Re: 2 situations
Hand 1 is horrible for a number of reasons. First off, even though you have position 9xBB is way to big for a PF raise, try 3-4xBB. The only situation in which you would want to make a raise like that preflop is when you are acting behind a number of preflop raisers that have raised in front of you and you are holding a big pair. With a drawing hand like AKos the only thing that you are going to do is get worse hands to fold and better hands to call, unless you get some loose callers, but even so, an uncoordinated board that you have paired is still not going to make up for the long term losses accrued in the previous situation I mentioned.
Secondly, your play becomes markedly worse when you get to the flop. You have 14 outs on the flop, either to pair the board, make your backdoor flush, or complete a streight, so you are looking at roughly 2:1 odds, discounting that if you make your TP his streight may also be made, or you may both draw a flush, him with the nuts. In either case, you are way behind, possibly drawing dead, and should have been out of the pot long ago.
Thirdly, your turn call is ridiculous, and is no where near passive but lands flatly on loose. Calling a huge bet like that on a coordinated board when you are holding only TPTK facing two possible flushes and a streight is horrible.
Finally, your river play was definately passive. That 7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] is a scare card that you should use when acting after a check with a board and betting like that. Make a nominal bet, try and steal the pot, or get yourself a little ahead if you do have the best hand... for all the other times you raise 9xBB with AKos and get the blinds folded to you or don't pair the board. IMO
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I'm still getting used to a deep stack, and I find that I'm a bit hesitant to contest large pots with only moderately strong hands when I'm new to the table. Is this normal?
Hand 1:
Hero is dealt A K on button
-- UTG opens 2xBB, 2 calls, hero raises to 9xBB, UTG calls, others fold.
Flop Q J 3 (pot 21)
-- UTG Donkbets 10$, hero calls
Turn K
-- UTG bets 21$, Hero calls
River 7
-- UTG checks, hero checks
-- Did I play this too passively? Without a note on the guy, I didn't want to go crazy with just TPTK. Value bet the river? I thought he had KJ/KQ.
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