Looking for Critiques on 2 hands....

Warder · #1 03-07-2005, 03:54 PM

Ok, first hand. I'm new to the table so I only have 1 orbit of information and couldnt' really pick anything useful up. I'm dealt Jacks, it's folded to me, I open raise about 6x the big blind and get 3 callers. Great flop for me! UTG checks, I make a 4 dollar bet and both Villain and UTG call. This kind of stumps me, and here I think I'm behind in the hand. On the turn UTG checks to me again, and expecting the possibility of a check raise, I decide to just check and so does Villain. On the river UTG moves all in, I decide to call here and then villain reraises all in. I call his all in, but probably shouldn't have. How would you have played it?

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

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG ($14.55)
UTG+1 ($44.45)
MP1 ($22.3)
MP2 ($17.65)
Hero ($37.2)
Villain ($25)
Button ($37.82)
SB ($63.87)
BB ($24.75)

Preflop: Villain posts a blind of $0.25. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
UTG calls $0.25, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1.6, Villain calls $1.35, 2 folds, BB calls $1.35, UTG calls $1.35.

Flop: ($6.50) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $4, Villain calls $4, BB folds, UTG calls $4.

Turn: ($18.50) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, Villain checks.

River: ($18.50) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero calls $8.95, Villain raises to $17.9, Hero calls $8.95.

Final Pot: $54.30

Second hand: It's folded around to me in the small blind with KQ hearts, and think about raising here, but I just want to play the hand so I elect to call. Not too surprising, he mini raises me and I call. Really nice flop for me here, 2 clubs on the board... I bet the pot here, her raises it up to $2. Curious play here, I can't imagine he has me beat, a reraise probably would have been my best option to see where I was at in the hand, but I decide to just call. Turn comes 4 hearts I check here and he bets 4.75. Now I'm thinking and have him on a range of hand AA,KK,QQ,AQ,5s,2s. Now here I should have just dropped the hand, but I listen to the devil on my shoulder instead of the angel. On the river comes a king, to my good fortune. I move in and he calls me. Tell me what you think

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

saw flop|saw showdown

MP3 ($19.4)
CO ($26.5)
Button ($21.2)
Hero ($24.75)
Villain ($37)
UTG ($11.1)
UTG+1 ($5.35)
MP1 ($67.92)
MP2 ($30.45)

Preflop: SB posts a blind of $0.1.
7 folds, Hero (poster) completes, Villain raises to $0.25, Hero calls $0.25.

Flop: ($1) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $1, Villain raises to $2, Hero calls $1.

Turn: ($5) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, Villain bets $4.75, Hero calls $4.75.

River: ($14.50) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Villain calls $17.50.

Final Pot: $32