What would you do playalong - hand context provided!

[Aaron W.]

Everything starts off normal. Find an open table, take my seat, and watch a couple hands while waiting for the blinds to roll around to me.

Paradise Poker 1/2 Hold'em (4 handed)

Hand #1:
Preflop: Hero sits out. CO calls, Button calls, Villain (SB) raises, everyone calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Villain bets, BB folds, CO calls, Button calls.

Turn: (5.5 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Villan bets, all call.

River: (8.5 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Villain bets, all fold

Final Pot: 8.5 BB

Result: Villain wins with no showdown.



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Hand #2:
Preflop: Hero sits out. CO calls, Villain (Button) raises, SB raises all-in ($1.75), everyone calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
BB checks, CO checks, Villain bets, BB check-raises, CO cold-calls, Villain calls.

Turn: (7.5 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
BB bets, CO folds, Villain calls.

River: (9.5 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
BB bets, Villain folds.

Final Pot: 9.5 BB

Result: BB wins the pot.
SB has 9h Ts (two pair, tens and sixes).
BB has Kc As (two pair, kings and sixes).



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Hand #3: All-in player rebuys

Preflop: Hero sits out. Villain (CO) raises, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls

Flop: (6 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
SB checks, BB checks, Villain bets, all call.

Turn: (4.5 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
SB checks, BB checks, Villain bets, SB calls, BB folds

River: (6.5 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
SB checks, Villain bets, SB calls.

Final Pot: 8.5 BB

Result: SB wins the pot.
SB has 8d Kc (two pair, queens and eights).
Villain has Kd 9h (two pair, queens and fours).



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Hero sits in... Villain is now UTG.

Paradise Poker 1/2 Hold'em (5 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero ...

[deception5]

I raise this.

[car ramrod]

call, no need to raise to isolate as your BB.
Looks like villian raises pretty light and continues to bet. I would check / call down, unless of course I hit, then pop the turn.

Call, and probably check/raise any flop.

[deception5]

My bad, I thought hero was the button...

Call.

[dethgrind]

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I raise this.

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What are you thinking about when you decide to reraise? How do you play different types of flops? What if he caps it?

Sometimes I call and checkraise the flop. Other times I reraise and bet the flop. It's all kind of fuzzy though; I'm not sure exactly what sort of factors I need to be considering.

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I raise this.

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What are you thinking about when you decide to reraise? How do you play different types of flops? What if he caps it?

Sometimes I call and checkraise the flop. Other times I reraise and bet the flop. It's all kind of fuzzy though; I'm not sure exactly what sort of factors I need to be considering.

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I would prefer 3betting/bet if we were in the SB vs. a button/CO raise.

Against a UTG raise, I think we have to give more credit. While our hand is strong enough to defend, I think we need to reevaluate on the flop.

[Aaron W.]

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Call, and probably check/raise any flop.

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What sorts of flops will you not checkraise?

[Reqtech]

call the pf raise, plan to checkraise any board that doesn't contain a K, Q, or J.

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Call, and probably check/raise any flop.

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What sorts of flops will you not checkraise?

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KQJr is a board that is I won't check raise since we haven't hit anything (our gutshot is worth a small mention here) and it's fairly unlikely it missed the PFR unless he raised with 77/88/99.

I also might not raise a JTx board.