What a day...

[Rudi]

/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I experienced the meaning of the word "variance" and saw $50 of my bankroll disappear (30BB at $0.5/$1 and 20BB at $0.25/$0.50).

I won't bother posting the set-over-set or the getting beat by the guy who goes runner-runner flush after calling two cold because his 10-7 was "sooted".

What I am concerend about is folding potential winners. Any comments are appreciated.


Hand 1:

My read on the SB is that she likes painted cards and will call with any Ace, King, Queen or Jack. She will bet top pair in front of a pre-flop raiser. Hence the fold. Do I grit my teeth and call down anyways?

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Preflop: Hero is Button with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, CO calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, CO calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, UTG+1 calls, CO folds, Hero folds.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: 5.50 BB

Hand 2:

This epitomizes my day with offsuit overcards, raising preflop and missing the flop. There were times when I called down on ragged flops only to be shown a small pair after the checking through the river.

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Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, BB calls.

Flop: (8.50 SB) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 4.75 BB

Hand 3:

No reads, new player sat down, but thinks he is one of those who falls in love with painted cards as well. Once the J hits, I was done. If the Jack is a /images/graemlins/club.gif I call the turn bet.

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Preflop: Hero is BB with 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, SB calls.

Flop: (9 SB) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls, MP2 calls.

Turn: (9 BB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero folds, MP2 calls.

River: (11 BB) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, MP2 folds

Final Pot: 11 BB

[toss]

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I experienced the meaning of the word "variance" and saw $50 of my bankroll disappear (30BB at $0.5/$1 and 20BB at $0.25/$0.50).

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In hand 2 you gave up waaaaaay too fast. I'd raise the flop.

[ArturiusX]

Hand 1: Raise this flop, don't give him credit for the king just yet. Call his 3-bet and fold the turn UI.

Hand 2: Weak yet again. Raise this, looking for a cheap river card.

Hand 3: This is good.


Also, 50BB loss is not variance, this is normal poker. I regularly drop 50BB-80BB, only to make it back. Its poker.

[the_rookie]

Hand 1: With those reads I say good laydown.

Hand 2: Raise for a free card.

Hand 3: Peel off another card and fold turn UI.

[i wanna be me]

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Hand 3: Peel off another card and fold turn UI.

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UI is going to happen 45/47 of the time (42.5/47 if you count your runner runner 9 flush and runner runner 2 gapper) - with the ace and 3 others I think this is an easy check-fold (but if you want to play with the ace out there you HAVE to raise - calling is TERRIBLE). This is why I hate raising 99 PF - it is so tough to play post-flop with no set.

[Rudi]

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I experienced the meaning of the word "variance" and saw $50 of my bankroll disappear (30BB at $0.5/$1 and 20BB at $0.25/$0.50).

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In hand 2 you gave up waaaaaay too fast. I'd raise the flop.

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Yup, seeing the poker conversion, I miscounted the pot odds and thought they were in the range of 5 to 1.

[Rudi]

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Hand 1: Raise this flop, don't give him credit for the king just yet. Call his 3-bet and fold the turn UI.

Hand 2: Weak yet again. Raise this, looking for a cheap river card.

Hand 3: This is good.


Also, 50BB loss is not variance, this is normal poker. I regularly drop 50BB-80BB, only to make it back. Its poker.

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Hand 1: Do I fold the turn UI after raising the flop and the SB bets into me again?