Flop set, amd I proceed to embarass myself. I play bad. [LC?]

[Kumubou]

The spiral to my "true 'win'rate" continues. (To be honest, I was running white hot to start, now I run bad -- the truth lies somewhere in between.)

Villan here is arsed, for all I know. Note: this is not a joke hand. How I ever make money playing poker is waaay beyond me (oh I know: I got lucky, just like the fish.)

Absolute Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 Max, 6 handed) converter

Preflop: Heroine is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, SB calls, Heroine calls.

I defend my blind because I am a loose fish, and a pair is better than AK right?!?!?

Flop: (6 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Heroine checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, SB calls, Heroine calls.

Ooh wow I flop a set and wait until the turn to raise... because only people with sets raise the flop!!! They're never see this coming!!!

Turn: (4.50 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Heroine checks, Button checks.

So I decide to checkraise the turn to extract maximum value. I mean, that is how tournament pros make thier money, by baiting people with top pair into going all-in with their slowplayed set. LOL the fish chasing that ace is so pwned... hey what the [censored] they checked through?! Bill Fillmaff bets that turn!

River: (4.50 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Heroine folds, Button folds.

So I get this, and I deserve it. A set on a 4-straight 4-flush board in a tiny pot because I absolutely failed to build any kind of pot whatsoever. As fitting punishment I should re-read "Winning Low Limit Hold'em" and play .02/.04 Hold'em until I can beat that game for more than .1 BB/100 hands.

Gord I suck so much ass.

Final Pot: 5.50 BB

(For anyone playing at home, I did have the sense to stop playing for the night after this hand.)

-K

[shadow29]

nude please.

[GTSamIAm]

I think you know what you did wrong. Check/raise or bet flop depending on player reads. Check/raise is usually appropriate. If you give a free card, bet good cards, call down bad cards if the opponents will bluff at all, bet if they won't.

[cdxx]

every single player started out doing this. i've done it numerous times.

it's much easier to just bet when you have it. less trickery/thinking involved.

[Dave G.]

Your hand was played, as you realise, like crap. However, you do have an awful lot of courage posting such a badly played hand to the forums. So you get a cookie.

[ArturiusX]

You're not a pro, play abc poker, bet when you're strong, fold when you're weak. Profit. Its not that difficult.

[clownshoes]

Bet the flop, you'll be able to 3bet.

[MATT111]

Always bet.
You can c/r if you are at least 90% sure button bets.

[SavageMiser]

Unless you are 100 percent sure that someone will bet behind you, you must bet this flop. But you know that.

And yeah, you're not a pro, but neither are your opponents.

at least it made people laugh [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]