If the pots £1.75 pre flop, on the flop bet about £1.25-30, he folds we win the pot nh, if he raises we can easily fold, is he calls we have position.

If he did call, pots about £4.35, on the turn bet about £3.70, if he calls, pots about £12, just jam the river.

Definatly bet the flop.

The turn bet more about 1.25

River; doesn't say whats in the pot about a fiver?

As played with the donk bet id bet big, like 6.50-7

Just raise and call a jam?

Or just call the raise?

Or is jamming ok, trying to just win what's in the middle? And atleast I've got outs if im called?

[HU Poker]

Went to start my car this morning, stopped at newsagents, came back out to start it up and it wouldn't start!

Pretty annoying lol, ended up getting the RAC out who were superb as ever, got the car started and straight down to the garage.

Hopefully it's not going to be 2 bad, but will find out soon enough!

Decided I wasn't going to play much in January, and when playing was going to focus on MTT's.

Have been pretty fed up with cash for some reason, not that I've lost at cash, it was just getting monotonous.

Same thing has happened with MTT's, I've been running pretty bad, playing pretty bad to aswell to an extent. I've not made a FT or won anything in ages.

Maybe just variance.

HU Poker

I've been playing a lot more HU poker, cash and sit and go's.

I made a mistake last week in regging for a £105 turbo sit and go ended up playing 2 against a high stakes reg. Luckily I won both game, so it was all good. I clicked re register and it came up £105 bi, I couldn't believe it! Snap de regd, checked my account couldn't believe it was £200 quid up, silly mistake turned good.

I thought it was a £1.05 sit and go lol

I was just practising stuff, playing these games different to how I used to play them.

Friday and Saturday, played quite a lot of £5 turbo games, maybe about 70-80, my roi was about 3-4 %. Over a large sample I reckon roi would be about 6-8%.

Also played quite a bit of HU Cash, I played one awesome player the rest I was really comfortable against. The really good player, had never heard of him before, it was only at 20nl, but he was 3 betting light a lot, really mixing it up. Definatly the trickest player I have played HU. He ended up stacking me, I had the nut flush he had a FH, but was a great game.

Played another HU game on Saturday night, stacked the player 4 times.

In the chat box he said "sigh, that's my last bullet"

I felt pretty bad, sounded like he was  only 18/19. He said he'd deposit money, build it up and lose it all. Was making a lot of mistakes, I told him to build a bankroll and get involved on the community on sky to help him improve his game.

Talked over a few of the hands with him.

His goal was to be a pro, maybe one day he will be a pro and can help me out!

Hey Dan,

Just seen you had a thread yesterday.

Good luck with the year!

Must say your chat transcript around the chop 3 handed was one of the funniest things I've ever read on a poker forum.

Loved the "wiiiiiii i'm going to buy a car" from 3rd chip leader. For them 2 seconds later 2 drop 5k lol Brilliant negotiating and a great deal.

Also echo what Pleno said, always love your feedback on hands in the poker analysis section.

All the best for the forthcoming year.

[Villian has £15 behind]

Would be interested on thoughts on this.

When I done it I was quite happy with it, looking at it now, it looks pretty bad to me.

It's against a tight player, I think i'm way better peeling their raise on the flop here. Thought i'd shove when I had most equity in the hand.



It's 20nl, i'm in the BB with   , I've just sat down with £20 quid, blinds are 10p /20p it folds round to the SB who calls, I raise to 60p, SB calls.

Flop:  

I bet £1.05, 75% pot, Villian re-raises me to £2.80, The pot is £5.25.

I just jammed right over the top. I think this is a mistake? Villian has £15 behind

Would it be better to peel 1 street? Re-assess on the turn?

Thanks

Hey, welcome to Blonde and good luck!

I've been playing a lot of HU recently, sit and go turbos, and also some HU cash.

Definatly my favourite part of the game, it's such a great dynamic.

Good luck in 2014, and will follow with interest.

