Last night during our session we talked about getting max value and bluffing weak ranges postflop. I realized how bad my logic was in the QQ hand we went over, and I can see how much value i'm missing from TP, so that will be a big focus of mine in the future. I am also going to look for spots to fire the turn and river where before I would only be firing the flop and typically giving up. One reason why I wouldn't barrel the turn a lot was because of not thinking about what rivers will be good to bet as well, and there are a lot of spots that people are going to call the turn and fold the river that I have to start finding.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 525924

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MP1: $100.00

MP2: $105.15

CO: $70.00

BTN: $100.50

SB: $168.15

Hero (BB): $100.00

UTG: $99.00

UTG+1: $100.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with K A

2 folds, MP1 raises to $4, 4 folds, Hero calls $3

Flop: ($8.50) 5 7 A (2 players)

Hero checks, MP1 bets $5, Hero calls $5

Turn: ($18.50) 2 (2 players)

Hero bets $13, MP1 calls $13

River: ($44.50) 7 (2 players)

Hero bets $34, MP1 folds

PFR is 18/15 opens 20% from MP. His fold to 3b is 58 and his 4b is 8.

equity win tie pots won pots tied

Hand 0: 41.736% 38.93% 02.80% 140669824 10120971.00 { 22+, A2s+, KTs+, QJs, J9s+, T8s+, 97s+, 87s, 76s, 65s, AJo+, KJo+, QJo }

Hand 1: 58.264% 55.46% 02.80% 200384378 10120971.00 { AsKh }

When he opens from mp I flat AK because I don't think he is going to continue vs a 3b with a very wide range, maybe not even AQ as a standard since he is a reg and kinda tight.

His cb numbers by street are 82/46/50, so ch/c is pretty clear on the flop. His range from pre to betting the flop likely hasn't changed at all.

Since he doesn't barrel very often on the turn I figure he will check back a lot of 2nd pair type hands, and maybe even a fd. The only range of hands I think he will bet are Ax and big draws, either pair+fd or straight +fd. So when I lead he doesn't get a chance to check back a hand that has some equity against me, and we will get value from 2nd pair some % of the time when he puts us on a draw, because check/call the flop and lead the turn isn't a very common line, he likely won't combat it well.

Board: 5h 7d Ah 7s

Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied

Hand 0: 15.428% 11.73% 03.70% 573 180.50 { 77+, 55, 22, A2s+, KdQd, KhQh, KdJd, KhJh, KdTd, KhTh, QdJd, QhJh, JdTd, JhTh, Jd9d, Jh9h, Td9d, Th9h, Td8d, Th8h, 9d8d, 9h8h, 9h7h, 8h7h, 7h6h, 6d5d, 6h5h, AJo+, KQo }

Hand 1: 84.572% 80.88% 03.70% 3950 180.50 { AsKh }

The river misses all draws and is a pretty standard bet, I only bet 34/44 but probably could have gone larger, since the most of his calling range on the river is Ax, and we beat just about every Ax that gets to the river this way.

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UTG: $106.05

UTG+1: $115.95

UTG+2: $108.60

MP1: $49.35

MP2: $100.00

CO: $100.00

Hero (BTN): $100.00

SB: $100.00

BB: $102.15

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with 4 4

5 folds, CO raises to $3, Hero calls $3, SB calls $2.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($10.00) A K 8 (3 players)

SB checks, CO bets $6, Hero raises to $18, SB folds, CO folds

Villain steals from the CO 33% of the time, playing 17/14 overall, his cb by street is 57/50/100.

The SB caller is 16/12 and calls 10% of opens, I assume his range here is 22-TT, ATs-AQo (at least), and maybe some suited connectors.

I figure this is a good spot to bluffraise the flop because he only bet 6 into 10 which on a board with a fd likely isn't a very good hand or he would be more worried about protection. That coupled with the sbs range primarily non Ax hands should make this a pretty good spot to raise.

Pre is standard, but he does have a fold to 3b of 100 so I guess 3betting is probably profitable too.

Overall I need to lose the weak tight nitty mindset that I have had for so long, this is hindering my ability to pick up on spots where I can gain FE or value bet. To do this I have to try and extract more value with my big hands and not worry about losing money to better hands. Also finding spots where opponents ranges are weak and try to take them off of their ranges when the boards run out in a manner where everything misses by the end. Right now my red line is pretty decent on the month, being breakeven for the last 5k hands, if I can continue to find more spots to steal postflop i'm pretty sure I could get it into the positive even 9-12 tabling.

