Thanks for the comments and feedback. Here are the results from the three hands I laid out in the last post:
Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
UTG: $30.30
BTN: $58.45
Hero (SB): $87.90
BB: $61.30
Pre-Flop: Q
A
dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG calls $0.50, BTN folds,
Hero raises to $2,
BB raises to $5.50, UTG folds, Hero calls $3.50
Flop: ($11.50) J
Q
5
(2 Players)
Hero checks,
BB bets $8.50,
Hero raises to $24,
BB raises to $55.80 and is All-In,
Hero?Hero folds.
Results: $59.50 Pot ($2 Rake)
BB mucked and WON $57.50 (+$28 NET)I absolutely hate this situation, and have to agree with Craig and Rodney that this is a spot I need to avoid in the future, by folding to the re-raise. But having played it, I felt good about the fold there. With the J on the board, the only hand I'm beating is AK and maybe 99 or 1010 if those are in his PF re-raising range.
Question: Does being in position make you more likely to call with the AQ? Or is it an auto-fold to a PF re-raise to a non-laggy opponent?
Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
UTG: $48.50
Hero (MP): $104.20
CO: $62.85
BTN: $36.15
SB: $51.05
BB: $60.65
Pre-Flop: K
A
dealt to Hero (MP)
UTG folds,
Hero raises to $1.75, 3 folds, BB calls $1.25
Flop: ($3.75) T
8
K
(2 Players)
BB checks,
Hero bets $3,
BB raises to $9,
Hero raises to $22,
BB raises to $35,
Hero?Hero calls $13
Turn: ($73.75) K
(2 Players)
BB checks,
Hero bets $25, BB calls $23.90 and is All-In
River: ($121.55) J
(2 Players - 1 is All-In)
Results: $121.55 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed K A (three of a kind, Kings) and LOST (-$60.65 NET)BB showed T T (a full house, Tens full of Kings) and WON $118.55 (+$57.90 NET)It's good to know I'm not the only one who gets stacked here. I think the potential for draws killed me. I was able to convince myself that there was a good enough chance that he had QJ or a flush draw that it was worth it to stick around. The turn K helped finished me off. Looking back, bells really should have gone off at the strange raise to $35. Because I don't think that an OESD or FD does that. That's the move of a made hand. I think only 88, 1010, or K10 makes that move, and I think I could have gotten away at that point.
Full Tilt Poker, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
SB: $58.20
BB: $97.25
UTG: $79.40
MP: $18.75
Hero (CO): $119.20
BTN: $50
Pre-Flop: 8
7
dealt to Hero (CO)
2 folds,
Hero raises to $1.75, BTN folds, SB calls $1.50, BB folds
Flop: ($4) 4
7
8
(2 Players)
SB bets $4,
Hero raises to $13, SB calls $9
Turn: ($30) 6
(2 Players)
SB bets $5.50,
Hero?Hero raises to $104.45 and is All-In,
SB calls $37.95 and is All-In
River: ($116.90) 4
(2 Players - 1 is All-In)
Results: $116.90 Pot ($3 Rake)
SB showed 8 K (two pair, Eights and Fours) and LOST (-$58.20 NET)Hero showed 8 7 (two pair, Eights and Sevens) and WON $113.90 (+$55.70 NET)Ah, the world isn't all that bad. I figured him for something like 7-6, 9-10, 8-9, and figured I was going down to a 5-6 or a lucky naked 5 regardless. But I can't
believe he made that call with K-8.
So during this session, I ran well for about an hour and a half, and then got absolutely hammered for about 30 minutes before I quit. I lost 4 buy-ins during those 30 minutes. Lost another big one (not posted) holding QQ on a J-9-7 board, where my opponent flopped the straight. I made that big fuss about letting go of big pairs a little while back, but I still can't put it to any use. Until I can actually learn from these mistakes instead of repeating them, I'll be floundering around at this level, probably for a while. See you at the tables.