Hey Tikay!

Sorry for the late response, just seen your message this morning!

I read the staking thread after I had posted in here, all the rules, that it applied to all forum posts not just those within the staking section.

Must say I agree, it's good that some one can't just join and post in there right away to prevent fraud/ scams.

Oh yeah Top of the Posts entry! Can't really remember that, but i'm pretty sure I was out to a sick bad beat, like when I got it in behind, flopped the nut flush draw, turned a straight draw, Had an Ace as back up  and bricked the river

That was a nice gesture you made on the day.

This hand here, not been playing against oppo for long, think he's quite a decent HU player. Its a HU Cash table 20nl.

I think the best move is possibly to check the turn? He's called a big bet on the flop, felt he'd call the turn bet.

I have  , villain has £17.92

I have £21.20 s/b, I minraise button 2 40p, Villian 3 bets to 0.80, I 4 bet to £2.40, villain calls, pot is £5.60

Flop, 

Villian checks, I bet £4.80 he calls, pot is £15.20 (villain has £10.52 behind)

Turn  villain checks, I set him all in.


LARSON7  Small blind   £0.10  £0.10  £21.20 
x  Big blind   £0.20  £0.30  £17.92 
   Your hole cards  A K           
LARSON7  Raise   £0.30  £0.60  £20.90 
x Raise   £0.80  £1.40  £17.12 
LARSON7  Raise   £2.40  £3.80  £18.50 
x  Call   £1.80  £5.60  £15.32 
Flop
      2 K 9           
x  Check     
LARSON7  Bet   £4.80  £10.40  £13.70 
xCall   £4.80  £15.20  £10.52 
Turn
      8           
x  Check     
LARSON7  All-in   £13.70  £28.90  £0.00 
xFold     
LARSON7  Muck     
LARSON7  Win   £14.44   £14.44 
LARSON7  Return   £13.70

Hey

Just regd with p/stars at the weekend.

Only ever played 6 handed up to now, most of their games are 9 handed.

I was playing an 18 handed sit and go earlier, top 4 paid.

It was with 8 players left, I had pocket in early position, was chip leader (just) and min raised.

It folded round, to the bb who called. Flop came down AQJ, villain donk bet pot, I fold.

Just wondering, playing 9 handed should you just ditch small pocket pairs from early position?

[Pre - I tend to isolate pre with this sorts of hands]

Right, I was typing out a reply to this and my bloody phone went dead, so lets try again...

Pre - I tend to isolate pre with this sorts of hands, in an attempt to get heads up, in position with the betting lead, which is of course a very nice situation to be in.

Flop - As played, I probably don't raise this hand on the flop. I guess this is more down to personal preference though, raising is probably fine, although I rarely would raise top pair poor kicker for value in this particular spot, where preflop ranges can be very, very wide.

Turn - We absolutely have to bet this turn card if checked to, whether because we took the betting lead on the flop or not. We get another street from absolutely any pair, since many players feel like this card improves their one pair hands, since it is now less likely that we have a 10. We continue to charge players to draw, and allow them to make a mistake by calling this bet on the worst possible card for their drawing hands. We also build a pot with a hand that has now become a legitimate value hand, meaning that if our opponent does want to bluff catch with a one pair hand, we are making them pay the absolute most to do so. I think a great many people, myself included, would be considerably better off if they didn't try and make people fold pairs. For this exact reason, that people can get very sticky to one pair hands especially when top pair pairs up, we can confidently set up going for three streets of value of exactly the sort of hand that the villain actually has, because it is in fact quite easy for them to call with worse. In short, this is the absolute nut card for us to continue, and the value that we miss in these situations will definitely mount up and affect our ability to build stacks in these tournaments.

River - Raising the lead is obvs fine, although our sizing seems a little crazy. Pot is what, 520 before the river, right? So when he leads, pot is 680, and we make it 1040, nearly double pot!

