Monday, September 15, 2008

Couple hands from the session

Hand 1:

$2/$4 Limit Holdem • 5 Players (my second hand of the session. one guy sitting out)

Pre-Flop (1.5 SB, 5 players) Hero is SB with QQ

UTG raises, 2 folds, Hero 3-bets, BB calls, UTG 4-bets, Hero calls, BB calls (hmm 4 bet ...)
Flop (12.0 SB, 3 players)

4s7d6c

Hero bets, BB calls, UTG raises, Hero 3-bets, BB folds, UTG 4-bets, Hero calls (hmm ...)
Turn (10.5 BB, 2 players)

Ks (ack .. one of the two worst cards for me ...)

Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls
River (12.5 BB, 2 players)

Jh (not a terrible card..lets see a showdown)

Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls


Hand 2:

$2/$4 Limit Holdem • 6 Players
Pre-Flop (1.5 SB, 6 players) Hero is UTG with KK (woohoo!)

Hero raises, 3 folds, SB calls, BB calls (can live with this)
Flop (6.0 SB, 3 players)

TdQdQs (hmm .. paired, 2 suited, and potential straight draws .. not ideal really)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB folds (i'm taking a stab here - hopefully I have the best hand)
Turn (4.0 BB, 2 players)

3s (hmmm now double suited .. but not a bad card really. no straight or FD gets there)

SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero calls (not really expecting the raise here - trips? pocket pair? surely a draw would have raised earlier?)
River (8.0 BB, 2 players)

Ah (well that's annoying)

SB checks, Hero checks (hmm he checked ... goin for the double checkraise? or scared of the A? ... i will check behind as I really dont want to get checkraised again)

Any comments?

New note to self ... post hands first so they appear below the main post ....

3 comments:

The blindman said...

The action on hand 1 preflop and flop suggests AA or KK to me. I suppose other overpairs are possible, but trips are unlikely unless he's a maniac.

If I think the player is tight, I may find a fold on the turn. Otherwise I guess you just call down and hope for a lower pair. The J on the river is bad, because JJ is the most likely hand that you can still beat on the turn.

Hand 2 is clearly representing trips, although it is odd that he didn't raise the flop with all the scary draws possible. I expect a raise on the flop for flush and straight draw. Whether you fold or call it down again depends on your read of the player. Without a read, I'm certainly calling. I'll check behind on the river since it's unlikely that a worse hand will call.

parttimebonuschaser said...

Results:
Hand 1:

Final Pot: 14.5 BB

UTG shows AdAc

Hero shows QdQc

UTG wins 13.8 BB ( won +7.8 BB )
BB lost -2.5 BB
Hero lost -6.0 BB

Hand 2:

Final Pot: 8.0 BB

SB shows KsTc
Hero shows KdKc

Hero wins 7.6 BB ( won +4.1 BB )
SB lost -3.5 BB
BB lost -1.0 BB

The blindman said...

Hand 1: Aces all the way :/

Hand 2: Riiight, so you slow play a pair of tens on a paired flop?