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Gambler

09-07-2004, 02:21 PM

Looking for feedback on how well/poorly I played these.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG+1 ($20.80)
MP1 ($82.35)
MP2 ($47.75)
MP3 ($41.10)
CO ($31.45)
Button ($24.25)
Hero ($23)
BB ($81.90)
UTG ($4.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls $0.50, Button folds, Hero raises to $2, BB folds, CO calls $1.50.

Flop: ($4.50) K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $2.5, Hero raises to $5, CO calls $2.50.

Turn: ($14.50) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)
Hero bets $16 (All-In), CO folds.

Final Pot: $30.50

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (10 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

BB ($15.90)
UTG ($14.75)
UTG+1 ($19.57)
UTG+2 ($24.05)
MP1 ($16.68)
Hero ($23.75)
MP3 ($19.20)
CO ($17.05)
Button ($55.60)
SB ($21.50)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls $0.50, Hero raises to $3, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, MP1 calls $2.50.

Flop: ($6.75) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $6, MP1 folds.

Final Pot: $12.75

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP2 ($117.68)
MP3 ($25.80)
CO ($25)
Button ($131.90)
SB ($80.25)
BB ($27)
UTG ($38.60)
Hero ($21.75)
MP1 ($19)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif. CO posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG folds, Hero calls $0.50, MP1 folds, MP2 calls $0.50, MP3 folds, CO (poster) checks, Button calls $0.50, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($3) 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $3, MP2 calls $3, CO calls $3, Button calls $3, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: ($15) 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (4 players)
Hero bets $18.25 (All-In), MP2 calls $18.25, CO folds, Button folds.

River: ($51.50) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $51.50

Wayfare

09-07-2004, 02:40 PM

H1: You aren't getting him to lay down any K here, and you have the nut-A. Why are you trying to scare him out of the pot? Check/call is a better option if you think he has no king.

H2: standard.

H3: I hate it.

AZK

09-07-2004, 02:45 PM

Hand 1: Preflop I'm not always so quick to raise AQo when I'll be out of position for the rest of the hand, I'm wondering if it's ok though due to the party structure, anyone else have comments on this? I probably would have check-raised more on the flop as for the turn, what are you afraid of a flush?

Hand 2: I noticed you raise $2 with AQo, and raised to $3 with KK...any reason why the difference? Both only had 1 limper to you...I'd keep your opening raises to a standard + function of limpers...

Hand 3: What are you hoping to be called down by? Ace high? It is party, but I think you are beat here a majority of the time...

Wayfare

09-07-2004, 02:48 PM

You only have to keep your bets standard if the people are either:

A: Paying attention
B: Going to play with you again.

On this table, neither seem applicable.

jcm4ccc

09-07-2004, 02:49 PM

my basic opinion is that you are properly aggressive when you have the advantage. I think you played hands #1 and #2 very well. I don't think you chose the best time to go all-in on hand #1. Maybe on the flop, he would have been more likely to bite (since he would want to see the last 2 cards). Of course if he didn't you would have lost the $2.50 that you made. However, when the 5H came up on the turn, it was unlikely that that improved his hand. I think at that point i would have waited for the river card--maybe that would have improved his hand enough that he would have gone for it. But then you risked having him improve his hand better than a 2 pair, so I don't know. Perhaps you did the right thing.

Good play on hand #2. An Ace or a spade might have lost you the hand. Time to take the money, which is what you did.

As for hand #3, I honestly don't think you played that very well. You probably had the high hand after the flop, but you were in great danger of losing it, especially with so many people in. I think you should have been more aggressive, and made a bet that would have folded more people, or, best case scenario, everybody. A face card on the turn would have probably lost the hand for you.

Then, on the turn, you went all-in with a 2 pair. I think you were in great danger. He could have made a 2 pair on the river card, or perhaps a strait, or whatever. I think that hand got away from you. Since he went all-in with you, I'm guessing that he won the hand. Otherwise, he would have folded.

Wayfare

09-07-2004, 02:51 PM

On hand 1 it's even better to raise the flop and then check/call down to the river. I think you made the play that lets him get away cheapest when beat and loses your whole stack when you are behind.

So, I guess you could say you played it the worst you possibly could have -- except he didn't have a king /images/graemlins/smile.gif

AZK

09-07-2004, 03:12 PM

If I let an opponent see the river for free and another /images/graemlins/heart.gif appeared, I'd kill myself. He has TPTK, I wouldn't gamble with this hand.

Gambler

09-07-2004, 04:02 PM

Hand #3 my thinking was that the turn 3 was a blank. I couldn't see that helping any hands that I wasn't already way behind to so I thought a big bet was in order to scare out any draws and try to win it right there. It turns out the 3 saved my bacon as MP had 65o.