Some hand from $1/2 level. Please for critique....

[Greg J]

Please ignore me -- I obviously cannot read.

[TheKentock]

He was in the BB, someone else open-limped from MP2.

[Greg J]

Whoops. I have been reading a lot of things wrong lately. Please ignore me! [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

[AlmightyJay]

I'm betting out on the flop in hand 1, although I'm also folding preflop. You played it way too passively. Cap the flop, unless you have strong reason to believe that you can check/raise the turn for more money. You need to bet your sets more strongly, what are you afraid of here?

Nothing too interesting about hand 2.

Hand 3, I'm folding preflop, and DEFINITELY folding the flop. A 5-high, one-card flush is not very strong. This is major spewing.

Hand 4, I think if you're going to play that hand here, you have to raise it. You don't want a bunch of limpers behind you.

*grunch*

Hand 1: Bad call preflop. There's no reason not to cap preflop. MP2 has called 2 cold on the flop, he might call two more, and you know the button is calling. After check-raising the flop you have to bet the turn IMO. Since you didn't you need to raise and keep trapping the button. The river check is horrible. Theres no reason to give them a free showdown when a non-scare card hits the river.

Hand 2: You MUST lead this river here, you just hit top pair! Anyone who also hit the K is calling here, so bet it for value. I would probably bet the turn as well to get a few folds and to try and scoop the pot if no one has anything.

Hand 3: I'm folding on the flop, given there are 3 players left to act behind you.

Hand 4: I'd probably raise preflop here if the table is fairly fishy. I also like leading the flop here since you flopped TPGK. TP isn't a good enough hand to trap with IMO, but I could be wrong. I HATE calling BB's raise on the river, but I guess you have to. Looks like you beat by a T to me though.


Try not to post 4 hands in the same thread please, I think 1 or 2 hands at a time in the forum is standard normally.

Steve

1. Put large weight on bet/raise button.
2. Bet the river
3. Fold preflop. If not, fold the flop.
4. I raise preflop. You can fold the river.