evaluate my play

[bmedwar]

Please take a look at how I played these four hands and let me know if I should have played them differently. I'm "Brian". Thanks!!

GAME #1

HOLE: As 7c
Saxum posts small blind
Sanja posts big blind
Crusoe folds
Hari folds
Jagger folds
Anders folds
Brian raises
Maggie folds
Hooke folds
Doyle folds
Saxum calls
Sanja folds

FLOP: Qd 9c 3h
Saxum bets
Brian raises
Saxum folds

Brian wins uncontested.

GAME #2
HOLE: 5d Kd
Anders posts small blind
Brian posts big blind
Maggie folds
Hooke folds
Doyle folds
Saxum folds
Sanja folds
Crusoe raises
Hari folds
Jagger folds
Anders calls
Brian calls

FLOP: Th 8d 3d
Anders checks
Brian checks
Crusoe bets
Anders calls
Brian calls

TURN: Th 8d 3d Ac
Anders checks
Brian checks
Crusoe bets
Anders calls
Brian calls

RIVER: Th 8d 3d Ac 3s
Anders checks
Brian checks
Crusoe bets
Anders folds
Brian calls

Brian has 5d Kd
Crusoe has Ah As
Crusoe wins with a Full House, Aces over Threes.


GAME #3
HOLE: Qd Tc
Sanja posts small blind
Crusoe posts big blind
Hari folds
Jagger folds
Anders folds
Brian calls
Maggie folds
Hooke folds
Doyle folds
Saxum folds
Sanja raises
Crusoe folds
Brian calls

FLOP: 7d Th 5d
Sanja checks
Brian bets
Sanja raises
Brian calls

TURN: 7d Th 5d Ah
Sanja checks
Brian checks

RIVER: 7d Th 5d Ah 3s
Sanja bets
Brian calls

Sanja has Ac Td
Brian has Qd Tc
Sanja wins with Two Pair, Aces and Tens.


GAME #4
HOLE: Tc Kc
Brian posts small blind
Maggie posts big blind
Hooke folds
Doyle folds
Saxum calls
Sanja folds
Crusoe folds
Hari folds
Jagger folds
Anders calls
Brian calls
Maggie checks

FLOP: 5h 7h 3d
Brian checks
Maggie bets
Saxum folds
Anders folds
Brian calls

TURN: 5h 7h 3d 7c
Brian checks
Maggie bets
Brian calls

RIVER: 5h 7h 3d 7c Kh
Brian checks
Maggie bets
Brian raises
Maggie calls

Brian has Tc Kc
Maggie has 9d 5d
Brian wins with Two Pair, Kings and Sevens.

[Duke]

1. Ok you were right that your opponent was weak. Good work.

2. The river call is ridiculous. You think he's betting with a smaller flush draw that missed?

3. OK you found an opponent who doesn't know what they're doing either. Her try for a turn CR was just plain dumb.

4. You continue with the pattern of calling when you maybe should be raising for a free card if you think your overcard outs are live, and then raising when you actually might be way behind and have no way of knowing if you are or not because of how you played the previous streets.

~D

[bmedwar]

thanks for your comments. They really make a lot of sense, and I've adjusted my play. Previously I was thinking of early raises as "announcing my presence with authority" (in the words of Nuke LaLoosh). Now I'm starting to see them as gathering information while it is cheap to do so.

[LetsRock]

Hand 1: Think this a pretty rediculous raise and you just got lucky that everyone at your table caught nothing or super passive. I hope your read of the table or your perception of your table image was in the decision making. It's a great bluff, but I would get out of that habit as a general rule.

Hand 2: Are you trying to give the table the impression that you are a calling station? I hope you showed your cards, because that is absolutley all you could have gained for your money here. Please come sit at my table.

Hand 3: Fold this pre flop. Fold this on the flop. Fold this on the turn. WOuld you fold that crap already?

Hand 4: I may have seen the turn, but I wouldn't have called a turn bet with that. You have NOTHING but overcards and could easily be drawing dead by now.

I sincerely hope (for your sake) that this post was a joke and I was a victim. Sorry to be so harsh, but this is pretty awful play in my book.