First hand;
First off I'd fold preflop, vs an UTG open, We want hands that are gonna give us a chance to be aggressive post flop and this isn't really one.
Flop call, very standard - did you think about raising? call obviously fine/prolly best.
Turn, v standard.
River... This is actually pretty close for me, don't get me wrong I'd expect we have the best hand very often, but the flop is so dry that we don't have too many bluffing hands, if the flop was
then I'd bet for sure with your hand given we can be bluffing g with missed clubs v feasibly (and we have the
) but given that we have both j and 8 of the suit and its very unlikely from him opening UTG that he can have a 7 or 6 high flush (AA64 with 64diamonds only really)
Readless I'd check this back, obv if I had some reason to bet I'd go ahead and bet.
Hand 2;
Again I'd defo fold preflop - if it was dbl suited I wouldn't minnnd 3betting although I think we can find some better hands really, but I wouldn't call this even vs a BTN open, we're gonna be OOP flopping bad draws and weak pairs, again not really gonna be much opportunity to be aggressive with this hand post flop, and vs a BTN open who can pretty much rep anything on every board lol it's just sonars to play.
Flop is stnd (although its still a bit meh for us)
Turn I really like the lead, we can have plenty of bluffs (97 naked for e.g) and hell have some equity he.ll pot control with so plenty of value. Given we expect hi. To raise 9T decently often OTT this s a very easy vb I'd go big, $25~ You still have plenty of bluffs and he has lots of hands he could pick you off with. Like it post flop this hand. Fold to a raise, don't think he's bluffing most of his range is gonna be able to bluff catch and you are reaping 9T and very feasibly could have it pretty silly spot to randomly bluff.
this edited quote is a lot of what i wasnt thinking of. e.g raising flop on hand 1
i know pre flop folding here is best, these were some pretty funky calls considering im 4 tabling zoom short stacking.
i like a lot of what you wrote super lim.
hand1 i badly missed taking the consideration that the only flush i'm beating was a 7 high and not being results orientated i still like half potting river because there is alot of AKQ KKQ type hands that havent flushed that may still call because i rep more splits and two pair hands otr. your explanation is spot on and agree so much i should probs check back readless
HERO bets $12.50
VILLAIN: calls $12.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HERO: shows [
] (a flush, Jack high)
VILLAIN: shows [
] (a flush, Queen high)
VILLAIN collected $50.38 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $52.75 | Rake $2.37
Board [
]
Seat 1: stanimir8319 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: HIDEROU (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: ahirani (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: VILLAIN showed [
] and won ($50.38) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 5: HERO showed [
] and lost with a flush, Jack high
Seat 6: Mex-check folded on the Flop
Hand 2 i hear what you're saying about calling hands here like this. I do tend to call pretty light out of the sb but defend only the really good boards for my hand, this board is something i would consider to be at the bottom of my defend aswell, as stuff like J34r or suited i tend not to continue with.
i didnt decide to bet big as i couldnt see how i was getting called on the river if i went huge because i semi tanked flop call anyway, so after donking turn then river blanking off, i thought betting near pot he's gonna hero fold sets and ill only be getting called 100% by his 54 and noting else, not bothered about villain having 9T 'cus of flop bet and he didnt raise turn.
HERO: bets $5.75
VILLAIN: calls $5.75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HERO: shows [
] (a straight, Five to Nine)
VILLAIN: mucks hand
HERO collected $36.68 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $38.41 | Rake $1.73
Board [
]
Seat 1: yakuni (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: HERO (small blind) showed [
] and won ($36.68) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 3: VILLAIN (big blind) mucked [
]
Seat 4: Kongimarko folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Smudo217 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: diffi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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