So yesterday I decided to work on a couple specific things that we had talked about and those will also be my primary focus until I feel like I have gotten much better at them. These were getting my cb% higher (by betting more marginal hands in spots like we were talking about), increase my WWSF (it was at 41 before yesterday), and look for more spots to bluff raise the flop, by either raising in position or check raising from out.

I played 2400 hands on stars yesterday and so far i'm at 18/15 flop cb is 70, turn cb is 65, river cb is 71. WWSF is 48, and my flop raise cb is 27. In flatting more and looking to raise more flops my 3b% fell to 2%, so I will also be looking for situations to 3b light as a bluff and also lighter for value vs the bad players. Overall playing this style felt much easier, I took down a lot more pots on the flop and in turn had less turn and river decisions to make which just made playing easier.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 523222

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BTN: $107.90

SB: $118.50

BB: $100.00

UTG: $98.40

UTG+1: $109.25

MP1: $101.45

MP2: $33.15

Hero (CO): $100.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with 8 8

4 folds, Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, SB calls $2.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($7.00) 6 5 5 (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets $4.50, SB calls $4.50

Turn: ($16.00) 2 (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets $8, SB calls $8

River: ($32.00) 5 (2 players)

SB checks, Hero checks

Villain in this hand is a 14/13, 3b from the blinds vs steal is 33% from the bb and 0 from the sb, given i'm on the CO and he's in the SB I would assume he isn't 3betting very often here pre. HIs call open is only 2% total, 0% from the blinds, this is all over 153 hands.

This is what I expect his range to be preflop:

equity win tie pots won pots tied

Hand 0: 54.612% 53.80% 00.81% 80144404 1211288.00 { 8c8s }

Hand 1: 45.388% 44.57% 00.81% 66403468 1211288.00 { TT-55, AQs-ATs, KJs+, AQo-AJo, KQo }

Due to his low call open% I didn't give him 44-22 in the blinds and I don't think he's getting much looser than that with the broadway, and I figured him 3betting JJ+ and AK is pretty standard but I wasn't quite sure what to do with AQ, so I just put them in the call range. More often than not in FR i'll assume somebody is a little nittier rather than a little laggier due to the passivity of these games.

I bet the flop to get him off of his bare overs and to get value from 77. I figure he is calling the flop with all the pairs he called with preflop, as well as his overcards+fds

Board: 6h 5h 5s

Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied

Hand 0: 35.276% 33.57% 01.70% 9306 472.50 { 8c8s }

Hand 1: 64.724% 63.02% 01.70% 17469 472.50 { TT-55, AhQh, AhJh, AhTh, KhQh, KhJh }

Our equity kinda sucks here vs his continuing range, I didn't think it would before running it through stove. This doesn't affect our flop betting decision does it?

On the turn I decided to bet half pot to rep a draw or something to try and get another call out of a weaker pair, and kinda set my price for showdown. I think he is continuing with the same range as before, which surprisingly leaves us with a very small equity edge on a brick coming out. I figured his equity getting cut from his draws would give us a lot better equity in the pot than this

Board: 6h 5h 5s 2s

Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied

Hand 0: 36.851% 35.06% 01.79% 432 22.00 { 8c8s }

Hand 1: 63.149% 61.36% 01.79% 756 22.00 { TT-55, AhQh, AhJh, AhTh, KhQh, KhJh }

On the river if my ranges are accurate we should have the best hand 43% of the time according to stove. At the time of the hand I didn't think there was enough value in betting, and given stove says we're good 43% I think that makes it a pretty clear check. If our hand were 99 however on the river we would have 65% equity which clearly makes this a bet.

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BTN: $97.50

Hero (SB): $129.60

BB: $100.00

UTG: $211.30

UTG+1: $163.65

MP1: $100.00

MP2: $100.00

CO: $108.55

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with Q Q

2 folds, MP1 calls $1, 3 folds, Hero raises to $4, BB calls $3, MP1 calls $3

Flop: ($12.00) 8 J 6 (3 players)

Hero bets $8, BB folds, MP1 calls $8

Turn: ($28.00) 5 (2 players)

Hero bets $15, MP1 calls $15

River: ($58.00) 5 (2 players)

Hero bets $25, MP1 raises to $73 all in, Hero folds

Villain is a 13/10 with an open limp from mp of 3%. The thing about him limping 3% is it's likely going to be a very defined 3%, like maybe he only limps small pairs or mid suited connectors or suited aces. I think it's unlikely that his range here is like 55, 67s and A5s. Since he's a nit and nits tend to have a hardon for small pairs more than anything else than I guess that's what my best guess of his range would be, although it would be foolish to discount any medium strength hand that he could potentially take this line with. Obv I have no prior history with him limping and havn't seen it from him yet. With that said I don't really know how to use stove for a hand like this where i'm really not too sure of his range to begin with.

