(11) two hands that drove me nuts

Felt like I played this absolutely terribly.

***** Hand History for Game 2975747591 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:17111954 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Thursday, November 03, 19:44:02 EDT 2005
Table Table 67025 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Zbeldino ( $765 )
Seat 2: Seyboo ( $640 )
Seat 3: hsulftun ( $745 )
Seat 4: DBwhat35 ( $775 )
Seat 6: coastdog ( $815 )
Seat 7: skystar ( $860 )
Seat 8: ResLoKo ( $1575 )
Seat 9: R_Y_N_O ( $1085 )
Seat 10: stlgoebes ( $740 )
Trny:17111954 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Zbeldino [ Qc Ac ]
coastdog folds.
skystar folds.
ResLoKo calls [30].
R_Y_N_O calls [30].
stlgoebes folds.
Zbeldino raises [90].
Seyboo folds.
hsulftun folds.
DBwhat35 folds.
ResLoKo calls [60].
R_Y_N_O folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 5s, 3s ]
>You have options at Table 67108 Table!.
ResLoKo checks.
Zbeldino checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
ResLoKo bets [30].
Zbeldino calls [30].
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
ResLoKo bets [700].
Your time bank will be activated in 5 secs. If you do not want it to be used, please act now.
Zbeldino will be using his time bank for this hand.
Zbeldino folds.


Ironicly this is the hand that came right after, and busted me. who calls here? how do I play this?

***** Hand History for Game 2975757969 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:17111954 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Thursday, November 03, 19:45:56 EDT 2005
Table Table 67025 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Zbeldino ( $645 )
Seat 2: Seyboo ( $640 )
Seat 3: hsulftun ( $730 )
Seat 4: DBwhat35 ( $745 )
Seat 6: coastdog ( $815 )
Seat 7: skystar ( $860 )
Seat 8: ResLoKo ( $1770 )
Seat 9: R_Y_N_O ( $1055 )
Seat 10: stlgoebes ( $740 )
Trny:17111954 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Zbeldino [ Kc Ad ]
skystar folds.
ResLoKo calls [30].
R_Y_N_O folds.
stlgoebes raises [125].
Zbeldino calls [125].
Seyboo folds.
hsulftun folds.
DBwhat35 folds.
coastdog folds.
ResLoKo calls [95].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kd, Qc, 5c ]
ResLoKo checks.
stlgoebes bets [75].
Zbeldino calls [75].
ResLoKo calls [75].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
ResLoKo checks.
stlgoebes checks.
Zbeldino bets [200].
ResLoKo raises [900].
stlgoebes folds.
Zbeldino is all-In [245]
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]

[unreal_nh]

do you ever raise?

i'm learning a lot of lessons today.

#1:

I overlimp here preflop. If you want to raise, raise it to T150. Bet the flop, raise the turn and then u'll get different action on the river (but in your case I fold it)

#2:

Just push it preflop. Calling 125 with your stacksize isn't great.

[valenzuela]

1: ouch,Preflop is a thing of preferences really. You cant really bet that flop, enjoy trying to make ure oponent fold 88.( better to fold the best hand than to call with the worst)of course u bet the turn, pot size is fine( even if beting pot size leaves u with 200 chips)
2:WTF are u doing?? u have two choices, all-in preflop or all-in on the flop.

[ChrisV]

1. I limp AQ there. If you want to raise that's OK, but it has to be more. 3xBB plus 1BB for each limper is a good minimum.

2. Push preflop. A good rule of thumb is never to just call preflop for more than 1/8 of your stack. Push or fold instead.