Boat Against A Station

[SCS 0]

I limp small pocket pairs from the sb. Sometimes I raise though. More likely to raise in late postion. If I'm opening the pot, I'll always raise.Raising or calling here preflop is fine.Bet this flop 100% of the time.

[Andromeda 0]

my fav hands are low pocket pairs, mainly because I always tend to suck out on the river with them...imo, I'm okay with the limp from the SB, thankfully the BB didn't have anything and just checked - I think you could've raised here to isolate the station pre-flop. Button probably had a hand that was easily dominated (QJ or QT) but he got to see some free cards so stayed until he was bet out.I think you should've bet on the flop, you hit your set - if you have the chance to take the pot down, why not do it then?I don't know...I say call, he's got you covered so no need to bust out if he's holding a better boat.

[psujohn 0]

Varying you play is vastly over-rated at small stakes. So many of your opponents are multi-tabling, watching porn or just unable/unwilling to develop a read that they're effectively ignoring your play. Even the few that are watching are not going to see you show down enough hands that they can develop accurate reads over their typically short sessions. Unless you're playing high stakes or with a very small player pool there's little reason to vary your play for the purpose of confusing your opponents.I think raising PF is pretty much standard. It is for me anyway. This is a SH table and there are only 2 in the hand with no raise. A decent % of the time the PF raise is going to take it down. An ever better % of the time you're going to miss, c-bet and take it down on the flop. If you limp you pretty much only win the pot when you flop a set and then the pot you win is generally small. If it's full ring and you have 5 limpers then go ahead and complete. SH and only 2 in the hand I much prefer the raise.A word about calling stations - unless they're the most stationy of stations they do occasionally fold. Typically when I flop the nuts. When someone describes a player as a station I think loose passive - not necessarily calls with any two to showdown on every hand.As played I think you have to raise the river. Villain's most likely range is 7x and you're ahead of most of that and almost all of that is calling. I probably make it 25 or so. If villain shoves we can re-consider. Pushing 60+ into a <20 pot doesn't make much sense to me.

[Acid_Knight 2]

After 2 people limp in, I don't mind limping at all preflop. We're out of position and our hand does not play well if we miss.I also don't hate the flop check. The board is dry and since there are so many people in the pot, one of them is likely to bet.Turn bet is fine. It's likely that nobody has much of anything, so keep it small if you wanna get called.I raise the river back to about $25 all day here. The villain often has 7x here and you can get a good chunk of money. If you don't think he'd fold a 7 if you pushed, then just push. If you think he might have Ax, then consider tailoring your bet sizing to get a call from that hand.

[mtdesmoines 3]

Raising pocket pairs oop against stations is bad.

In my experience, > 88 great hand to raise/bet v. stations< 88 bad hand to raise/bet v. stationsUsually a calling station will hook a 6 or a 7 on the flop and go down swinging with it. In this hand, if we have a station involved, I have no clue why we don't start pumping the pot on the flop. No clue at all. Maybe I haven't read anything right.

[Acid_Knight 2]

Usually a calling station will hook a 6 or a 7 on the flop and go down swinging with it. In this hand, if we have a station involved, I have no clue why we don't start pumping the pot on the flop. No clue at all. Maybe I haven't read anything right.

He's got 3 opponents. The board is dry. The A and the Q are likely cards for his opponents to have hit. Checking here isn't that big of a deal. You don't have to lead out every time you flop a set. I think the hand is actually played fine on all streets if he starts jamming the river pretty strongly.

[No_Neck 0]

I raised to $20 and snap called with K7h I should have pushed I thinks...

[socdave01 0]

i would think that the hands that hit 2 pair on the turn (either A7 or even Q7) would raise that turn, and since he's a station you can put him on a dry 7 enough times here to put in a big reraise on the river

[Danny Dingleberry 0]

my fav hands are low pocket pairs, mainly because I always tend to suck out on the river with them...imo, I'm okay with the limp from the SB, thankfully the BB didn't have anything and just checked - I think you could've raised here to isolate the station pre-flop. Button probably had a hand that was easily dominated (QJ or QT) but he got to see some free cards so stayed until he was bet out.I think you should've bet on the flop, you hit your set - if you have the chance to take the pot down, why not do it then?I don't know...I say call, he's got you covered so no need to bust out if he's holding a better boat.

why do you suck out on the river with small pocket pairs?!?! are you raising to the river or calling??? I don't mind if you're raising and suck out... but if you're calling... ick... gross.

[Andromeda 0]

why do you suck out on the river with small pocket pairs?!?! are you raising to the river or calling??? I don't mind if you're raising and suck out... but if you're calling... ick... gross.

usually I'm already all-in by this point - but don't worry, I've learned from my donkey days although I'm glad I did suck out...I'd have a totally different view about poker if I didn't.