Raising then autobetting missed flops. (Warning: 10 hands)

Eeegah · #1 09-19-2005, 02:54 AM

A perhaps rather large leak I've found is my tendency to autobet flops after raising preflop. It doesn't matter the texture of the flop, I still bet out, and oftentimes it costs me quite a bit, especially against passive players who are content to let you bet at them on every street.

In light of this, here are ten hands of mine over the past three months where I raised preflop despite an unfavorable flop to some degree or other. I autobet/raised the flop on most if not all of these, but several are rather questionable (though one or two are blatantly obvious bets to me). What's you're plan on these, and do they differ from a simple autobet? What's your plan if you do bet and are raised/checkraised? Skeletal reads are provided for players where I have any at all, as I don't remember what specifics I had at the time, so these reads may actually be more than what I had. Also, not all of these are losses.

Sorry about posting so many of these, but they should go quickly as they're not complete hands.

Hand 1
MP3: LAP
CO: TAG
SB: SLAA

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Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG calls, UTG+1 raises, 2 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO (poster) calls, 1 fold, SB calls, Hero 3-bets, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, SB calls.

Flop: (21 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (7 players)
SB checks, Hero...

Hand 2
UTG+2: LPP
MP1: LPP

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, Hero raises, 6 folds, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls.

Flop: (7.40 SB) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG checks, UTG+2 bets, Hero...

Hand 3
SB: LPP
BB: SLAP

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Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. UTG posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG (poster) checks, 2 folds, Hero raises, MP3 calls, 2 folds, SB calls, BB calls, UTG folds.

Flop: (9 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero...

Hand 4
BB: TAA
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Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero...

Hand 5
BB: LAP
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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
3 folds, Hero raises, 3 folds, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero...

Hand 6
UTG+1: LAP
MP1: LPP
MP3: LPP

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Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, 1 fold, MP1 calls, 1 fold, MP3 calls, 3 folds, Hero raises, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (8.50 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
Hero...

Hand 7
MP2: LAG
CO: LPP

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Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls, 2 folds, MP2 raises, MP3 calls, CO calls, 2 folds, Hero 3-bets, UTG folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.

Flop: (13.50 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
Hero...

Hand 8
MP2: LAG
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Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. MP3 posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 (poster) checks, 1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (12.40 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (6 players)
BB bets, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP2 raises, MP3 calls, Hero...

Hand 9
SB: SLPP
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Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
3 folds, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets, Hero...

Hand 10
(no reads)

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, CO calls, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: (7.40 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero...

Thanks again for taking the time to help out. My overall AF is creeping up over 3 again; maybe this'll help me be a bit more selective with my aggression.

(edit: fixed a couple reads' positions)