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nWirb
04-19-2005, 05:33 PM
All the hands are played with no reads @ 22s.

Hand 1:
Pretty strangely played hand, I didn't want to invest alot of my stack here with a drawing hand knowing I would probably get a alot of calls from small pp's, suited connectors etc.

Should I raise more on the turn here? I felt I was way ahead here and no obvious draws on the board, so I wanted to get some value on the turn from weaker hands.

I was a bit scared of that T on the river, should I value bet here?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP1 (t365)
MP2 (t1135)
MP3 (t770)
CO (t835)
Button (t1430)
SB (t785)
Hero (t740)
UTG (t1805)
UTG+1 (t135)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls t15, UTG+1 calls t15, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP3 calls t15, CO calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t90) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks.

Turn: (t90) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t40</font>, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t40, MP3 folds, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t80</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t200</font>, UTG+1 calls t80 (All-In), CO calls t120.

River: (t610) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Hero checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: t610

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Ks As (two pair, kings and tens).
UTG+1 has Ac 7h (one pair, tens).
CO has 9h Kh (two pair, kings and tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t610. </font>
Hand 2:
Here I played AKs a bit faster, but it ended up backfiring on me.
Check on turn here? Raise more?
I didn't want to just give up when I had raised limpers that checked to me on the flop.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (7 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP1 (t705)
MP2 (t835)
CO (t760)
Button (t925)
SB (t1710)
Hero (t725)
UTG (t2340)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls t15, MP2 calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t15, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Button calls t105, SB calls t105.

Flop: (t390) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t150</font>, Button folds, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t700</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1240

Hand 3:
I didn't quite know what to make of the small reraise, but I thought I had a shot at taking down the pot without a SD and a good chance at winning it against one caller.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG (t700)
UTG+1 (t755)
Hero (t435)
MP2 (t2120)
MP3 (t635)
CO (t325)
Button (t1345)
SB (t855)
BB (t830)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t45</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t75</font>, MP3 calls t75, CO calls t75, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t425</font>, MP2 calls t350, MP3 folds, CO calls t250 (All-In).

Flop: (t1290) 4/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t10 (All-In)</font>, MP2 calls t10.

Turn: (t1310) J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 2 all-in)</font>

River: (t1310) 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t1310

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Ah Kd (high card, ace).
MP2 has 5c 5h (one pair, fives).
CO has 6s 6c (three of a kind, sixes).
Outcome: CO wins t1090. MP2 wins t220. </font>

nWirb
04-20-2005, 05:23 PM
Anyone?

PancakeBoy
04-20-2005, 06:23 PM
I like hand1.

hand 2 - i treat AK really lightly pf at the early levels, i dont like raising pf; just check , bet if u hit tptk and make good judgement if u get resisted.

hand3 - i think i like the all in here; gotta get back in tourney otherwise ur 400 stack is gonna die soon even as quickly as level 3.