Pre I usually make it 5x out of the SB with 1 limper but I must have misclicked or something.

The BB in this hand is an 18/15 who calls opens 8% of the time.

On the flop I decided to bet 2/3rds pot because I am trying to extract value from worse pairs, most likely 2nd pair type hands. To do this I feel like a 2/3rds bet will work better than like an 80+% bet, and i'm also setting myself up to get away cheap if either of them raises this street or later in the hand.

On the turn when I am up against only the preflop limper I feel like he can have a marginal hand here like 87 or 76, he could have just hit with 97 or 65, or he could be slowplaying with 66 or 88, if he is slowplaying I think 66 is much more likely as 88 will almost always be open raising pre.

I chose to bet slightly more than half pot on the turn to continue with my plan from the flop, and I think this turn bet has 2 advantages, which are: I lose less when he raises, and given the way the board is coming out, a half pot bet will make him much more inclined to raise when I am beat. Plus I still extract value from his medium strength hands, although I do give hands like 87 near odds to draw, I would rather do that and still give myself chance to bet/fold on the river.

So when the river comes another 5 I bet 25 into 58 to try to get value from really any marginal hand he doesn't want to fold. When he ships I assume he has 65 or a slowplayed set. I figured all of his sets and straights would raise the turn (I don't think this is a straight by him on the river), but i'm sure some players will still slowplay here some % of the time.

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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 T

2 folds, Hero raises to $3, 4 folds, BB calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) 2 4 K (2 players)

BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($6.50) 5 (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB calls $4

River: ($14.50) K (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.

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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 T

3 folds, MP2 raises to $4, 2 folds, Hero calls $3.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($9.00) J J 3 (2 players)

Hero checks, MP2 bets $7, Hero calls $7

Turn: ($23.00) Q (2 players)

Hero checks, MP2 checks

River: ($23.00) 8 (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.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 7 players - View hand 520639

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BB: $114.50

UTG: $127.80

UTG+1: $105.95

MP: $309.50

CO: $100.00

BTN: $28.45

Hero (SB): $100.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with T T

5 folds, Hero raises to $3, BB raises to $10, Hero calls $7

Flop: ($20.00) 7 J 5 (2 players)

Hero checks, BB bets $12, Hero calls $12

Turn: ($44.00) 2 (2 players)

Hero checks, BB checks

River: ($44.00) 8 (2 players)

Hero checks, BB checks

Final Pot: $44.00

BB mucks Q 6

Hero shows T T (a pair of Tens)

Hero wins $41.85

(Rake: $2.15)

I had played 1 hand with this villain prior, he had 3b my CO open on the btn and after checking his btn 3b% to see it be 14, I 4b him with something and he folded, I forget what I had. So I figured he would be light in bvb as well, I didn't think I should 4b and get it in pre, his fold to 4b was 100% so i'm not sure how light he will 5b back at me, or is there enough dead money for how often he folds to the 4b that makes 4b better? Either way I wasn't comfortable with that so I decided to flat and call a lot of flops and probably a 2barrel if a scare card hit. I'm not sure if this is a good plan or not.

When he cb the J75fd I called like planned since I figure he'll fire his whole range here. After he checks back the turn I figure my hand to be good, and i'm not sure if I should be leading the river for value, check calling or even check folding. I checked again and probably would have ended up folding to most river bets.

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CO: $50.90

BTN: $108.30

SB: $107.25

BB: $100.00

UTG: $93.85

UTG+1: $101.50

Hero (MP): $100.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP with A 9

2 folds, Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, BTN calls $3, 2 folds

Flop: ($7.50) A T J (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($7.50) 4 (2 players)

Hero bets $5, BTN calls $5

River: ($17.50) 7 (2 players)

Hero bets $12, BTN calls $12

So in this next hand, it is essentially folded to me in MP 6 handed. The Co and BTn are both taggy players so I decide to open the A9o as they will likely fold a lot, the sb is a tag as well, and the bb is a nit, so I expect this to take down the pot pre often enough to show a profit by itself, but when we need to go to postflop we won't be in terrible shape. The BTN caller is 18/14 over 74 hands, 8% 3b, and 8% call open.

