Hey all, I just recently finished reading SSHE, and was trying to put the concepts into place, but clearly I'm still getting used to all the places where I should bet to make my opponents make mistakes. I just finished my first session after reading it well up, but there are two hands that particularly stand out that I should have been more aggressive on.
The table is very loose passive, people calling MP1 with Q-7 os and 7-10s, no real great players.
Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (10 handed)
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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Hero calls, CO (poster) checks, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, SB completes, BB checks.
Flop: (8 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(8 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, Hero calls, CO folds.
I thought about raising here to clear my aces as outs, and maybe my four as well, but instead just called because of how passive the table was, to see if I could get a useful turn card.
Turn: (6.50 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks, Hero checks.
I'm pretty sure I should have bet here, as the jack would have bet, the ace remains partially an out, and I considered the 8 2.5 outs just in case. So I had 2? A's, 2.5 8's, 9 clubs = 13.5 outs, giving me more than the 20% needed to raise. Does this sound about right?
River: (6.50 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, UTG calls, MP1 folds, Hero calls, SB folds.
I think I may have missed another bet here, as anything that could beat the 8 would have bet, and I would outkick any other 8.
Final Pot: 9.50 BB
All this sound right? Here is one more hand from the same session:
Villain is very loose, 50% VPIP in about 40 hands, seen him coldcall raises with Q-10os PF.
Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (10 handed)
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Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
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5 folds</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP3 calls, Button calls.
Flop: (6.50 SB) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP3 folds, Button calls.
I lead the flop to see if I could bluff the ace, as I had no backdoor flush draw or clean outs except the jack of clubs.
Turn: (4.25 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.
Because the hearts and overcards kept coming, I was afraid of these, and would not have been surprised at all if he had played either A or K-rag.
River: (4.25 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.
Should I have lead here? or am I just opening myself to reraises by a better hand and calls by what I'm beat? If I was the button, should I have bet?
Final Pot: 4.25 BB
Thanks for your time and all that, if you get the chance to reply that'd be cool, if not that's fine too. Thanks!
akira