Trouble in Paradise !!! Part II: 9 hands

[MarkD]

1,2,3 - seem fairly straightforward and correct.

4 - easy muck pre-flop. Wouldn't consider any other play here pre-flop, I believe 3 betting to be horrible, sorry. Your flop raise is fine, but when reraised I think you should slow WAY down. I think you should be considering folding the turn when he 3 bets you on the flop. I got the opinion you were playing this A9 as if you had AK.


Limper preflop is ok. I might fold when it comes back to me for 2 bets but I don't think it's a big mistake here. On the flop I think he should smooth call your raise and check raise you on the turn with his two pair, but reraising you is good too. Turn he was too passive (you don't have AA, 55, or a 4). Having not checkraised the turn limper should check raise the river here IMO. Betting isn't too wrong though, just not as good (he never got extra bets on any of the big bet rounds and he should have been able to since he should have put you on an AK / AQ).

Preflop raiser - his preflop play is fine. He was a chump on all other betting rounds. Calling station. Horrible. Should be able to muck it on the flop or at least the turn. Nope he's overcalling on the river.

5. I would fold a lot of posting hands against a raise. Say the guy posted and got 72o is he going to call? no. You played fine though.

6. Seems straight forward to me. No point betting the river. You seem to bet a lot though, are your opponents calling you down a lot? If so, that's good but you should consider taking some free cards if they are calling you with bottom pair and crap and beating you on the river.

7. Good.

8. It isn't wrong. He was getting over 12-1 on his call on the flop and it's an easy call on the turn. Dunno what you can do here, but if I had been you I think this might have been a flop I'd consider checking so that I could raise an opponent on the turn when they bet into me.

9. First call is ok, second call is a mistake. You should muck when it comes back two more to you.

You lost 5.50 (6-0.5 post) on hand 4 that you should not have. You lost another $1 on hand 9 you shouldn't have. I don't think there is anything you can do about hand 8, just bad luck - but because you raise preflop he was getting correct odds to call the flop (assuming hitting a Q would be good for him). If I was him I might have called (especially if I closed the action) and then run you over.