When we make river bets, we need to consider our opponents range and have a very clear idea of the purpose of our bet. In this instance, we would like a call off a relatively weak range (i.e. a one pair type hand, maybe A high). We might think that we are polarising ourselves by betting this much, but what we actually do is frighten off exactly those sorts of hands. By making it a little smaller, we give ourselves a better chance of them making that hero call. I'm pretty surprised that we get shown a worse hand here after they shove, would feel like we're chopping that pot like all the time. I would think it's very, very rare for us to find someone wanting to make a bluff against this sizing, and I was certainly pretty surprised to see them turn a hand this good into a bluff, where we actually had a really good go at making them fold. I know it worked out in this exact hand, but I do think against the majority of people we would miss value.

Probably going to get ripped for that little paragraph, so DISCLAIMER obvs this is all imo, please don't hurt me for it. I'm off to find a corner to hide in.

Not at all, very nice post.

I've just looked at this hand, I played it really bad, and just got lucky my opponent played the river pretty terrible.

My first mistake was limping - like I said in my original post I never do this. It seems recently, there is a lot more limping than usual. I played a tournie a few nights ago and there was 2 players on the table who would limp 90 plus % of hands, call any raise, and found it real difficult to fold post flop.

I had watched a video from a good MTT player, and he was talking about "limping ranges" and limped a hand like 10J os, over 2 limpers (was a 9 handed game)

Thought I would give it a go. Looking at this hand don't like it at all, you have no idea where you are in the hand.

On the flop, i raise to take control of the hand plus there 40 lead (into 160) looks so weak.

On the turn is pretty horrendous. This is the type of move i used to make 6 months ago and is definatly a mistake. I'm just missing out on so much value and need to build a pot for the river/ protect against draws. Like you said Rexas the 10 is the nut card for me on the turn.

On the river, the player bets 140, into 520 a ridiculously small bet. The player is inexperienced.

I know they have something, and am pretty sure they will call a river bet. Never putting them on a 10 here. I was thinking a 5 might be a big part of their range here. I didn't see them folding, especially if they had a 5 ( that would be the nuts to them, and they never put me on a 10). I decide to overbet the pot, pot plus 1/3rd. I was pretty confident i'd get a call (from this player)

Thanks both, looking at it now, shoving the river is pretty bad, seemed like a good idea at the time!

I felt if I bet, even smallish, he's going 2 fold and the only way to get value was to check it to him and let him bluff.

I could bet small to induce a bluff raise. But don't think he could do this, and would end up just folding.

Yeah probably pretty bad checking the turn!

I have   in bb, 18k, blinds are 300/600.

Folds round to button, who is chip leader he has 54k in chips. He's a decent player and has been stealing a lot.

He min raises to 1200, I was going to 3 bet it, but decided just to call. A 3 bet would have been better probably to just try and win it there and then.

Flop;  

It's a pretty nice flop for me, i'm good here most times against oppos range.

I check, villain bets 1900 I call (pot is 6.5k). I didn't see any point in raising, because he has to fold most of his hands.

Turn  , pretty bad card for me hating the King. It goes check check.

River ; loving life, I need to check to villain to let him bluff at it.

He over bets the pot. betting 8.1k into 6.5, I jam my last 15k.

Interested for views on this hand? Especially pre flop action, thanks

I have   OTB , blinds are 20/40 deepstack game (I have 5k about starting stack)

UTG limps (they limp every hand/ call big raises), it folds to me, I do something I never do, I limped my 10j os. (Blinds are pretty passive)

Small blind calls, bb checks.

Flop,  

SB Checks, BB bets 40 (min bet), UTG calls, I raise to 180, SB folds, BB calls, other player folds.

Turn is  , Bb Checks I check behind ? Thoughts? Did it for deception hard for them 2 call with worse.

River is  

Villian bets 160!! I repop it to 1040, they shove for 3k total. I call they show a pair of .

Just looking for opinions on limping OTB pre/ line on Turn, thanks