Critique my first $5+.50

#1 09-12-2005, 05:26 PM

(Not really familiar with the hand converter, I will just type out the necessary info, and can try HH's if necessary)

Hand #1
Blinds 50/100

Call all in of SS (600 chips left, UTG +1) from BB with 77 (I have around 1300 chips). I have seen him push/call some pretty mediocre hands, so I am assuming a coin flip or better. He turns KJs and I lose. Was this an OK call, or too risky?

Hand #2
Blinds 50/100

I have around 600 left after the above, and I push A7o from the button. SB has 1500, BB has around 2k. Is this a good push?

Hand #3
Blinds 100/200

I am SB with AJo (1000 chips). Button limps, I push. He flips 77 and I’m out.

Final tally of “important” hands:

77 vs Kjs- Lose
A7 vs KQ- Win
AK vs AQ- Lose
AJ vs 77- Lose

I’m thinking I got my money in good/very good each time. I’m guessing this is the great foe: Variance?

(EDIT: Forgot to say, not trying to complain about my losing coinflips/bad luck. Just making sure that my plays were correct. Thanks again!)

#2 09-12-2005, 05:47 PM

From 2nd $5. I'm unsure about my turn bet, but I wanted his suspected flush draw/ str8 draw out. Still unsure, appreciate comments.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter

BB (t1700)
Hero (t1410)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t1205)
MP2 (t1175)
MP3 (t1690)
CO (t980)
Button (t2005)
SB (t1835)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t90, 2 folds, MP2 calls t90, 3 folds, SB calls t75, BB calls t60.

Flop: (t360) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets t250, MP2 calls t250, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: (t860) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t1070 (All-In), MP2 calls t835 (All-In).

River: (t2765) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t2765

J-Lo · #3 09-12-2005, 06:28 PM

hand 1 callin is bad... calling range should be quite tight

hand 2 good push

i'l reply to hand 3 in next post

J-Lo · #4 09-12-2005, 06:30 PM

in a $5 i go broke there EVERY TIME... well played.

playtitleist · #5 09-12-2005, 06:45 PM

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I wanted his suspected flush draw/ str8 draw out.

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Are you thinking you should have bet less on the flop? You gave him enough odds on the turn to make a call at a flush or straight draw.

Definitely don't bet less. Only play here is to push the flop. TPTK is only good as long as it's the best hand. That make sense?

#6 09-12-2005, 06:52 PM

I most definitely was not going to bet less/check the flop. Pushing seemed like a big overbet, but will people call in a $5 with junk like K9 in the AK example? Maybe I will start to bet more than the pot? My thinking was that the guy either had the K-rag, or the flush draw, and I could value bet him to death.(Not the straight as noted in the history, i was thinking of a diff. hand)

Looking back, calling with 77 was a sure mistake, I am going to run into an overpair far too often for it to be profitable.

Thanks so much guys, appreciate the feedback.

playtitleist · #7 09-12-2005, 07:12 PM

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Pushing seemed like a big overbet, but will people call in a $5 with junk like K9 in the AK example? Maybe I will start to bet more than the pot? My thinking was that the guy either had the K-rag, or the flush draw, and I could value bet him to death.(Not the straight as noted in the history, i was thinking of a diff. hand)

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At the low levels, which I play too, you can never put it past a guy to call with TPshitK, and the opened ended straight draw was a possibility.

But beyond all that, you had TPTK with a nice pot already waiting for you. No harm in taking it right here.

He had a lot of outs. Suppose a spade comes on the turn. What play would you make? Likely you chips are going in on this pot as J-Lo suggests. You want to be the one dictating when that happens.

I push this flop everytime.