Overbet Blues

[ML4L]

Hey all,

It's probably just bad luck, but recently, I've overbet all-in with quite a few monsters and not gotten paid off. So, I thought I would post some of the hands and see whether or not people thought these were good spots to overbet. All of these are from memory, so forgive me if the details aren't perfect (although I remember all of the important stuff). All hands are Stars 5/10.

Hand 1: Un-notable regular ($1000) opens to $40 from MP. All fold to me ($1000) in the BB, and I call with black 55. Flop comes:

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I lead for $75, MP calls. Turn comes:

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I lead for $140, MP calls. River comes:

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I move all-in for $800.

Hand 2: Good regular ($1500) opens UTG to $40. Folded to me in the CO, and I ($1100) call with black 66. BB calls as well. Flop comes:

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BB checks, UTG leads for $60, I call, BB folds. Turn comes:

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UTG leads for $90, I call. River comes:

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UTG leads for $120, I move all-in for $900.

Hand 3: Folded to button ($800; same good player from Hand 2; this is about a week later), who raises to $40. I ($1000)call in the SB with red 77. BB folds. Flop comes:

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I check, BB bets $80, I check-raise all-in.


There are a couple more, but now that I think about them, the pot was already pretty big, so my all-in wasn't really an overbet. If I think of any more good ones, I might tack them onto the thread (I probably would get better responses if these were separate, but oh well...).

Thanks in advance.

ML4L