1/2nl

[pokerguy33 0]

This is a hand from the casino. First time at a casino, just turned 21.1/2NL, min. 50, max 100Bought in for the min. Just sat down, folded the first 5 or 6 hands, just sitting back watching the table, seeing how the table plays. The standard raise preflop is around 10-12 bucks. After the flop pretty passive. First hand I played was K10o, in LP. I limp in 6 to the flop. To get to the story, I ended up winning the hand with K10, which got my stack up to around 80. The hand I got mixed up with this guy I had been watching him for awhile. He is pretty passive. Couple hands before board had 2 kings, with 3 hearts, 2 players, flop went check check, flop came KK2, turn one guy bet small, other guy called. River went check check, guy to my Right flips over A high, guy to my left flips over K9 for trip kings. Guy to my right says, "Didn't want to bet that? Guy to my left says, "I was scared you had the flush"Anyway I get Q9 on the button with around 45 in my stack. I limp 3 players see the flop. Flop comes AQ9. Check, Check, I bet 15, one calls, other folds. 2 to the turn, turn comes J, Check, I bet 25, guy calls. River comes another J. Guy checks, hero? any suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance. I'll post results later.

[Royal_Tour 0]

Anyway I get Q9 on the button with around 45 in my stack. I limp 3 players see the flop. Flop comes AQ9. Check, Check, I bet 15, one calls, other folds. 2 to the turn, turn comes J, Check, I bet 25, guy calls. River comes another J. Guy checks, hero? any suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance. I'll post results later.

At this point your 2 pair is now counterfeited and i would check it down.edit, I see now that u have like zero chips left at this point, you should have pushed the turn

[Naismith 0]

This is a hand from the casino. First time at a casino, just turned 21.1/2NL, min. 50, max 100

This game sucks. Can you get one with a higher maximum buy? Preferably 100 BB at least.

Bought in for the min. Just sat down, folded the first 5 or 6 hands, just sitting back watching the table, seeing how the table plays. The standard raise preflop is around 10-12 bucks. After the flop pretty passive. First hand I played was K10o, in LP. I limp in 6 to the flop. To get to the story, I ended up winning the hand with K10, which got my stack up to around 80.

Okay, I won't give you grief for buying in short, although at least a few people will in response. The thing is, if you're going to buy in short, you can't be limping in with hands like KT. If you buy in short, you should be playing boring short stack poker. In other words, wait for premium hands, raise and plan on playing for your whole stack.

The hand I got mixed up with this guy I had been watching him for awhile. He is pretty passive. Couple hands before board had 2 kings, with 3 hearts, 2 players, flop went check check, flop came KK2, turn one guy bet small, other guy called. River went check check, guy to my Right flips over A high, guy to my left flips over K9 for trip kings. Guy to my right says, "Didn't want to bet that? Guy to my left says, "I was scared you had the flush"Anyway I get Q9 on the button with around 45 in my stack. I limp 3 players see the flop. Flop comes AQ9. Check, Check, I bet 15, one calls, other folds. 2 to the turn, turn comes J, Check, I bet 25, guy calls. River comes another J. Guy checks, hero? any suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance. I'll post results later.

This is a definite check. You can no longer beat anything. Any flop straight draw beats you. A-rag beats you. You're chopping with another Q. Just check it and remember not to limp in with Q9 next time.

[joethepro 0]

This is a hand from the casino. First time at a casino, just turned 21.1/2NL, min. 50, max 100Bought in for the min. Just sat down, folded the first 5 or 6 hands, just sitting back watching the table, seeing how the table plays. The standard raise preflop is around 10-12 bucks. After the flop pretty passive. First hand I played was K10o, in LP. I limp in 6 to the flop. To get to the story, I ended up winning the hand with K10, which got my stack up to around 80. The hand I got mixed up with this guy I had been watching him for awhile. He is pretty passive. Couple hands before board had 2 kings, with 3 hearts, 2 players, flop went check check, flop came KK2, turn one guy bet small, other guy called. River went check check, guy to my Right flips over A high, guy to my left flips over K9 for trip kings. Guy to my right says, "Didn't want to bet that? Guy to my left says, "I was scared you had the flush"Anyway I get Q9 on the button with around 45 in my stack. I limp 3 players see the flop. Flop comes AQ9. Check, Check, I bet 15, one calls, other folds. 2 to the turn, turn comes J, Check, I bet 25, guy calls. River comes another J. Guy checks, hero? any suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance. I'll post results later.

how does a flop with 2 kings have 3 hearts?also, you limped on the button and 3 to the flop, so the pot is 6 dollars and you bet 15? AQ9 same suit or all dif? if the board doesn't have any flush draws, dry board, you probably shouldn't bet so high. only person who'd call you that you're ahead is JT.also if you have 45 in your stack preflop = 2, flop = 15, turn = 25 that leaves you with 3 dollars? my advice is to go all in with your 2p if you've played it this way so far.

