing what develops behind you would be the best play if you were deeper, but with only $40 left i think that's stretching it...i don't really hate shoving either, but i think you will find yourself dead in the water a lotmaybe i'm a nit, but i think i might fold

[Top Pair In Unraised Pot]

i would have led the turn to find out where you standas played, it's an easy call, you might have the best hand and you might do the whole table a favor by busting this idiot shortstacker

[Kk Against Passive Donk Who Suddenly Gets Aggressive]

i think you should have 3-bet the flop, if he's that passive he's not raising pf with 7-7, and maybe not even with 10-10as played, it's fine

[Kk In Sb]

you need to raise a little more pre-flop i thinkthe check on the flop isn't bad, i could go either way, but i think betting about half the pot on the flop might be better...MP's range for calling a re-raise would probably determine the correct play, since if you were heads-up with the big blind you would be betting this 100% of the timeas played, the turn call is finehe made such a small bet on the river, if he has a wide range i pay it off

[How Would You Play This?]

If button is very likely to raise a c-bet, then do that to get the most chips in the pot. I like a 1/2 pot-sized bet.BTW, this is an A++ technique to use against lag's.

[Flop Steal Vs Preflop 3 Bettor]

At those limits, the re-raise to your raise is almost always aces, especially when he checks the flop with the ace, regardless of his position (SB).

[2/4 Plo (6 Max) Flopped Nuts]

looks that way to me...MP has aces full very very often

[Top Boat On Turn]

i would just push, you have less than a pot-sized bet so go ahead and get your money in

[Interesting Hand I Played Today, Please Critique...]

you realized your first mistake in the hand by not re-raising the flop, so i won't discuss thatwhat could the caller in between have besides a flush draw? is he bad enough to have something like 9-9 or 8-8 here calling more than 1/4 of his stack?this is a really tough spot...if the in between caller has shown the propensity to slowplay his big hands i think i bet enough to put him all-in, and if seat 5 moves all-in over the top i then puke...anyways, if you know him to fast-play, then i think checking and seeing what happens is the best move...if seat 4 shoves it in i think you can fold, and if he checks but seat 5 shoves i probably end up calling and hoping the other guy doesn't overcall

[Good Spot To Pick Off A Squeeze?]

the problem here is that he hasn't shown down, you don't know that he just didn't pick up hands there, or that he hasn't picked up a hand here...i think this is an easy foldnow if he had shown bluffs those times, then the play becomes much more acceptable

[Trapping With A Small Stack]

The fact that I needed to double-up is exactly why I played this slowly - I was concerned that if I push check-raised the turn, he would bail. I wanted to string him along a bit to make sure I got him to put the full 980 chips into the pot.

this works if he is bluffing...but if he has a queen or a flush draw, he is stacking off in a $1.20, so i say go ahead and make him pay to drawalso, you aren't desperately short on chips here, if he lays it down you still have a sufficient chip stack to wait for another good spot

[Trapping With A Small Stack]

c/c on the flop is bad, if you're going to check you have to raise it once you get someone to bitesince you just called the flop, just shovel the turn and get it over with there

[Caught Up On The Turn]

based on your pf reads you would probably be best served to raise pfas played, the flop and turn are finei agree with acid about the river, if you intend to bet then you probably should be folding to a raise...based on your reads i think the best line would be to check the river and be cautious, since UTG's hand is such a mystery and the button is capable of making a play with nothing...i would check and see what develops, if UTG makes a reasonable bet i think you have to pay off since you have no idea what he could have, and if the button bets you probably have to call since he is capable of bluffing a missed draw...if it gets checked around then you will probably just take it down, and that's not the worst thing in the world

[0.10/0.20 Kqs In The Small Blind. How To Get Best Value?]

3-bet preflop.As played, jam the flop, obv jam the turn.Nh.

[12+1 6 Handed On Stars 4 Left.]

well i got it all in and he insta called with K7.

did anyone not see this coming?

[Ft 109 Sat]

call...even if you lose, it's highly unlikely that two people can survive the same pot all-in for the ante/blind on the next deal

[2/4 Plo (6 Max) Flopped Bottom Full Oop]

just pot it, lots of people taking this flop, someone is bound to pay you

[Bad Play, Good Play? $1/2 Cash Game]

depending on your opponent, i would be willing to re-raise pre-flop quite oftenraise the flop, you are ahead of his range almost every time, get some money in there to make draws pay and to get paid off by a worse acesince you just called the flop, just calling the turn is finei will be bluntly honest about the river play, it is really bad...not because of the play in and of itself, but because of your reasoning...first of all, you are trying to make a sophisticated play on $1-2 players, and that simply won't work, they don't see how you might be value betting a medium flush, they just see how much is out there and how small your bet is and they make calls like villain made here...also, i don't think there is a need to bluff this hand on the river, you beat most hands that don't contain a diamond(one of them that you lose to being villain's hand here)

[Top Pair Facing River Bet]

based on the price i think you have to call...you are only behind a flopped set, or maybe 6-4/5-4 if he's that loose, in my mind, and even then, would he lead the river for all his money with the 4-straight?