Ajax410
09-25-2004, 03:35 AM
My session tonight was pretty solid - played 1400 hands and made $37 - I didn't win any hands in my first 100-200, so I was fighting from behind for the most part - I was very happy with my results. Anyway, here are a few hands I'd love to have critiqued if anyone has time...
1) Making sure this is an okay way to play AK.
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB folds, MP2 calls, CO calls.
Flop: (7 SB) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls, CO calls.
Turn: (5 BB) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 folds, CO calls.
River: (7 BB) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO folds.
2)Do I screw up by not re-raising the flop? I don't particularly want to give away my hand this early...I figure if I hit it I can extract extra value...is this wrong? I was also hoping to raise on the river - but the person betting ahead of me lost his nerve - maybe I should have raised on the turn?
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. MP2 posts a blind of $0.5.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, <font color="CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, MP2 (poster) calls, MP3 folds, CO calls, Hero calls, SB folds, BB calls.
Flop: (10.50 SB) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, MP2 folds, CO folds, Hero calls, BB calls.
Turn: (6.75 BB) 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, Hero calls, BB calls.
River: (9.75 BB) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, MP1 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, MP1 folds.
Final Pot: 11.75 BB
3) Would you play this one any differently?
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls, BB folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.
Flop: (9 SB) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB folds, MP1 folds, <font color="CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, MP2 calls.
Turn: (7.50 BB) 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, Hero calls.
River: (11.50 BB) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Final Pot: 11.50 BB
Final Pot: 8 BB
4) Played okay?
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls.
Flop: (8 SB) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls, MP2 calls, SB calls.
Turn: (6 BB) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP2 calls, SB folds, BB calls.
River: (12 BB) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, BB folds, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 16 BB
5) I'd seen this guy try to bluff a few times earlier...just wanted to call him down. Is this a bad spot to do it?
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is CO with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.
Flop: (7.50 SB) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
MP1 checks, MP3 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.
Turn: (5.25 BB) Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
MP3 folds, Hero calls.
River: (6 BB) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Final Pot: 6 BB
6) Should I have laid this down when I didn't flop any kind of flush draw? I'm pretty sure I'm drawing to very few outs.
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">UTG+2 3-bets</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero caps</font>, UTG+2 calls, SB calls, BB calls.
Flop: (16 SB) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls, <font color="CC3333">UTG+2 raises</font>, SB calls, BB calls, Hero calls.
Turn: (12 BB) Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, SB calls, BB calls, Hero calls.
River: (16 BB) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, SB calls, BB calls, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 20 BB
7) Obviously I get lucky, but was this a terrible call off the flop?
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (6 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with T/images/graemlins/club.gif, 4/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: (6 SB) A/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(6 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets</font>, MP calls, CO folds, Button calls, Hero calls, BB folds.
Turn: (5 BB) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets</font>, MP calls, <font color="CC3333">Button raises</font>, Hero calls, UTG calls, MP calls.
River: (13 BB) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
For some reason the converter isn't showing river betting - Check from me, check from player 2, Bet from button, Raise from me, call from both players.
Final Pot: 13 BB
1) Making sure this is an okay way to play AK.
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB folds, MP2 calls, CO calls.
Flop: (7 SB) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls, CO calls.
Turn: (5 BB) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 folds, CO calls.
River: (7 BB) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO folds.
2)Do I screw up by not re-raising the flop? I don't particularly want to give away my hand this early...I figure if I hit it I can extract extra value...is this wrong? I was also hoping to raise on the river - but the person betting ahead of me lost his nerve - maybe I should have raised on the turn?
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. MP2 posts a blind of $0.5.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, <font color="CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, MP2 (poster) calls, MP3 folds, CO calls, Hero calls, SB folds, BB calls.
Flop: (10.50 SB) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, MP2 folds, CO folds, Hero calls, BB calls.
Turn: (6.75 BB) 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, Hero calls, BB calls.
River: (9.75 BB) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, MP1 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, MP1 folds.
Final Pot: 11.75 BB
3) Would you play this one any differently?
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls, BB folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.
Flop: (9 SB) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB folds, MP1 folds, <font color="CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, MP2 calls.
Turn: (7.50 BB) 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, Hero calls.
River: (11.50 BB) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Final Pot: 11.50 BB
Final Pot: 8 BB
4) Played okay?
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls.
Flop: (8 SB) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls, MP2 calls, SB calls.
Turn: (6 BB) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP2 calls, SB folds, BB calls.
River: (12 BB) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, BB folds, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 16 BB
5) I'd seen this guy try to bluff a few times earlier...just wanted to call him down. Is this a bad spot to do it?
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (9 handed)
Preflop: Hero is CO with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.
Flop: (7.50 SB) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
MP1 checks, MP3 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.
Turn: (5.25 BB) Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
MP3 folds, Hero calls.
River: (6 BB) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Final Pot: 6 BB
6) Should I have laid this down when I didn't flop any kind of flush draw? I'm pretty sure I'm drawing to very few outs.
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">UTG+2 3-bets</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero caps</font>, UTG+2 calls, SB calls, BB calls.
Flop: (16 SB) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls, <font color="CC3333">UTG+2 raises</font>, SB calls, BB calls, Hero calls.
Turn: (12 BB) Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, SB calls, BB calls, Hero calls.
River: (16 BB) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, SB calls, BB calls, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 20 BB
7) Obviously I get lucky, but was this a terrible call off the flop?
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (6 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with T/images/graemlins/club.gif, 4/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: (6 SB) A/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(6 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets</font>, MP calls, CO folds, Button calls, Hero calls, BB folds.
Turn: (5 BB) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets</font>, MP calls, <font color="CC3333">Button raises</font>, Hero calls, UTG calls, MP calls.
River: (13 BB) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
For some reason the converter isn't showing river betting - Check from me, check from player 2, Bet from button, Raise from me, call from both players.
Final Pot: 13 BB