Saturday, February 6, 2010

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 521414
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BTN: $65.45
SB: $54.35
BB: $63.55
UTG: $100.00
UTG+1: $100.00
Hero (MP1): $100.00
MP2: $137.90
CO: $104.35

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP1 with T of clubs T of hearts
2 folds, Hero raises to $3, 4 folds, BB calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) 2 of diamonds 4 of clubs K of diamonds (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($6.50) 5 of spades (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB calls $4

River: ($14.50) K of spades (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $9, BB raises to $27, Hero folds


The BB is 25/10 with call open of 11 and a 3b of 2. On the flop I checked back to try and bet lots of turns and some rivers for value. I chose this over betting on the flop and turn for value because it can induce bluffs on the turn from him, and it can make him inclined to call down lighter.

So I bet the turn and the K river is obviously very good to bet again and I know the river is an easy fold once raised, the main reason I chose this hand though was to make sure my line was correct or if I should have bet flop/turn instead.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 521422
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UTG: $60.55
UTG+1: $100.50
MP1: $100.60
MP2: $65.00
CO: $100.00
BTN: $102.65
Hero (SB): $105.55
BB: $100.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with T of hearts T of spades
3 folds, MP2 raises to $4, 2 folds, Hero calls $3.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($9.00) J of hearts J of diamonds 3 of hearts (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $7, Hero calls $7

Turn: ($23.00) Q of spades (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks

River: ($23.00) 8 of diamonds (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $13, Hero folds


The player from middle-late position who opened is an 11/8, cbets 60/54/56

Calling pre seems standard as 3betting doesn't really accomplish much for us.

Check calling the flop also seems standard, it's dry and he is going to stab a lot of his air. I don't expect him to barrel on a board like this either with air unless a Q+ hits the turn.

When a Q does hit the turn I decided to check and see what/if he bet. I would have likely just folded if he bet again because he's so nitty to start, i'm not really sure how much air he will even have in his range. It seems like he will have a lot of pocket pairs, a couple better than mine, or a hand like AK, or the Q did improve him, so when he bets I think i'm in a pretty bad spot. When he checks I expect to have the best hand most of the time, I wouldn't put it past him to check Qx+ though because he thinks betting again will scare off lower pairs, and players often slowplay the scare card when they do hit it.

On the river I didn't feel like there was really much I could extract value from, so I just tried to get to showdown. When he bets 13 into a 23 pot I didn't really feel like he was bluffing for this particular amount, nor do I think he's betting a hand like 99 or 8x for value, so I just folded.

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