I decide not to cbet this flop because I think when I check he will stab with a lot of his small pairs and suited connectors that have no chance of winning, where he will fold all of those to my cbet. I plan on checking the turn again if I check call a flop bet and if he bets large I'm just going to fold as I really don't think players here will start barreling just because I check called the flop, these games aren't that aggressive at all. In this spot he checks back, which leads me to believe he has a pair he doesn't want to turn into a bluff, like a T9s, 99, or QJ type hand that can't get any value from a bet right now, but if they take a street off maybe they can get some value on the turn and or river.

With the turn bringing more draws and my opponent very unlikely to have a stronger hand than me I decide to bet for value now with the intention of betting a lot of brick rivers as well. So I bet and he called, which leads me to believe he has a pair and draw, or a turned flush draw, or maybe even a weak suited ace himself or something like that. I think the strongest hand in his range is AQ and that is if he decided to take a very passive line on the flop, most often he won't have better than A5s.

The only draw the river completed was 98, and I am pretty sure he would stab at the pot when I check to him on the flop with that hand, so i'm not really worried about this card and consider it a brick, so I bet for value again despite my kicker not being great.

PokerStars Game #39250307401: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2010/02/04 22:45:15 ET

Table 'Algorab V' 9-max Seat #6 is the button

Seat 1: jessyj ($100 in chips)

Seat 2: bat91186 ($101.50 in chips)

Seat 3: CMulls14 ($100 in chips)

Seat 4: simitru8 ($182.55 in chips)

Seat 5: AggJedi ($100 in chips)

Seat 6: DaMinkie ($100 in chips)

Seat 7: DumpsLikeA ($128.55 in chips)

Seat 8: TwoSmeets ($107.75 in chips)

Seat 9: Puiu29 ($99.30 in chips)

DumpsLikeA: posts small blind $0.50

TwoSmeets: posts big blind $1

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to AggJedi [Ad Qc]

Puiu29: calls $1

jessyj: folds

bat91186: folds

CMulls14: folds

simitru8: folds

AggJedi: raises $3 to $4

DaMinkie: folds

DumpsLikeA: folds

TwoSmeets: folds

Puiu29: calls $3

*** FLOP *** [Td 4c Js]

Puiu29: checks

AggJedi: bets $6

Puiu29: calls $6

*** TURN *** [Td 4c Js] [5d]

Puiu29: checks

AggJedi: checks

*** RIVER *** [Td 4c Js 5d] [2h]

Puiu29: bets $4

AggJedi: folds

Uncalled bet ($4) returned to Puiu29

Puiu29 collected $20.45 from pot

Puiu29: doesn't show hand

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $21.50 | Rake $1.05

Board [Td 4c Js 5d 2h]

Seat 1: jessyj folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: bat91186 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: CMulls14 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: simitru8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: AggJedi folded on the River

Seat 6: DaMinkie (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: DumpsLikeA (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 8: TwoSmeets (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 9: Puiu29 collected ($20.45)

The UTG limp/caller is 26/2, no history with him or specific reads.

I feel like pre and the flop are both pretty standard. The turn is where I wasn't sure if I should be barreling again or not. I have tried it in the past and have had mixed results and I wanted to get your input on it before I decide one way or another.

His range should be weak given preflop, and I don't know how many Jx or Tx hands are in it. I think that he does fold a lot of his air on and underpairs on the flop though so the range that he gets to the turn with should be stronger. Should this be a good time to keep barreling with our equity?

PokerStars Game #39238851282: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2010/02/04 17:59:18 ET

Table 'Ianthe V' 9-max Seat #8 is the button

Seat 1: Speedster81 ($100 in chips)

Seat 2: glissdaddy ($114.70 in chips)

Seat 4: Deeeecent ($99 in chips)

Seat 5: notontilt09 ($105.20 in chips)

Seat 6: AlejoDoria ($39 in chips)

Seat 7: AggJedi ($114.20 in chips)

Seat 8: R1aki ($103 in chips)

