Alone in the Dark - The poker musings of an also ran

[RED-DOG]

AARRRGGHH!!!!

This table is so soft, it bends when I rest my elbows on it.  

Why can't I win?

Confidence fading....  fading....  fading...

[RED-DOG]

I raise the button with 10 10, sb re-raises, bb shoves, I fold.

next hand

I raise in the cut off with JJ, button re-raises. big blind shoves, I fold.

Do me a favour, just sniff your monitor and tell me if I smell fishy.

Is this in 6 max? what were the stack sizes?

Full ring Dreenie. (Bank roll / Cajones too small for 6 Max)

[mondatoo]

Have you got yourself hidden for Stars search Tom ?

[RED-DOG]

Have you got yourself hidden for Stars search Tom ?

Yes. Too many jealous husbands around.

[titaniumbean]

play 6 max 9 is horrible. it will hold you back from improving imo.

[dreenie]

I raise the button with 10 10, sb re-raises, bb shoves, I fold.

next hand

I raise in the cut off with JJ, button re-raises. big blind shoves, I fold.

Do me a favour, just sniff your monitor and tell me if I smell fishy.

Is this in 6 max? what were the stack sizes?

Full ring Dreenie. (Bank roll / Cajones too small for 6 Max)

Me being me, I'm prob not folding the JJ there, imo if you wanna exeperience the highs aswell as the lows, think u need to get it in more, to get more highs out of it. The postions you are all sat in, prob makes my decision towards the call button - imo, get it in and hope for the best, it's the way forward imo - gl :-)

[RED-DOG]

Strapping a pair on as we speak......

[RED-DOG]

Haemorrhaging money calling raises with small pairs trying to catch a set.

Better to rr late position with small pairs?

[doubleup]

Haemorrhaging money calling raises with small pairs trying to catch a set.

Better to rr late position with small pairs?

No

[RED-DOG]

Haemorrhaging money calling raises with small pairs trying to catch a set.

Better to rr late position with small pairs?

No

That's what I thought 

[outragous76]

Haemorrhaging money calling raises with small pairs trying to catch a set.

Better to rr late position with small pairs?

No

This is poker, surely the answer is depends ....... On alot of things!

[titaniumbean]

Tom, post hh's. Remove your hole cards. Give reads on your opponents, how many tables are they playing? did they sit full? are they awful etc.

[RED-DOG]

PokerStars Game #61472043641:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/04/29 16:22:29 ET
Table 'Benetnasch VII' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: aq10 ($44 in chips)
Seat 2: MrChiffo ($41 in chips)
Seat 3: tanyaa1956 ($100 in chips)
Seat 5: Jompatan ($106.65 in chips)
Seat 6: Vattanen_AA ($47.50 in chips)
Seat 7: RED D0G ($91.30 in chips)
Seat 9: generalpoker ($104.50 in chips)
Vattanen_AA: posts small blind $0.50
RED D0G: posts big blind $1
bekay87: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RED D0G
generalpoker: folds
aq10: folds
MrChiffo: folds
tanyaa1956: folds
Jompatan: folds
Vattanen_AA: raises $2 to $3
RED D0G: raises $6 to $9
Vattanen_AA: raises $11 to $20
RED D0G: folds
Uncalled bet ($11) returned to Vattanen_AA
Vattanen_AA collected $18 from pot
Vattanen_AA: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18 | Rake $0
Seat 1: aq10 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: MrChiffo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: tanyaa1956 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Jompatan (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Vattanen_AA (small blind) collected ($18)
Seat 7: RED D0G (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: generalpoker folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[Tractor]

play 6 max/

[titaniumbean]

ok...

edit fwiw I didn't see that our opponent only had 50bbs, check stack sizes always ldo. assume 100bb discussion not 50.


1) try to have 100bbs if poss

2) What is your opponent type in the hand? tight/loose? aggressive/passive?

To be taking the line of 3 bet folding bvb , we want to be thinking that our villain is opening to steal with a wide range, that our villain perceives us as not being out of line/vloose, we want to either have what we consider against this player type to be a strong value hand or a hand that we don't mind dumping when we get 4 bet (preferably either with blocker value to his nut range or with a hand that plays relatively well when called ie 67s>A2o if we see a flop).  Another good read on our opponent would be that they are wide active pre but then call too many 3 bets oop and we can gain money by 3bet/cbetting with a high frequency and exploit their wide oop calling range.

BvB people really can go mental.

Another way of playing back to exploit a wide sb steal range is to just call your opponent and play the pot inposition with the idea to raise and call lots of different flop textures.