First Hand History Post

[jdaddy]

This is my first hand history post.
Party $100
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: UTG ( $100)
Seat 2: Villain - UTG+1 ( $40.33)
Seat 3: CO ( $154.32)
Seat 4: Button ( $113.30)
Seat 5: Hero - SB ( $236.85)
Seat 6: BB ( $31.40)
Dealt to Hero [ 9 /images/graemlins/club.gif, J /images/graemlins/heart.gif ]
UTG folds.
UTG + 1 calls (1)
CO folds.
Button folds.
Hero calls (0.50)
BB checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif, T /images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8 /images/graemlins/spade.gif ]
Hero checks.
BB bets (4)
Villain calls (4)
Hero raises (8) to 8
BB folds.
Villain calls (4)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ T /images/graemlins/club.gif ]
Hero bets (20)
Villain calls (20)
** Dealing River ** : [ A /images/graemlins/spade.gif]
Hero bets (10)
Villain calls (10)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $81 | Rake: $2
No drama here, Villain shows 3 /images/graemlins/spade.gif,2 /images/graemlins/spade.gif
Anything I should have done differently here? Shouldn't the flop raise and $20 turn bet pushed in off this?

[crosse91]

in the future use the converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

[ajmargarine]

Other than what looks like a flop miniraise from you, /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/mad.gif /images/graemlins/confused.gif /images/graemlins/crazy.gif , looks OK. Turn is pot sized, if he is calling that on draws, should be a profitable session for you. If you're going to checkraise the flop, checkraise stronger than this, pot sized or more.

[Godfather80]

[ QUOTE ]
This is my first hand history post.
Party $100
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: UTG ( $100)
Seat 2: Villain - UTG+1 ( $40.33)
Seat 3: CO ( $154.32)
Seat 4: Button ( $113.30)
Seat 5: Hero - SB ( $236.85)
Seat 6: BB ( $31.40)
Dealt to Hero [ 9 /images/graemlins/club.gif, J /images/graemlins/heart.gif ]
UTG folds.
UTG + 1 calls (1)
CO folds.
Button folds.
Hero calls (0.50)
BB checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif, T /images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8 /images/graemlins/spade.gif ]
Hero checks.
BB bets (4)
Villain calls (4)
Hero raises (8) to 8
BB folds.
Villain calls (4)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ T /images/graemlins/club.gif ]
Hero bets (20)
Villain calls (20)
** Dealing River ** : [ A /images/graemlins/spade.gif]
Hero bets (10)
Villain calls (10)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $81 | Rake: $2
No drama here, Villain shows 3 /images/graemlins/spade.gif,2 /images/graemlins/spade.gif
Anything I should have done differently here? Shouldn't the flop raise and $20 turn bet pushed in off this?

[/ QUOTE ]

Bad luck for you. Villain is an idiot 2x. First for calling a $20 bet on the turn to win $43 on a ~4:1 shot. Second for not raising on the river when he hits his improbable card. WTF is he calling for?

Overall, it's a sad hand for you but could (should) have been much sadder since your opponent hit his card and charged you nothing.

[crosse91]

now that i've looked at the hand- NEVER MIN RAISE....its evil, horrible and just downright bad.

other then that-i like the thought of the flop raise (just make it bigger) and yes he should've folded to the turn lead.....

ps. Welcome!!

[jdaddy]

You're talking about the flop raise from $4 to $8 right? What would you suggest $12 or $16.

[jdaddy]

I tried. I am stupid. I copied the hand history, pasted it into the converter and it gave me a URL as output. Was I supposed to cut and paste the URL into I-explorer or something? Note : I did a search and could not find explaination of use.

[jdaddy]

He started hand with $40.33. He had $39 in the pot.

[ajmargarine]

[ QUOTE ]
You're talking about the flop raise from $4 to $8 right? What would you suggest $12 or $16.

[/ QUOTE ]

Pot appears to be $11 at the point where you are going to checkraise. So I would checkraise to $15 at the minimum instead of $8.

[TrailofTears]

Note that while using the converter is best, but this is a pretty damn solid self-made post.

In the future, try giving help with the hand as well as help with posting it.

Make a real raise on the flop. Good turn bet. Put him all-in on the river.

-T

[jdaddy]

Wow, now that I have thought about it a bit, I really appreciate your input. I loathe a pre-folp min-raise, but didn't really think about the fact that I am doing the same thing on the flop raise. I guess I was thinking about the bet and raise as a function of a multiplicative of the big blind, ie he bet 4 x bb and I raised 8 x bb. I am proud to say that I have taken something away from my first hand posted.
Thanks.

[crosse91]

agreed, and i did give advice on the hand 2 posts down.......


thanks, next time i'll put them in the same post

and to the OP (original poster) copy/paste the hand history, not just the url....