New to NL/PL

[ddubois]

My only NL expereince is SNGs. Tell me if I played this right. I actually didn;t even realize I was playing PL not NL, having accidentally joined a PL table. But it was irrelevant for this hand, as it never interfered with my chosen bet amounts.

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saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

MP1 ($52.65)
MP2 ($27.10)
<font color="C00000">Hero ($25)</font>
CO ($61.50)
Button ($20.40)
SB ($41.95)
BB ($42.75)
UTG ($22)
<font color="C00000">UTG+1 ($44.15)</font>
UTG+2 ($3.85)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="CC3333">UTG+1 raises to $1</font>, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $3</font>, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, BB calls $2,50, UTG+1 calls $2.

Flop: ($9.25) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG+1 bets $4</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $12</font>, BB calls $12, UTG+1 calls $8.

Turn: ($45.25) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets $10 (All-In)</font>, BB folds, UTG+1 calls $10.

River: ($65.25) Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $65.25
<font color="green">Main Pot: $65.25, between Hero and UTG+1.</font>

I'll hold off on results, so as to not taint my responses.

[bunky9590]

Pretty straight forward actually with those small stacks.

[SkippingGoat]

I'd raise more on the flop. When you get two callers behind you, you'd be correct to start worrying but with only $10 left in your stack and a pot of $45 there's no way you're getting away from this hand, esecially as the turn is a blank.

[ddubois]

I was actually wondering if I should bet less on the flop so that I could have a more of a stack to work with on the turn if a blank falls. Leaving myself $10 only barely gave me power to lay bad odds to a 8-9 out draw, and I would have preferred to have a bit more ammo on the turn to make their call worse.

I don't even know how much I would have been allowed to bet with pot limit there /images/graemlins/smile.gif. Now that I think about it, maybe I tried to raise more than $3 pre-flop and it defaulted down to $3?

UTG+1 had 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gifT/images/graemlins/diamond.gif and sucked out on me. In a way BB kind of [censored] me, because by calling the flop, he gave UTG+1 approximately attractive enough odds to call.

[SkippingGoat]

Raising less on the flop is simply not an option. Consider that the pot is $9 and there is a $4 bet to you. By raising to $8 instead of $12 you force the bettor to call only $4 laying him better than 5:1 on his draw! This would be a mistake. As is, you raised to $12 giving him better than 3:1, not enough for one street but still fairly generous.