Overcards and a downswing

damaniac · #1 05-12-2005, 10:56 AM

Been downswining the last couple of days, so I wanted to check a few hands. Nothing terribly interesting at the moment, but of course one of the toughest areas is overcards, especially OOP. I think I used to bet too much with OC's...now I don't know. Here's a variety of situations, none of which is really terribly interesting but I want to see if everything is standard (minus where I state I misplayed them).

Hand 1: My foe is LA-P, according to PT, but I saw him cap KTo and go wild with it on a K99 flop, and then continued crazed aggression when an A came on the turn. I really should fold this somewhere, but where?

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Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises, 2 folds, CO calls, 2 folds, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, CO calls, BB calls.

Flop: (12.50 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, CO folds, BB calls.

Turn: (8.25 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (10.25 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 12.25 BB

Hand 2: I took a more passive line this time. Villain was somewhat loose, no better reads than that. Should I fire another barrel here?

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Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, 3 folds, CO calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, UTG calls, CO calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls, CO folds.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

River: (4.50 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

Final Pot: 4.50 BB

Hand 3:
I should check/fold the turn here right?

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
3 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, MP3 calls, 4 folds.

Flop: (5.50 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets, MP3 calls.

Turn: (3.75 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero...

Hand 4: I raised b/c the button was somewhat loose and the blinds were tight. I thought there was a reasonable chance I could get it 3-way against a fairly tight and quite loose limper (the bettor is the loose one I believe). The one thing I had seen him do was c/r and bet the whole way with 77 on a K33 board or something, so he was capable of aggression without top pair. Still, even with a big pot, easy fold cuz I got nothing right?

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Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls, Hero raises, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (10.50 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, MP2 bets, Hero folds, Button folds, BB folds, UTG folds.

Final Pot: 5.75 BB