Seat 9: gravity_lens ($100.35 in chips)

gravity_lens: posts small blind $0.50

Speedster81: posts big blind $1

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to AggJedi [2c 2d]

glissdaddy: folds

Deeeecent: raises $2 to $3

notontilt09: folds

AlejoDoria: calls $3

AggJedi: calls $3

R1aki: calls $3

gravity_lens: folds

Speedster81: folds

*** FLOP *** [2s 4h 3h]

Deeeecent: bets $6

AlejoDoria: folds

AggJedi: calls $6

R1aki: folds

*** TURN *** [2s 4h 3h] [4d]

Deeeecent: bets $16

AggJedi: calls $16

*** RIVER *** [2s 4h 3h 4d] [Qd]

Deeeecent: bets $18

AggJedi: raises $47 to $65

Deeeecent: calls $47

*** SHOW DOWN ***

AggJedi: shows [2c 2d] (a full house, Deuces full of Fours)

Deeeecent: mucks hand

AggJedi collected $184.50 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $187.50 | Rake $3

Board [2s 4h 3h 4d Qd]

Seat 1: Speedster81 (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 2: glissdaddy folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: Deeeecent mucked [Th Qh]

Seat 5: notontilt09 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: AlejoDoria folded on the Flop

Seat 7: AggJedi showed [2c 2d] and won ($184.50) with a full house, Deuces full of Fours

Seat 8: R1aki (button) folded on the Flop

Seat 9: gravity_lens (small blind) folded before Flop

The opener is very aggro for his first 30 hands, playing like 33/30 pre and betting a lot post as well, no showdowns yet.

Overcall pre is standard.

On the flop I decided to flat and hope that the other player behind me would fold and the pfr would just keep barreling. The other player in the hand is a nit so he will be folding here a ton, and if he continued in the pot by raising I would have felt really shitty, but if he called I would still expect to be very ahead of both.

On the turn when I fill up I didn't think raising made much sense, sure I might charge him a little more for his draws, but I give him a chance to hit and get stacked where he may fold a weak draw to a raise. He also still has the chance to barrel the river if he misses so it's not like we're done extracting value when he doesn't hit.

On the river I raise large but don't put him all in by 9 big blinds, this was a mistake and I didn't notice my raise was so close to shoving which is what I should have just done anyways.

PokerStars Game #39223124703: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2010/02/04 13:07:37 ET

Table 'Icarion X' 9-max Seat #8 is the button

Seat 1: ManWithDPlan ($362.55 in chips)

Seat 2: kinghyrule ($105.05 in chips)

Seat 3: rudd4y ($100 in chips)

Seat 4: frankybones1 ($100 in chips)

Seat 5: AggJedi ($100 in chips)

Seat 6: canalla18 ($58.50 in chips)

Seat 7: Van Belle ($133.55 in chips)

Seat 8: fanny041 ($100.70 in chips)

Seat 9: yeshwana ($97.50 in chips)

yeshwana: posts small blind $0.50

ManWithDPlan: posts big blind $1

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to AggJedi [As 9s]

kinghyrule: folds

rudd4y: folds

frankybones1: folds

AggJedi: raises $2 to $3

canalla18: folds

Van Belle: folds

fanny041: calls $3

yeshwana: folds

ManWithDPlan: folds

*** FLOP *** [Jc 6s Ts]

AggJedi: bets $5

fanny041: calls $5

*** TURN *** [Jc 6s Ts] [4c]

AggJedi: bets $12.50

fanny041: calls $12.50

*** RIVER *** [Jc 6s Ts 4c] [Ac]

AggJedi: checks

fanny041: bets $27

AggJedi: folds

Uncalled bet ($27) returned to fanny041

fanny041 collected $40.45 from pot

fanny041: doesn't show hand

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $42.50 | Rake $2.05

Board [Jc 6s Ts 4c Ac]

Seat 1: ManWithDPlan (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 2: kinghyrule folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: rudd4y folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: frankybones1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: AggJedi folded on the River

Seat 6: canalla18 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: Van Belle folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: fanny041 (button) collected ($40.45)

Seat 9: yeshwana (small blind) folded before Flop

The BTN caller is 36/9 with a 3b of 15 and a call open of 33.

Pre should be standard from MP.

Flop bet is standard.

On the turn I decided to bet again to get him off of any random junk he peeled the flop with, he has a fold to cb of 17 over 44 hands, not much but I figure I have enough equity incase I do get called.

When the river hits I am rather confused as to what I should do, check/folding seemed weak, but betting for value seemed a little ambitious. Maybe a small bet/fold would be better but i'm not sure what size would be good. I feel like up to the river is hopefully standard but once I hit this marginal hand I am kind of clueless.

