KK, QQ, JJ, TT

[lennywirtz]

I just sat down and was dealt KK, QQ, JJ and TT in my first 20 hands. Needless to say, the results of all four did not turn out too well. The big pocket pairs have not been very kind over the last few sessions.

In search of a pick-me-up, would you play any of these hands differently?


Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="666666">4 folds</font>, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, Button calls.

Flop: (8.50 SB) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, Button calls.

Turn: (5.75 BB) 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP3 folds, Button calls.

River: (7.75 BB) K/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

Final Pot: 9.75 BB



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Preflop: Hero is SB with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (6 BB) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP3 calls.

River: (10 BB) 4/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, MP3 calls.

Final Pot: 13 BB



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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif. CO posts a blind of $1.
<font color="666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) T/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 folds.

Turn: (4.75 BB) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls.

River: (6.75 BB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB caps</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 14.75 BB



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Preflop: Hero is UTG with K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">4 folds</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP3 calls, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: (5 BB) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP3 calls.

River: (7 BB) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 11 BB

[Piiop]

Hand 1 - I would probably check the river with the intention of calling a bet.

All the others I would play the same.

[frank_iii]

I would play each of them exactly the same way. I guess we'd both be losers. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[lennywirtz]

Thanks for the replies. I just wanted to make sure that I didn't play these overly poorly.

I've just recently decided to really concentrate on 1/2 after 20K+ hands at the .5/1 level, and the first thousand or so hands have been a struggle. I'm sure some of it is adjusting to the new level, and I also think that some has been just some plain bad luck.