PS Hands for review - Trips nailed by Str8, same opps 3 mins apart!

12AX7 · #1 07-10-2005, 07:18 PM

OK I have to admit I was multi-tabling and got "clusted" with a number decent hands on two tables at once.

But this takes the cake. I get trips 3 minutes apart. Cracked by straights against the same opponent on the same table, 3 minutes apart.

I was pretty bleary, and didn't even see the straights.

So the high level questions I could use some help with are:

1) I've started playing 2 tables because I find it like watching paint dry to try to follow hands on a small screen that I'm not in. But clearly, when both tables have a hand at the same time, this sort of thing can happen. You miss details.

Any thoughts on how to organize my process to be more effective at multi-tabling, or

2) Maintain more focuse on one table? (Only thing I can think of is to play higher. Had that problem when I lived in Vegas. 1-5 stud put me to sleep, move up to 5/10 or 10/20 and I was *on it dude*. But I'm not so good at HE, so that's like asking to get shot?)

So here's the hands. Thoughts? Thoughts on seeing straights faster and easier? Etc.

Suffice to say I packed it up and went over to a NL table to start over! LOL! NL is sufficiently "scary" to keep my attention a little better.

Guess I take the multi-table fish award today.

Argh! I am a flounder!

Guess all that stuff by Ed M. I've been reading lately is useless if you are bleary and aren't applying it!

Some serious questions thought:

1) Technically 3 betting JJ is an error based on most hand charts I've seen, true?

2) Why would Villian (dubbed STRAIGHT MONSTER) stay in with his cards agains so many pre-flop bets. That wasn't "correct"? Was it?

3) In all honesty, in hand 1 I realized there was a 3 flush after the fact. On my terminal PokerStars clubs and spades, even in 4 color are very similar looking. Have to get a bigger monitor if I'm going to mulit-table (aside from learning how to play!)

4) Should I have seen these coming and dumped my trips?

With Hand 1 the flush (that wasn't the threat anyway) I was thinking OK I have outs to a boat...

With Hand 1 I got rivered, and never say it coming... again the other table had a decent hand too.

Hand 1 *****

PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 raises, 1 fold, MP2 :#A500AF(STRAIGHT MONSTER)/ calls, 3 folds, Hero 3-bets, BB calls, UTG+1 caps, MP2 :#A500AF(STRAIGHT MONSTER)/ calls, Hero calls, BB calls.

Flop: (16 SB) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, UTG+1 folds, STRAIGHT MONSTER raises, Hero calls, BB 3-bets, STRAIGHT MONSTER caps, Hero calls, BB calls.

Turn: (14 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, STRAIGHT MONSTER bets, Hero calls, BB calls.

River: (17 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, STRAIGHT MONSTER bets, Hero calls, BB calls.

Final Pot: 20 BB

Results in white below: 
BB has Ts Th (three of a kind, tens).
STRAIGHT MONSTER has 9h 8d (straight, jack high).
Hero has Jd Js (three of a kind, jacks).
Outcome: STRAIGHT MONSTER wins 20 BB. 

Hand 2 *****

PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is CO with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls, UTG+1 :#A500AF(STRAIGHT MONSTER)/ calls, 3 folds, Hero raises, Button calls, 2 folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 :#A500AF(STRAIGHT MONSTER)/ calls.

Flop: (9.40 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
UTG checks, STRAIGHT MONSTER bets, Hero calls, Button calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (6.70 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
UTG checks, STRAIGHT MONSTER bets, Hero raises, Button calls, UTG calls, STRAIGHT MONSTER calls.

River: (14.70 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
UTG checks, STRAIGHT MONSTER bets, Hero raises, Button 3-bets, UTG folds, STRAIGHT MONSTER calls, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 23.70 BB

Results in white below: 
STRAIGHT MONSTER has Jc Qh (straight, king high).
Hero has Th Tc (three of a kind, tens).
Button has Qd Jd (straight, king high).
Outcome: STRAIGHT MONSTER wins 11.85 BB. Button wins 11.85 BB.

brettbrettr · #2 07-10-2005, 07:25 PM

you're posting in the wrong forum. I'd recommend the miro-limits forum but I don't hate them.