[pokerguy33 0]

My bad on the board with two kings. It was something else, I have a pretty bad memory, After the Q9 hand, I was down to around 10 dollars, so the betting was different from how I explained it, again I have a bad memory. But I limped in with Q9 on the button, because I didn't really feel like raising with this hand, and wanted to see a cheap flop, and thats what I did. Anyway he ended up flipping over JT after the river check, which the river brought a J to give him trip jacks. Oh well. Obviously my flop bet wasn't high enough for him to call with his straight draw.

[Acid_Knight 2]

Push the turn. Check the river. If he has Ax, he's not folding. If he has JT, he's not folding. If he has Qx, he's not folding. No matter how few chips you have left here, there's really no value in pushing them into the pot.

[pokerguy33 0]

If I wanted to save me the most money, I should have been more wiery of the flop call, turn and river might probably would have went check, check, just thought I could get a fold with the turn bet, but he didn't want to lay down his pair of J's.

[NEtwowilldo 0]

100 max definitely sucks. Just curious what the rake is at this place.

[CrazyJoe 0]

how does a flop with 2 kings have 3 hearts?also, you limped on the button and 3 to the flop, so the pot is 6 dollars and you bet 15? AQ9 same suit or all dif? if the board doesn't have any flush draws, dry board, you probably shouldn't bet so high. only person who'd call you that you're ahead is JT.also if you have 45 in your stack preflop = 2, flop = 15, turn = 25 that leaves you with 3 dollars? my advice is to go all in with your 2p if you've played it this way so far.

point 1 -flop can't, but the board can, unless he edited after this post, it still makes sense, just a little out of order.point 2- flat out wrong, 1/2 NL live where standard raise is 10-15, if you see an AQ9 flop w/Q9 in a limped pot you might as well bet big, either someone has an A and will go all the way or they don't, you can argue betting at all i guess, but overall you are just looking to get it all in ASAP on this board, since he got called on flop you push turn.point 3 - ya, he shouldve pushed the turn, as it is i dont see $3 making a difference either way, so check, bet, whatever.

[CrazyJoe 0]

If I wanted to save me the most money, I should have been more wiery of the flop call, turn and river might probably would have went check, check, just thought I could get a fold with the turn bet, but he didn't want to lay down his pair of J's.

?????????? wtf do you want a fold on the turn?

[Zach6668 513]

?????????? wtf do you want a fold on the turn?

Most people don't understand basic poker theory. They all try to win as many pots as possible, while the people who understand it, try to win as much money as possible.I've explained it about 3023525025 times in the last few weeks.

[CrazyJoe 0]

Most people don't understand basic poker theory. They all try to win as many pots as possible, while the people who understand it, try to win as much money as possible.I've explained it about 3023525025 times in the last few weeks.

you are a better man than I, i only poke my head in here about once a week or so at most, so i guess i havent noticed, but i'm going to try and frequent here more, I appreciate the effort you put forth already, and I'm sure I'll appreciate it more.

[pokerguy33 0]

The reason why I wouldn't have minded a fold on the turn is from the straight draw on the turn, and to be honest I wasn't that comfortable with my hand. Lets see A9 beats me 99's beat me, QQ's beat me, etc... its a cash game and someone limping in with any of these hands would not be too out of the norm. And also I didn't have any read on this guy and had only seen him show down one hand the whole time I was at the table. And he had the goods. Its not like a tournament, any of the above hands could have been possible. I probably should have pushed on the turn, that was what I was questioning myself about after the hand was over. By the way zach its not that I don't understand poker theory, and its not like I'll take any old pot with any hand, since for the whole 3 or so hours I was there with my 50 bucks I probably played less than 10-15 hands, or at least thats what it felt like. And not to offend you but you telling me I don't know the bascic theory of NL when from what I have heard your not so hot at NL, from what I hear you play pretty much Limit. At least thats what the majority of your hand historys are from is limit.

[Zach6668 513]

By the way zach its not that I don't understand poker theory, and its not like I'll take any old pot with any hand, since for the whole 3 or so hours I was there with my 50 bucks I probably played less than 10-15 hands, or at least thats what it felt like. And not to offend you but you telling me I don't know the bascic theory of NL when from what I have heard your not so hot at NL, from what I hear you play pretty much Limit. At least thats what the majority of your hand historys are from is limit.

Sorry man, I wasn't necessarily referring to you, but the droves of new players who don't get this, it's just that I had explained it in detail like 2 or 3 times in the last few weeks, lollol, and fwiw, I pwn NL, I just prefer torturing myself relentlessly with sh lhe.

[pokerguy33 0]

Yeah its cool man, like I said i didn't mean to come off as a **** and offend you, just saying most of the HH's I have seen posted from you are in Limit. But its hard to tell things like you posted over the net. I didn't mean to sound like a ****, and if I did my apologies, and no worrys.

[Zach6668 513]

Yeah its cool man, like I said i didn't mean to come off as a **** and offend you, just saying most of the HH's I have seen posted from you are in Limit. But its hard to tell things like you posted over the net. I didn't mean to sound like a ****, and if I did my apologies, and no worrys.

I don't take anything personally on these forums, so no worries.I like to think I understand NL, and can beat it (I've proven I can in my PT, anyways), but I just don't play it often.