Heinous River Folds

[Bodhi]

Ok, so I have a confession to make: Over my first 28k hands at 2/4 my W$SD% is almost 57.5%, and my WSD% is 27%. Somehow I've managed to win 2bb/100 hands, but I really need to improve some aspects of my game before I consider moving up to 3/6. The evidence says that I really don't like calling down with marginal hands, I prefere to fold pocket-pairs readily when there are overcards present, where the only indication that I'm beat is that my opponent has been calling my bets. Other aspects of my game have improved a lot since moving up from 1/2: I steal blinds more often, I defend my bb more often, I raise more preflop, and I peel more on the flop when I should instead of folding. Still, I can't shake the feeling that I am a nit. In the spirit of this discussion, I'm going to start posting hands that I consider heinous river folds.

Edit: For those of you looking for leaks in your game, this is where you should start.

Exhibit A:

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

The BB is a fish, 38%, 2%, .7. My notes say something like: cc KTo, won't raise top pair(x2), raised 77 pf in mp after 2 limpers

Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB caps</font>, CO calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (12 SB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises</font>, CO folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (8 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (10 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero folds. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Final Pot: 11 BB

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Exhibit B:

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Villain, the CO, is sort of tight, around 20.5%, 0pfr, 1.5 af, but only over 24 hands, so I don't really have much of a read. Oh my god this hand sucks.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (10 SB) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 folds, CO calls, SB calls, BB folds.

Turn: (6.50 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls, SB calls.

River: (9.50 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets</font>, SB folds, Hero folds. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Final Pot: 10.50 BB