A few holdem hands

ianmc38

Hand 1

.50/1 PokerStars 6 Max

Relevant stacks 160. I'm dealt ATs in MP.

Maniac (80/60/10) raises in MP to 4. Slightly less maniacal player calls from the SB.

Flop (14) A45.

MP bets 4. I call and the SB raises to 16. He's been cr-ing alot so I decide to call.

Turn is a ten.

He open pushes.

I?

Hand 2

Live 1/2 Round of Each

I've been playing super tight in the holdem. I complete after 5 or 6 limpers with AKo.

Effective stacks for this hand are 150.

Flop is AT5 rainbow

I bet 15. Only 1 caller. Turn is a 2.

I bet 30. Called pretty quickly.

River is a 9.

He has 100 or so left. Should I check call, pot, check-fold? Villain in the hand is a serious donk. He already layed down Qxxx on a QQTT2 board in Omaha when I bet half pot on the river.

Sometimes I'll raise that hand oop preflop, sometimes I won't.

Hand 3

Effective stacks 250.

Live 1/2 Holdem. First hand at the table. I limp with 35s. 6 or so players see a "you complete me" flop of 467 rainbow. UTG bets pot of 15. I decide to call and 2 others call behind me.

Turn is a T putting a diamond draw on board. UTG bets pot again. Action to me?

El Stuntman

ianmc38 wrote:

Hand 1

.50/1 PokerStars 6 Max

Relevant stacks 160. I'm dealt ATs in MP.

Maniac (80/60/10) raises in MP to 4. Slightly less maniacal player calls from the SB.

Flop (14) A45.

MP bets 4. I call and the SB raises to 16. He's been cr-ing alot so I decide to call.

Turn is a ten.

He open pushes.

I?

mad stuff :eek: , pushing 140-ish into a 50 pot

I call and put him on A4, A5

if he has 23 here, you should kick the wall a lot, reload and play with him until he's broke as he's awful

I doubt anyone plays a set of 4s or 5s this way

ianmc38 wrote:

Hand 2

Live 1/2 Round of Each

I've been playing super tight in the holdem. I complete after 5 or 6 limpers with AKo.

Effective stacks for this hand are 150.

Flop is AT5 rainbow

I bet 15. Only 1 caller. Turn is a 2.

I bet 30. Called pretty quickly.

River is a 9.

He has 100 or so left. Should I check call, pot, check-fold? Villain in the hand is a serious donk. He already layed down Qxxx on a QQTT2 board in Omaha when I bet half pot on the river.

Sometimes I'll raise that hand oop preflop, sometimes I won't.

tricky spot

Given the Omaha laydown, I think you have to pot it

don't like the PF action, even OOP you must raise AK here

ianmc38 wrote:

Hand 3

Effective stacks 250.

Live 1/2 Holdem. First hand at the table. I limp with 35s. 6 or so players see a "you complete me" flop of 467 rainbow. UTG bets pot of 15. I decide to call and 2 others call behind me.

Turn is a T putting a diamond draw on board. UTG bets pot again. Action to me?

ship it in there son

'Po!!!!'

LuckyLloyd

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marius

Hand 1
I cant get my chips in fast enough - dont think you can fold this.

Hand 2
Check call/fold for me even with villians history.

Hand 3
Push

valor

1 is an easy call and 3 is an easy push

2 I would always raise preflop, tricky spot now all 3 options are viable I think I would check and see what he does

eggie

1) call

2) check / call

3) push

LuckyLloyd

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AmarilloFats

#1 call. He has AK

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Was there a flush draw on flop?
#2 I bet 50 call push, he has AJ
#3 mmm Don't slow play straights...89 just got there but I go broke here anyways..Pol Pot

LuckyLloyd

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careca

1) instacall
2) I would bet pot
3) this is a tricky hand. because of all the limping you could be in a world of pain here. I obviously wouldn't be worried about the flush draw but the made straight here. 58 has you beat and now 89 has just made his. I would prob call, giving the free card to the flush draw and see what happens behind me. Question is, if its reraised can you get away from it ?

Hectorjelly

Hand 1 is not an instant call. Normaly tight players do not suddenly sling 160 blinds into the pot with 1 pair. I think i would call this but you are definitely beaten a good % of the time. He could have A4 or A5s though.

Hand 2 preflop is fine. I would bet the full pot on the river. The only draws he can have are gutshots, so I dont really like a check call.

Hand 3 Tough one. Im not raising the turn though, and im not folding. So just call and see what happens. I would of raised the flop.

ocallagh

1) call

2) bet 2/3 pot

3) as HJ said I think I raise that flop. No reason to slow it down.

There are 3 types of hands your opponents can have.

1 pair
2 pair/set
draw (possibly with a pair also)
higher straight

The only hands you might keep interested by slow playing are the "1 pair" hands, A7 etc. If it was heads up I'd consider slowing it down.. Most of the time you'll lose these players on the turn when inevitable over cards/draw cards drop so I don't see the value in trying to keep them in a multi way pot.

For all other types of hands, 2 pair -sets - draws, you want to get as much money into the pot as possible on the flop.

ianmc38

Result time

Hand 1 I called and lost to a bizarrely played set of 4s.

Hand 2 I didn't know what to do so i bet half pot as a blocker/value bet. He called with A5. As I said sometimes I'll raise from the SB with AK, sometimes I won't. Raising would proably have won me the hand but meh. Demz d breaks.

Hand 3 Not raising the flop was horrifically bad. One of those moments of madness that I get occasionally. I wasn't pushing and I wasn't folding so I called. Next to act pushed (it was an underraise). UTG called, I called. River was a 9 of diamonds. Check check. UTG had the nuts on the turn, other guy had 3d5d and took the whole pot with a rivered flush.

On the upside, I hit my 1st ever one outer later on in a big omaha pot. That was sweet.