Basic MTT spots- A PHA diary

[George2Loose]

Think in hand 1 bet bigger on flop, just so bet sizes will flow a bit more naturally through streets. As played absolutely hating life, especially as he has just raised and not gone all in, but I think when you take into account the (small amount) of times he has KJ/Kxdd or whatever other random hands he has decided to overcall with pre you have to just go with it.

Hand 2 i defo fold pre, but as played, play the same and sigh call river. Obviously his river bet is never a bluff but i think in a $15fo he can be potentially just be going ballist with A9/AJ etc.

Nice bluff kid. Too late to fix that image

[sm00035]

Think in hand 1 bet bigger on flop, just so bet sizes will flow a bit more naturally through streets. As played absolutely hating life, especially as he has just raised and not gone all in, but I think when you take into account the (small amount) of times he has KJ/Kxdd or whatever other random hands he has decided to overcall with pre you have to just go with it.

Hand 2 i defo fold pre, but as played, play the same and sigh call river. Obviously his river bet is never a bluff but i think in a $15fo he can be potentially just be going ballist with A9/AJ etc.

Nice bluff kid. Too late to fix that image

  tight is right!

[Pugwashed]

Hand 1: I definitely bet bigger on the flop and I get it in on the turn now against a random

Hand 2: Definitely fold pre. Postflop I play as played and I snap river. He can have Ax for value, he can have worse flushes

[pleno1]

both hands are very clear pre flop folds, think opening either of them is bad.

As played puke get it in in hand 1 and snap river kissing shelley and high fiving ace in hand 2.

[George2Loose]

both hands are very clear pre flop folds, think opening either of them is bad.

As played puke get it in in hand 1 and snap river kissing shelley and high fiving ace in hand 2.

Probs agree with hand 1- esp in the big 109. AJ is a pretty clear fold

A8ss first level of a comp surely we can just open this and let it go to any resistance for fairly cheap?

[Boba Fett]

fold both pre, call them both off as played

Think in hand 1 bet bigger on flop, just so bet sizes will flow a bit more naturally through streets. As played absolutely hating life, especially as he has just raised and not gone all in, but I think when you take into account the (small amount) of times he has KJ/Kxdd or whatever other random hands he has decided to overcall with pre you have to just go with it.

Hand 2 i defo fold pre, but as played, play the same and sigh call river. Obviously his river bet is never a bluff but i think in a $15fo he can be potentially just be going ballist with A9/AJ etc.

Hand 1: I definitely bet bigger on the flop and I get it in on the turn now against a random

Hand 2: Definitely fold pre. Postflop I play as played and I snap river. He can have Ax for value, he can have worse flushes

[Pugwashed]

both hands are very clear pre flop folds, think opening either of them is bad.

As played puke get it in in hand 1 and snap river kissing shelley and high fiving ace in hand 2.

Probs agree with hand 1- esp in the big 109. AJ is a pretty clear fold

A8ss first level of a comp surely we can just open this and let it go to any resistance for fairly cheap?

The A8s is the one that is definitely a clear fold for me. AJo I don't mind but I might fold at a tougher table early on but this early in the Big109 there are probably enough decent spots at the table that are calling too much playing terribly postflop that I'm happy getting into hands with them

They might both be folds but if either is fine to open then its the AJo

[George2Loose]

OK guys cheers.

Hand 1 villian had QTo

Hand 2 pocket tens

[TL900]

Hand 1: I definitely bet bigger on the flop and I get it in on the turn now against a random

Hand 2: Definitely fold pre. Postflop I play as played and I snap river. He can have Ax for value, he can have worse flushes

this imo ^ although i do fold AJ too.

[George2Loose]

Earliy in WU against reg. 3 questiions- wwyd on river? Being a reg he's unlikely to spacking about- we haven;t too much specific history.

Secondly do we/should we just fold flop?

Fold pre?

PokerStars Hand #78158654766: Tournament #566020016, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (20/40) - 2012/04/01 16:08:32 WET [2012/04/01 11:08:32 ET]
Table '566020016 6' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Firaldo87 (9820 in chips)
Seat 2: Dishboy_SWE (9110 in chips)
Seat 3: korobo4ka138 (10060 in chips)
Seat 4: rl1965 (10060 in chips)
Seat 5: dhilton12 (10870 in chips)
Seat 6: larseda (9940 in chips)
Seat 7: boxxxxer (10000 in chips)
Seat 8: House of Hor (9940 in chips)
Seat 9: George2Loose (20200 in chips)
Dishboy_SWE: posts small blind 20
korobo4ka138: posts big blind 40
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [ ]
rl1965: folds
dhilton12: raises 60 to 100
larseda: calls 100
boxxxxer: folds
House of Hor: folds
George2Loose: calls 100
Firaldo87: folds
Dishboy_SWE: folds
korobo4ka138: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [ ]
korobo4ka138: checks
dhilton12: checks
larseda: checks
George2Loose: bets 313
korobo4ka138: folds
dhilton12: raises 487 to 800
larseda: folds
George2Loose: calls 487
*** TURN *** [ ] []
dhilton12: bets 808
George2Loose: calls 808
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
dhilton12: bets 2890
George2Loose:

[outragous76]

George!!!>!>!>!?!??!??!

Fold pre
*shocked.jpg* @ flop
fold turn
and be making a cup of tea by the river

(this is early on a Sunday vs a reg specific)

[titaniumbean]

i'd prob fold pre without good reads on the table, as played vs dhilton I probably b/f the flop.

[George2Loose]

Cheers guys.

I know these spots are super standard (hence name of diary) but my biggest leak is pre antes. I've always played loads of hands pre ante- just how I naturally started playing (probs because I come from a live background) and having to make the most basic adjustments (like folding KQ in this spot)

[outragous76]

I think on Sundays (or even in Sunday's), there is no need to put yourself in bad spots early, and calling the kq ESP vs a reg (by reg I'm assuming he is in a tonne), let alone expose behind to the other type of Sunday hero just makes it a fold for me

I always remember being astounded watching middy fold for hours in Sundays, and pick up chips in easy spots, id always assumed when I started railing later on that he had been at it and playing lots of pots.

Keep these coming George, I love this thread

[pleno1]

yeh kq is a clear clear fold preflop because people dont get ool and we don't have any implied odds and generally will have the opposite, reverse implied odds, thus flopping top pair and either being outkicked or flopping top pair and opponents flopping a set. Generally we lose a big pot or win a small one.