cold_cash
11-15-2003, 06:09 AM
Here are a couple hands from my session earlier tonight. I've been struggling with my play out of the blinds and these two hands really caught my attention because in each hand the pot was raised pre-flop by a jerk who was to my immediate left.
After Hand #1 he was giving me grief about calling his pre-flop raise. After Hand #2 he was really steamed and gave me more than a couple choice words for the same reason.
I'm most interested in what everybody thinks of me calling a raise with these hands, but advice on every street after that would be great also. Here goes:
Hand 1
Party Poker 1/2, 9 handed
I'm in the BB with Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif 9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
UTG (jerk) raises, MP calls, CO (poster) calls, button and small blind fold, I call.
Flop: Q /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 5 /images/graemlins/heart.gif J /images/graemlins/spade.gif
I check, UTG bets, MP calls, CO calls, I call.
Turn: 9 /images/graemlins/spade.gif
I check, UTG bets, MP calls, CO calls, I check-raise, UTG folds, MP and CO call.
River: 4 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
I bet, MP folds, CO calls. My hand is good.
It was right after this the berating of my play began. The very next orbit when I'm in the BB comes....
Hand 2
I'm holding Q /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 4 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
UTG (jerk) raises, MP calls, CO calls, button calls, I call.
Flop: T /images/graemlins/diamond.gif K /images/graemlins/diamond.gif J /images/graemlins/heart.gif
I check, UTG bets, MP folds, CO calls, button calls, I call.
Turn: A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
I check, UTG bets, CO folds, button calls, I check-raise, UTG calls, button calls.
River: 4 /images/graemlins/club.gif
I bet, UTG calls, button folds. My hand is good.
The hand history said UTG had QQ. He cussed me out after this one reallllly good. I told him that I was sorry and that I'd never played before and he got up and left shortly after.
Was my calling his raises a bad idea in these spots? They both seemed pretty pretty loose, but I don't know exactly how bad they were. Also, the UTG raiser hadn't been at the table for too long, so I wasn't too sure about which hands he'd raise with (which proabably makes my calls that much worse). Thanks.
After Hand #1 he was giving me grief about calling his pre-flop raise. After Hand #2 he was really steamed and gave me more than a couple choice words for the same reason.
I'm most interested in what everybody thinks of me calling a raise with these hands, but advice on every street after that would be great also. Here goes:
Hand 1
Party Poker 1/2, 9 handed
I'm in the BB with Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif 9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
UTG (jerk) raises, MP calls, CO (poster) calls, button and small blind fold, I call.
Flop: Q /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 5 /images/graemlins/heart.gif J /images/graemlins/spade.gif
I check, UTG bets, MP calls, CO calls, I call.
Turn: 9 /images/graemlins/spade.gif
I check, UTG bets, MP calls, CO calls, I check-raise, UTG folds, MP and CO call.
River: 4 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
I bet, MP folds, CO calls. My hand is good.
It was right after this the berating of my play began. The very next orbit when I'm in the BB comes....
Hand 2
I'm holding Q /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 4 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
UTG (jerk) raises, MP calls, CO calls, button calls, I call.
Flop: T /images/graemlins/diamond.gif K /images/graemlins/diamond.gif J /images/graemlins/heart.gif
I check, UTG bets, MP folds, CO calls, button calls, I call.
Turn: A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
I check, UTG bets, CO folds, button calls, I check-raise, UTG calls, button calls.
River: 4 /images/graemlins/club.gif
I bet, UTG calls, button folds. My hand is good.
The hand history said UTG had QQ. He cussed me out after this one reallllly good. I told him that I was sorry and that I'd never played before and he got up and left shortly after.
Was my calling his raises a bad idea in these spots? They both seemed pretty pretty loose, but I don't know exactly how bad they were. Also, the UTG raiser hadn't been at the table for too long, so I wasn't too sure about which hands he'd raise with (which proabably makes my calls that much worse). Thanks.