PokerStars Game #39168845492: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2010/02/03 12:00:35 ET

Table 'Mavis' 9-max Seat #2 is the button

Seat 2: PizzaTonno ($125.60 in chips)

Seat 4: AggJedi ($100.50 in chips)

Seat 5: Ede Pastete ($104.45 in chips)

Seat 6: halfmoon08 ($230.30 in chips)

Seat 9: rodguitard ($107.85 in chips)

AggJedi: posts small blind $0.50

Ede Pastete: posts big blind $1

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to AggJedi [Ks Jc]

halfmoon08: folds

rodguitard: folds

PizzaTonno: folds

AggJedi: raises $2 to $3

Ede Pastete: calls $2

*** FLOP *** [6h 6c 7d]

AggJedi: bets $4

Ede Pastete: calls $4

*** TURN *** [6h 6c 7d] [Ts]

AggJedi: checks

Ede Pastete: checks

*** RIVER *** [6h 6c 7d Ts] [Qs]

AggJedi: bets $6.50

Ede Pastete: folds

Uncalled bet ($6.50) returned to AggJedi

AggJedi collected $13.35 from pot

AggJedi: doesn't show hand

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $14 | Rake $0.65

Board [6h 6c 7d Ts Qs]

Seat 2: PizzaTonno (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: AggJedi (small blind) collected ($13.35)

Seat 5: Ede Pastete (big blind) folded on the River

Seat 6: halfmoon08 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: rodguitard folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Villain is 11/11 with a 3b of 7

Preflop is standard.

Flop I cbet with the intention of barreling an A or Q turn as well as betting a K or J for value, I didn't think a T would be a high enough card to be able to represent it reasonably.

With that said I didn't bet the turn.

On the river I didn't know if I should bet or not. When villain checked back the turn I figured his hand was something worse than a ten, probably a pp or maybe even a pure float. Since he was tight I figured he would have a lot of pps and would probably not want to call a value bet looking amount.

I'm never sure what to do on rivers like this, I always feel like a bluff won't be credible, because I checked the turn. But then it works in times like this and it makes me rethink things.

PokerStars Game #39168218515: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2010/02/03 11:45:02 ET

Table 'Luanda V' 9-max Seat #5 is the button

Seat 1: bigalex171 ($44.40 in chips)

Seat 2: AggJedi ($100 in chips)

Seat 3: grad breda ($115.25 in chips)

Seat 4: RoiStar78 ($105.35 in chips)

Seat 5: lordmighty ($13.35 in chips)

Seat 6: _eLcAp0_ ($127.05 in chips)

Seat 7: I The King I ($123.25 in chips)

Seat 9: WorriedMind ($89.15 in chips)

_eLcAp0_: posts small blind $0.50

I The King I: posts big blind $1

codebace: sits out

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to AggJedi [As Jd]

WorriedMind: folds

bigalex171: calls $1

AggJedi: raises $4 to $5

grad breda: folds

RoiStar78: folds

lordmighty: folds

_eLcAp0_: folds

I The King I: folds

bigalex171: calls $4

*** FLOP *** [8s Qd Ac]

bigalex171: bets $3

AggJedi: calls $3

*** TURN *** [8s Qd Ac] [6d]

bigalex171: checks

AggJedi: bets $10

bigalex171: calls $10

*** RIVER *** [8s Qd Ac 6d] [4d]

bigalex171: bets $26.40 and is all-in

AggJedi: folds

Uncalled bet ($26.40) returned to bigalex171

bigalex171 collected $35.70 from pot

bigalex171: doesn't show hand

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $37.50 | Rake $1.80

Board [8s Qd Ac 6d 4d]

Seat 1: bigalex171 collected ($35.70)

Seat 2: AggJedi folded on the River

Seat 3: grad breda folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: RoiStar78 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: lordmighty (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: _eLcAp0_ (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 7: I The King I (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 9: WorriedMind folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Pre is standard I feel, maybe I could have made it a bit less to maintain a little more flexibility postflop but whatever he will call with a dominated range.

On the flop I felt like I could have raised but given his stack there seemed like more of an incentive to just let him keep betting garbage if he does have it.

When he check calls the turn I think he can have a lot of things, but his range is likely heavily weighted towards weak hands that are giving up, so betting here for value seems pretty standard, and at this time I planned on shoving the river when checked to, unless it was a ten I guess, then I would check back.

When the river comes bringing in the back door draw only and he open shoves I am not really sure what his range is. Usually when players like this take the betting lead from you and don't give you an opportunity to bet they have a pretty good hand, and i'm not really sure what bluffs he could have here. Folding didn't really fell too good either though since my hand hasn't really changed that much from the street before.