Still Shaking about this hand..... Help needed

#1 12-13-2005, 10:43 PM

Hey guys I need some input about this hand. I am trying to not be a fish anymore. Please tell me what you think.....
I reposted this b/c it was in the wrong forum before.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) converter

SB ($1.63)
BB ($2)
UTG ($3.63)
Hero ($0.88)
Button ($2.36)

Preflop: Hero is MP with J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.07, Button calls $0.07, 1 fold, BB calls $0.05.

Flop: ($0.22) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets $0.02, Hero raises to $0.06, Button calls $0.06, BB calls $0.04.

Turn: ($0.40) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.1, Button calls $0.10, BB calls $0.10.

River: ($0.70) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.2, Button calls $0.20, BB raises to $1.4, Hero folds, Button folds.

Final Pot: $2.50

swedeD · #2 12-13-2005, 10:49 PM

Bet 0,15 or more after the flop. I would bet 0,20 - 0,35.

Make bets that are respectable, at least half the pot. By betting like you did, you are giving them good odds with drawing hands. Good fold at the end though.

#3 12-13-2005, 10:51 PM

Thanks! its nice for someone to take the time to put input. I apperciate it. Also thanks for the compliment about the laydown, it was a tough one.

jasonHoldEm · #4 12-13-2005, 10:50 PM

The thing about AJ is that your kicker sucks and it can be a real trap hand if you're not careful. PFR is fine, I'd raise it more on the flop (maybe .15-.25) and take it from there. When button coldcalls the flop raise and the BB comes along too I'm definitely not in love with my hand anymore.

J

swedeD · #5 12-13-2005, 10:52 PM

AJs are not such a good hand, but considering there are only five players at the table, your raise are ok. You should bet more preflop too, though. At least 4 x BB.

EDIT: changed flop to preflop

500apm · #6 12-13-2005, 10:52 PM

First, buyin to the max ($2). Preflop is fine, but on the flop you need to reraise more if you gonna raise, make it atleast $0.20. The hand will play differently then. Also, bet more on the turn and river.

As for how it was played, you have any reads on BB? It doesn't seem like a ten since he bet the flop, unless he had a pair on the flop with a ten kicker. But I'll probably fold the river, might be a flopped set too that was slowplaying. But since it's NL$2 people do random things. It's hard without reads.

jasonHoldEm · #7 12-13-2005, 10:55 PM

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I am trying to not be a fish anymore

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Also, just wanted to add that you won't be if you keep posting hands...we all have to start somewhere.

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J

#8 12-13-2005, 11:02 PM

Was this a quality laydown?

jasonHoldEm · #9 12-13-2005, 11:34 PM

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Was this a quality laydown?

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Meh...I think you made the proper play (eventually [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] ), but you lost too much money. If you make a larger raise on the flop and they still both call I think you can be done with the hand at that point and have a clear conscience. As played you lost $0.33, if make a bigger raise on the flop (lets say 0.20) and then check/fold you only lose $0.27 (even if you raise it to a quarter on the flop you still lose less $0.32 vs. $0.33)...saving those little bets adds up over time, and more importantly making the proper raises helps to put you in a position to win more pots.

J

Cosimo · #10 12-14-2005, 02:48 AM

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Was this a quality laydown?

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I think you'll see the phrase "good players aren't made by quality laydowns" around here a good bit. (Tho this is more true in limit than in NL.)

Quality betting > quality folding -- this is the reason why everyone has been commenting on your raise amounts.