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What do we do if UTG raises? I know it's uncharacteristic of him. Is that the only reason we're betting?

I think preflop fold is about right as well.Does anyone call the flop with the intentions of raising the turn on a non-terrible card? Is this flatout wrong?

Aren't we going about representing a flush in the wrong way? Do you usually play your flush draws this way? I think raising the flop makes sense if we're "drawing" to a diamond on the turn. Am I wrong? I just think this is a very good time for a free card play. I guess I'm assuming villain thinks hard about his opponent though, which he probably doesn't and therefore this flush representation might work.

I think the waiting list difficulties are enough to turn me away from it. After I clear my bonus, I don't think I'll be returning. It is kinda nice though, seem to have nice tournaments, which I haven't really participated in though.

kqs isnt marginal..is one of the stronger hands. If you check out sshe then ull find that it is one of the few that can actually be 3bet from some positions and one of the few that can be raised from all positions. If you arent raising it then you are probably losing betsDon't get me wrong, i know KQs is strong. I just meant it might be more of a marginal holding in this situation, if that makes any sense. I'm never limping with KQs, but when people are playing this aggressive I get a little worried. I think you're often up against AA/KK/QQ/AK/AQ, any of which really hurt you. I'm not saying f

Hey Tim,I think folding to a bet on the river is cool too, I don't think villain will bet with something we beat, and probably doesn't fold to a raise. However, if we plan to call on the river, how is a checkraise on the turn? Is that like ultra-donk, checkraising flop and checkraising turn, checkfolding river? I'm just running it through my head, maybe if we do this, we get a checkbehind on river as villain might be worried we'll do it for the third time? This just goes REALLY shitty when the villain hits his king on the river and bets it. I'm not saying you're wrong at all, since I think fol

Is folding preflop real bad here? Not saying you did the wrong thing, just honestly wanna know. AQ/AK seems to be in play ? Does the fact that there are 3 posters change our opinion a lot? Under normal circumstances (no posters) what's the best play here? Personally I don't think calling a couple more preflop is so bad, but don't we get in trouble when the flop comes with a king or queen, or even worse something like AK2r? I've heard Tom McEvoy say that the money lost preflop is often insignificant playing marginal hands, it's the money lost after the flop that counts. I'm paraphrasing here, a

Yeah, weird man, I only count like 12-13 too. I used bisons converter, though I really wouldn't be surprised if that was Paradise's fault, the software sucks. I appreciate your replies guys. You've both already guessed villain's holding, he had me beat the whole way, which is why I was wondering if I played it correctly. Seems like a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" one of those lose-lose situations. Thanks for the reply about betting the flop screech. Out of curiousity, if it's me and SB HU, is a flop bet bad? Since I'm contributing 50% to the pot, with a 35% chance to win; assuming I

Screech,I know I did it and all, but can you help me understand why my flop bet is good? I'm not saying it's wrong, but I don't understand the "theory" behind it i guess. Don't I want to see the cheapest turn (and possibly river if the turn misses) i can here? Or do I bet the flop so that they'll (hopefully) check to me on the turn? Also, let's say if the flop gets checked through, aren't a lot of weak aces going to take a stab at the pot on the turn, which I can then raise if I make my flush, or call profitably (I think) if I miss?

Paradise Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cxPreflop: Hero is UTG+1 with J:spade:, Q:spade:. MP1 posts a blind of $0.50. UTG calls, Hero calls, MP1 (poster) checks, 4 folds, BB calls, UTG calls, Hero calls, MP1 calls.Flop: (10 SB) A:club:, 8:spade:, 7:spade: (5 players)SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero calls.Turn: (7 BB) 3:club: (2 players)SB bets, Hero calls.River: (9 BB) 6:spade: (2 players)SB bets, SB calls.Final Pot: 17 BBHopefully I can get some advice on this hand, seems like I played it pretty badly. I don't consider mys

Good analysis copernicus. I think you're right with the fold, there are better times to get my money in. Since there doesn't seem to be much interest in this hand, I'll go ahead and post up some results.I bet 250 on the flop, he raised to 500. I thought I was good here, and I was kind of tilting because he had already kicked my buddy out playing a trash hand. After his raise I pretty much insta-pushed. I threw my whole tournament-life on the line here, because I thought I had the best hand, and I'd seen him call with junk before. I never really put him on a range of hands, or thought through m

Hey guys,I played in a tournament last night, with a very weird structure. Personally I didn't like it, but there was an interesting hand that came up that I figured I'd ask for help on.There are 2 rounds in this tournament. In each round there are only 2 blind levels 25/50 and 50/100, the chipstacks start at 3000 each round and a round lasts an hour. Regardless of what happened to you the previous round, you still get to play in round two. Both of your scores are added together and the top six move to the final table along with two "wildcards" who are drawn randomly from the losers (I hated t

Great replies fellas. I guess this is a clear fold on the flop (unless I want to get frisky, but I'm not good enough for that yet!). I've also realized that this is a poor preflop call. It's not something i do regurlarly, so I'm not too worried. I'll stop calling with trash in EP-MP

PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (9 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is MP2 with T:spade:, J:diamond:. UTG calls, 2 folds, BB checks.Flop: (4.40 SB) A:club:, 4:heart:, J:heart: (4 players)BB checks, UTG bets, Hero folds..Ok, I realize this preflop call is really loose. This table usually had 6-8 limpers on average with a preflop raise percentage of zilch (rarely). Now, keep in mind I'm new to limit. My pot odd counting ability is poor, half the time I think I have the odds to call when i don't and vice-versa. So, is folding this flop really weak? Is it an easy call/raise? Any explanation would be

PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (9 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is UTG with 6:club:, 6:spade:. Hero calls, 4 folds, Hero calls, CO calls.Flop: (7 SB) A:spade:, Q:diamond:, 6:heart: (3 players)SB checks, Hero bets, CO calls, SB calls.Turn: (5 BB) 8:club: (3 players)SB checks, Hero bets, Hero calls.River: (13 BB) T:heart: (2 players)SB bets, SB calls.Final Pot: 21 BBThis table is pretty passive preflop, not many raises, therefore I'm not second-guessing calling with 66 utg at all. After we cap the turn, do I have to slow way down on the river? Maybe bet-call or even check-call? I don't ever fo

Ok I agree with raising the flop, 110%, that was a stupid move. I'm not sure if I'm to agree with the preflop raise? SSHE really strongly states that AJo isnt a raising hand in EP/MP, is this situation different? Is my turn and river play ok?

PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is UTG+2 with J:diamond:, A:club:. MP3 posts a blind of $0.25. UTG calls, 1 fold, Button calls, SB completes, BB checks.Flop: (7 SB) J:spade:, 2:heart:, A:heart: (7 players)SB bets, BB folds, UTG calls, Hero calls, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, Button calls.Turn: (5.50 BB) 6:diamond: (4 players)SB bets, Button calls, SB calls, UTG calls.River: (21.50 BB) 5:heart: (4 players)SB bets, UTG folds, Hero calls, Button calls.Final Pot: 24.50 BBSo, here we go. I'm pretty new to limit, and about 3/4 of the way through SSHE. There are so many c

I'm thinking SB flopped a set and turned a boat. He limps preflop and then calls the raise, which could be something like 55 or 77? He plays the flop strongly, perhaps worried about the diamonds? His river bet seems kind of small, almost like a blocking bet. I think on the turn hero needs to decide if he's ahead or behind. By the way the hand played out, he might be drawing dead to anything but a ten and maybe a seven? Don't his calls seem wrong though? Isn't this a raise or fold situation? I'm probably out of my league here, this hand is too tough for me.You're going to tell me SB had 6:diamo

I really disagree here. I think you should bet the flop, but I highly doubt SB folds those threes. 75% of micro-limit players check their trips, and after raising preflop, SB will think you're trying to buy the pot on the flop, I guarantee it. Rarely, he will he put you on AA/KK/QQ, but I think he definetly calls a pot size flop bet. This is a good flop for him, he will probably put you on a range of cards something to the effect of AA /KK /QQ /JJ /AK(o/s) /AQ(o/s) /AJ(o/s) /KQ(o/s) /KJ(o/s) and maybe lower pocket pairs. I think he'd be led to believe there's a strong possibility you misse

IMO You played it fine, except preflop I think you should've folded to the raise.It's just that the reraise was so big. Pushing your $18 or whatever it was into the pot, might be asking for trouble. If I'm bluffing you steal it from me right there, but there's still the guy to your right left to act. Chances are one of us has a king, and after the preflop raise, you might be led to believe your kicker is bad. If you can take the pot right there with your bet it's great, but the only people calling will most likely have you dominated. I could be wrong though, but that's just my opinion on how t

My favorite is when they call to the river and fold, since they must be beat. Good times

Awesome guys, thanks for the replies. Maybe it is an easy call, it just sure wasn't easy at the time. Akishore, I know exactly what you mean about every single donk slowplaying their trips and such, check-call on flop, check-call turn, bet river. The reason I was so worried was that he had shown no aggression whatsoever until the river. So often I'll see weak players check-call check-call on flush draws, then when the 3rd suit hits the river they bet big. I thought this may have been the case here. I thought perhaps he turned the draw and was daring enough to call my turn bet. When he comes ou

Thanks for the replies guys, I guess it's a tough decision to make. So much profit to be made (for this limit anyway) but so much to lose as well. I agree that I shouldn't be playing scared, and that losing a few buying is part of the process (I've lost plenty of those!). I also think I should be playing smart though. I think the way this hand played, I should fold. In hindsight, I think this is the correct play. River: ($1.20) 9:club: (2 players)BB bets $9.75 (All-In), Hero calls $8.95 (All-In).Final Pot: $19.90Results in white below: BB has Ad 8h (straight, queen high). Hero has Ks Ah (str

Well first off I think Smash would probably say:"Fold preflop.Good Luck."So you think calling is the right decision here? It just seems like he could have T-x of clubs or something. I think what makes this call so tough for me to make is the fact that I'm losing an entire buyin, which puts a sizeable dent in my bankroll, though I am adequately funded for the limit. I just have so little invested that it hadly seems worth it, though there is a very strong possibility that I'm ahead, but couldn't I just as easily be very very far behind?

You're right Cobalt, I guess my bet was fairly large. As for not raising PF and betting the flop, I stated why I didn't in the opening paragraph, though I agree with you 110% that I should have. I know I'm not following Smash's strategy to the letter, but let's not get into that here. Besides my obvious misplay preflop and on the flop, what's my best river decision? Is this one of those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" type things? Thanks for your input fellas