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Old 11-30-2005, 11:59 PM
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Default ($20) Some pocket pair hands

I've got some hands that I'd like to hear about. These are all $22 Party pocket pair hands from two diff. tables.
Rather than clutter up the forum, I've included all of them here.

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SB here got his chips from a set-over-set-over-TPTK hand so no real read. Nor on anyone else yet.

--Was the flop push over-kill? I was definetly influenced by the Andathar guide wh/ I just glanced over for the first time earlier today.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (8 handed) converter

BB (t800)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
Hero (t800)
MP2 (t800)
CO (t820)
Button (t770)
SB (t2410)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t70</font>, MP2 calls t70, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB calls t60, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t222.50) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero calls [t730] , MP2 folds, SB folds.

Final Pot: t222.50

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SAME TABLE. Developed some reads--guy to my immediate left is loose-agg, and raiser is pretty tight, the rest of the table seemed solid, nothing significant.

--This fold seemed weak to me, but I feel it was OK here. What about a push? Too many people to act behind me.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter

CO (t555)
Button (t410)
SB (t735)
Hero (t855)
UTG (t1635)
UTG+1 (t520)
MP1 (t1010)
MP2 (t2280)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t125</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds including Hero </font>, UTG folds, MP1 calls t95, MP2 calls t95.

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SAME TABLE. Very next hand. BB is the LAG.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter

Scary for me/Scary for him type flop? I didn't know if I should c-bet to represent the A. LAG opponent wouldn't let go of a weak A, nor a draw of his own. Ugg..wasn't it Raptor who said something about having "ballz".

MP2 (t1310)
CO (t410)
Button (t720)
Hero (t825)
BB (t1605)
UTG (t520)
UTG+1 (t455)
MP1 (t2155)

Preflop: Hero is SB with T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, Button calls t30, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, BB calls t90, Button folds.

Flop: (t270) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets t300</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t570

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Next two hands are a different table.

No huge reads, except that everyone at this table is relatively tight for a typical $20. MP2 is really tight. And my image should be tight.

--seems like a weak steal attempt, but my stack size was awkward for this hand. I think I should have pushed, but the BB was tight enough for this and I could still get out if he re-raised.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) converter

MP2 (t1625)
CO (t370)
Hero (t785)
SB (t85)
BB (t1395)
UTG (t1445)
UTG+1 (t630)
MP1 (t1665)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Final Pot: t225

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Same reads...SB is the Uber tight guy.

--Again, this fold felt terrible at this stage. The table was pretty tight. Not sure if I should raise given the reads...but it would have been 30% of my stack. Can I push this with just over 10bb and posting bb next hand? ...again, ballz, grow some.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) converter

SB (t1525)
BB (t370)
Hero (t1010)
MP1 (t1320)
MP2 (t1430)
CO (t680)
Button (t1665)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds including hero UTG </font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t270</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls [t370] t100, Button calls t100.
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