Sunday, June 1, 2008

Give a Brother Some Advice

3 hands from last weekend. How would you play them differently, and how do you act at the critical juncture?

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Hand 1:
Villain is 28/16/2.0 over just 49 hands.

Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
MP: $35.55
CO: $43
BTN: $49.25
SB: $48.80
BB: $40.30
Hero (UTG): $88.90

Pre-Flop: 7 9 dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to $0.85, MP folds, CO calls $0.85, 3 folds

Flop: ($2.05) 9 5 9 (2 Players)
Hero bets $1.50, CO calls $1.50

Turn: ($5.05) 8 (2 Players)
Hero bets $3,
CO raises to $11.75,
Hero calls $8.75
1a) Different action here?

River: ($28.55) 3 (2 Players)
Hero checks,
CO bets $28.90 and is All-In,
1b) Hero?

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Hand 2:
Villain is 31/23/4.8 over 77 hands.

Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
BTN: $24.95
SB: $21.50
Hero (BB): $25.25
UTG: $18.80
CO: $19.05

Pre-Flop: J J dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG raises to $1, 3 folds, Hero raises to $3.10, UTG calls $2.10

Flop: ($6.30) 7 8 8 (2 Players)
Hero bets $4.50,
UTG raises to $15.70 and is All-In,
Hero?

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Hand 3:
Villain is 30/9/1.5 over 50 hands.

Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
UTG: $33.45
CO: $47.80
BTN: $24.25
SB: $42.70
Hero (BB): $114

Pre-Flop: A K dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG calls $0.25, CO folds, BTN calls $0.25, SB calls $0.15,
Hero raises to $1.25, UTG calls $1, BTN calls $1, SB calls $1

Flop: ($5) T 8 A (4 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3.50, UTG calls $3.50, BTN calls $3.50, SB folds

Turn: ($15.50) 9 (3 Players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, BTN checks
3a) Different action here?

River: ($15.50) 9 (3 Players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $14.75, BTN folds,
3b) Hero?

5 comments:

C said...

1a) I would probably shove and assume he put me on an overpair since i raised UTG
1b) call

2) call...but i'm not thrilled...but with less than a full stack i'm calling

3) as played i call the river. I like that. I dont think you'll get much value from worse hands any other way

Anonymous said...

h1: if you lose vs T9 or 88, its just a really unfortunate hand, so call. he can show TT, JJ or a bluff. cant lay down top trips here.

h2: his stack is too small not to call, so call. given his stats are aggressive (4.8), I'd rate a good chance you're better here.

3: i think you got turned or rivered - he either has 3 9s or the QJ. good chance I lay that down. no problem with someone making the call, but i think he's better here.

-ron

Anonymous said...

call all three

Anonymous said...

Rodney said:

I can't see the suits on the cards, but assuming no one has a flush, I'm pusing the turn on hand 1, calling on hand 2, and calling on hand 3.

Anonymous said...

I would have to call all 3....You are priced for hands 2 and 3 for sure. you can make a "super" read and fold hand 1 if you truly believed they hit the gut buster/underboat/better kicker etc...but to be honest I probably call anyway because you only are risking like $36 total out of you $88 stack and already have like $13 of the $36 committed.