My first try at NL

[bakku]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed)

Hero ($87.47)
UTG ($11)
UTG+1 ($20)
MP1 ($77.72)
MP2 ($26)
MP3 ($12.41)
CO ($5.13)
Button ($114.31)
SB ($88.40)

SB is Chris Daddy Cool, he currently has a 70% PF raise going on. He's raising $3 everytime there has been no other raises and is buying pot after pot. No one at the table is smart enough to catch on..

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50, Button folds, <font color="CC3333">SB raises to $3</font>, Hero calls $2.50, <font color="CC3333">MP3 raises to $12.41 (All-In)</font>, CO calls $4.63 (All-In), SB calls $9.41, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $87.47 (All-In)</font>, SB...


Let me have it..

Note: I'm a microlimit player, I have no skills and no real experience with NL games other than some loose home games with friends..

[bunky9590]

Looks good to me, except chris daddy is smart enough to know when to apply the brakes.

I get it all in with KK here in the party 25NL all day and twice on Sunday.

It worked out for you but I would immediately reraise to about 10 and not cold call the raise.

[gavrilo]

i wouldn't flat call with KK in this spot

[nicky g]

I would raise less on the final raise. Even on party there is a real danger that your opponenet will not call that big a reraise without AA. But otherwise looks good.

[bakku]

yea, i realized the cold-call was bad..I know that much

But how about when I pushed after 2 all-ins and Chris just calls the short stack? Would it be wiser to just smoothcall that one and see if I can get some bets out of Chris on the flop? Or do I want him to fold?

[bakku]

SB is a 2+2er, there's no way he's calling without AA after I push. That's the main thing I question about this hand..

[bunky9590]

Its unlikely Chris daddy has AA, the strawberry shortstack is all in. Chris Daddy may call with AK or QQ, but you have to knock Chris daddy back a few notches and let him know you'll set him all in now and then. Even if he doesn't call.

[bunky9590]

Make him fold, lots of dead money in there. Don't let him catch a miracle set or a miracle hand, make his stack go in now if he wants to.

[Sharingan]

mmmh, it's hard to comment.
A lot of small stacks at this table. I for one would not play on this table. The players don't have enough money to lose [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Anyway, I don't think you made a mistake. Maybe I would have raised a little bit, instead of going all-in. The person with a lot of money is the small blind. If you move all in he will probably fold, you want him to call. All the others are all in and even if you lose against a smaller set of some lucky two pair, you wont lose too much. By raising all in you're pushing out the single player that has a lot of money. Maybe he's holding AQ, KQ, JQ, TT etc.
If you're lucky he'll hit something and you're gonna take his whole stack.

Just my thought.
Lots of luck.

[nicky g]

Opps I missed the introduction about Chris and his preflop raise rate. Apologies for being dim.