2 hands for review.

[bigmac366]

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls, Button calls, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises</font>, Hero calls, MP calls, Button calls.

Flop: (8 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls, MP calls, Button calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP calls, Button folds, SB calls.

River: (12 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP folds, SB folds.

Final Pot: 13 BB

should i even be in this hand? turn raise good?


Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (6 SB) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG folds, MP folds, CO folds, Button calls.

Turn: (5 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button folds.

Final Pot: 6 BB

obviously the jack on the turn is a great card, i'm more concerned about my flop play.

[Grisgra]

Hand #1: I call preflop as well. If I think I can get SB to lay down something like AK or AQ, I raise the flop to clean up against a bunch of overcards and hope to bluff my way to the river unimproved if I don't catch. If you're not confident in that line, just calling the flop is fine -- in which case I raise the turn as well, as I'm probably best and in that case DEFINITELY don't want overcards hanging around.

The river in Hand #1 . . . I don't know that betting gets better hands to fold. I'm tempted to check/call here, hope that a bet comes from a missed draw (which is obviously what MP had).

Hand #2: Perfect.