I played my first session today it was a short session i played 246 hands playing 2 tables. Stop playing early cause i was getting tired. Because i was up late the night before and was tired from working earlier. I did get into some tough spots and i think i played a few hands poorly. I ran well and won 3 buy ins at 25nl. I also decided to try 6 max again today instead of playing full ring. I defiantely feel like i am a better full ring player, but i like 6 max alot more. So i need to improve on it alot that is the main reason why i joined cardrunners. Here are some of the hands i defiantely could have played better.
hand 1: www.pokerhand.org/?1217752
This hand i played very badly. I think i should have raised on the flop to see where i was at instead of being in check call mode. He lead the turn again so i called with the intention of folding on the river if he bet again. Which he did i for some reason decided to call anyway. I think that is one of my biggest leaks i am almost postive i am beat, but call anyway.
hand 2: www.pokerhand.org/?1217777
I also feel like i played this hand poorly. I raised j10 of on the cutoff got called by the button and the small blind. Maybe i should have folded preflop since i had been pretty active at the table. On the flop i did not want to lead out and get raised since i had been active they were starting to play back at me. Cause i thought it was possible i had the best hand on the flop. When the turn came another queen i figured nobody had a queen since there was no action on the flop so i bet and get raised. I decided to call since i thought i was good right now. The river completed the flush he bet i thought at this point he either had a slowplayed set, just made his flush, or complete air so i folded.
I would really like some comments on those 2 hands since they were the ones that gave me the most trouble.
here is the biggest pot i won of the night Hand 3: pokerhand.org/?1217788
2 comments:
hand 1- i dont like the line at all. villain isnt three barroling a hand you beat. You need to define your hand here. raise the flop if he calls go into check fold mode unless you improve. make it like 6-8 on the flop.
hand 2- raising pre to vary your play isnt bad just dont get into a habit of raising j10o all the time. i make a continuation bet on the flop and if called shut down.
hand 3-gh
Hand 1 is a great example of why I don't think you should be cold calling with AJ pre-flop. You cannot know with any real confidence where you stand post-flop. I would fold it or sometimes 3-bet it if the opponent was getting raising too much. If you call with it, I think your line might be the optimal one post-flop. It's unlikely he's going to fold AK/AQ if you raise, and it's unlikely he'll call with a worse Ace if you raise. Post-flop cost you $14.25 to call down and raising the flop would've cost you at least $5. Although this is a fairly big difference, I think the added benefit of allowing him to fire away 3 times with AT/Ax/air makes calling down a better option in this case. If you're ahead it's unlikely that he's going to outdraw you and if you're behind it's unlikely you can get him to fold with a raise.
Hand 2 - I like your raise pre-flop even with the fact that you've been active. I would bet the flop here for around $2.25-$2.50. Hopefully the button will fold and you'll have position for the rest of the hand. If anyone calls then you need to decide whether it's likely they're on the flush draw or the Q. I think I would tend to check the turn if I had position and call a non-spade river bet. If the button called, and I was out of position, I might make a 2/3 pot bet on the turn to stop him bluffing me if I check to him, and also to charge him for the flush draw. The problem with this is that if he calls you really have to check the river too and if he's a tricky player he might bluff a missed draw (and the pot will be fairly sizeable by this point so the call won't be a comfortable one). Hopefully the button is pretty unimaginative and you can check the turn to him and he'd check behind with a flush draw. It's really difficult to play these pots and exercise some pot control when out of position.
As played, I fold to the turn raise.
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