8 level 1 hands. Pretty long. Comments please.

nWirb · #1 04-18-2005, 05:44 PM

No reads in any of the hands, all hands played at 22 PP.

Hand 1:
Not sure what to do with queens this early from UTG, I want to raise more then 4BB but still I want some more value then just T25 in blinds here.

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MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t785)
MP3 (t800)
CO (t785)
Button (t770)
SB (t785)
BB (t875)
Hero (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t60, 2 folds, MP1 calls t60, 5 folds, BB calls t45.

Flop: (t190) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t65, MP1 raises to t740 (All-In), BB folds, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t995

Hand 2:
Probably should have raised it to atleast 100 before the flop here.
I didn't give SB much credit for his small raise on the flop here. I probably should have reraised to like 150 on the flop.
I was pretty sure he had a 10 on the turn. Hoping for a K to call.

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SB (t800)
BB (t800)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
Hero (t800)
MP3 (t800)
CO (t800)
Button (t800)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls t15, 1 fold, Hero raises to t60, 3 folds, SB calls t50, 1 fold, UTG calls t45, UTG+2 calls t45.

Flop: (t255) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB bets t50, UTG folds, UTG+2 folds, Hero raises to t250, SB calls t200.

Turn: (t755) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets t490 (All-In), Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1245

Hand 3:
Not sure what to make of this hand, if he had a king he played it pretty strangely, maybe AK?

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SB (t800)
BB (t800)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t800)
Hero (t800)
CO (t800)
Button (t800)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
3 folds, MP1 calls t15, 1 fold, Hero raises to t85, 2 folds, SB calls t75, 1 fold, MP1 folds.

Flop: (t200) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t125, SB raises to t250, Hero calls t125.

Turn: (t700) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: (t700) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets t200, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t900

Hand 4:
Pretty strangely played hand, I didn't want to invest alot of my stack here with a drawing hand knowing I would probably get a alot of calls from small pp's, suited connectors etc.

Should I raise more on the turn here? I felt I was way ahead here and no obvious draws on the board, so I wanted to get some value on the turn from weaker hands.

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MP1 (t365)
MP2 (t1135)
MP3 (t770)
CO (t835)
Button (t1430)
SB (t785)
Hero (t740)
UTG (t1805)
UTG+1 (t135)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, UTG+1 calls t15, 2 folds, MP3 calls t15, CO calls t15, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t90) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (6 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks.

Turn: (t90) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (6 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t40, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t40, MP3 folds, CO raises to t80, SB folds, Hero raises to t200, UTG+1 calls t80 (All-In), CO calls t120.

River: (t610) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: t610

Results in white below: 
Hero has Ks As (two pair, kings and tens).
UTG+1 has Ac 7h (one pair, tens).
CO has 9h Kh (two pair, kings and tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t610. 
Hand 5:
Here I played AKs a bit faster, but it ended up backfiring on me.
Check on turn here? Raise more?
I didn't want to just give up when I had raised limpers that checked to me on the flop.

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MP1 (t705)
MP2 (t835)
CO (t760)
Button (t925)
SB (t1710)
Hero (t725)
UTG (t2340)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
1 fold, MP1 calls t15, MP2 calls t15, 1 fold, Button calls t15, SB completes, Hero raises to t120, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Button calls t105, SB calls t105.

Flop: (t390) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t150, Button folds, SB raises to t700, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1240

Hand 6:
I didn't quite know what to make of the small reraise, but I thought I had a shot at taking down the pot without a SD and a good chance at winning it against one caller.

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UTG (t700)
UTG+1 (t755)
Hero (t435)
MP2 (t2120)
MP3 (t635)
CO (t325)
Button (t1345)
SB (t855)
BB (t830)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, 1 fold, Hero raises to t45, MP2 raises to t75, MP3 calls t75, CO calls t75, 3 folds, UTG folds, Hero raises to t425, MP2 calls t350, MP3 folds, CO calls t250 (All-In).

Flop: (t1290) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero bets t10 (All-In), MP2 calls t10.

Turn: (t1310) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t1310) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t1310

Results in white below: 
Hero has Ah Kd (high card, ace).
MP2 has 5c 5h (one pair, fives).
CO has 6s 6c (three of a kind, sixes).
Outcome: CO wins t1090. MP2 wins t220. 

Hand 7:
I don't know if I like my raise from UTG here with just JJ, maybe I should limp? However playing JJ a bit faster has proven to be pretty proitable for me lately.

He's minraise on the on the flop made me pretty sure he didn't have an ace, and I thought I should atleast take a stab at the pot.

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MP2 (t1220)
MP3 (t605)
CO (t530)
Button (t755)
SB (t485)
BB (t2065)
Hero (t800)
UTG+1 (t785)
MP1 (t755)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t80, 4 folds, CO calls t80, 3 folds.

Flop: (t185) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets t15, Hero raises to t80, CO calls t65.

Turn: (t345) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.

River: (t345) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: t345

Results in white below: 
Hero has Jc Jd (two pair, jacks and twos).
CO has 9h 9s (two pair, nines and twos).
Outcome: Hero wins t345. 

Hand 8:
With just one caller of the ~7BB bet I might fold this preflop, however I felt I could play this for overpair and set value.
When I look back at the hand the flop all in looks a bit sketchy, but I only really feared AA-QQ, 66 and possibly A7 here.

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UTG+2 (t725)
MP1 (t580)
MP2 (t1035)
MP3 (t675)
CO (t775)
Button (t600)
SB (t955)
Hero (t800)
UTG (t1670)
UTG+1 (t185)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t100, 1 fold, MP1 calls t100, 4 folds, SB calls t90, Hero calls t85.

Flop: (t400) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t700 (All-In), UTG+1 calls t85 (All-In), MP1 folds, SB folds.

Turn: (t1185) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t1185) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t1185

Results in white below: 
Hero has Jc Jh (two pair, jacks and sevens).
UTG+1 has 6s Ad (two pair, sevens and sixes).
Outcome: Hero wins t1185. 

Suggestions? Comments?
Discuss please.

nWirb

Blarg · #2 04-18-2005, 05:56 PM

Break it up into 8 different posts, or two or three to a post at most.