some boring .5-1 decisions

Bandana boy

I have been running really bad of late and am probably (no probably about it ) playing too tight a little gunshy
at table 20 mins and have not played a hand a mixture of no cards and the fact that every pot has had at least 1 raise before it has got to me

all players are bad and there is 4 and 5 betting going on all over the place really light

anyhoo

Hand 1
Villain has raised every button and co that has been possible has callled about half of the blind reraises back to him he is playing 50/28
Stack 100 villain covers
I get QQ on SB villain is button
couple of limpers to button makes it 4.5 i make it 16 folded back to our villain who calls
pot 35
flop comes Kxx 2 spades i have no spades I check Villain bets 18 i call
Pot 71
turn J completing the flush I check again Villain pushs


about 20 mins later i have only played 1 hand since where i flopped a gutshot in an unraised pot bet got a caller from calling station Joe turned the nuts and bet 80 into pot of 9 and got called with other guy drawing dead Woo Hoo

Hand 2
I get AA on BB
a raise utg i make it 14 to play 2 callers
Pot
Flop 872 I lead for 30 villain calls from hand 1
turn is a j I check he checks behind river 3 I check and he pushs all in 90 I cover

hand 3
I get AK UTG i make it 4 2 limpers and the big blind min raises to 8
big blind is truly awful he has only min raised pre flop and has called a push with 44 he has his stack now after calling of 75% of his stack with 77 to river a 7 couple of hands previously
Push or is this giving him a level playing field

Hand 4 this is only about the 8th hand I have played in over an hour
villain from hand 1 raises to 4 on SB I make it 11 with KQ in the BB get 4 callers sigh
Pot 55
Flop 9tj 2 diamonds I check a bet of 20 from UTG called twice i have 90 behind push or call ?

Hand 5
QQ
I raise to 7 in Mid postion called in two places Pot 21
Flop jt4
i lead for 21 villain in blinds pushs for 120 I cover
Villain is 35/6

valor

#1 this one depends on the vilain he sounds like someone I would call against though

#2 results from #1 matter, i cant see any reason why you checked both the turn and river. definitely call now

#3 i would make a small 4 bet to isolate him and not play a 19 way pot

#4 your small 3 bet after the SB raising into a few limpers is pretty bad, shove now so many bad cards

#5 his agg factor is most important stat here which you didnt provide, i wouldnt full pot the flop and in general i would call here unless he was really passive

Marq

Hand 1: bet flop, maybe fold to raise.

Hand 2: bet turn, as played I call river.

Hand 3: sometimes 4-bet, sometimes just call and get it in whenevery you hit TPTK

Hand 4: I don't like the preflop re-raise, you're almost guaranteed to get a bunch of callers considering how the table has been playing and you're out of position with a very marginal hand. either raise more or flat call PF. Shove the fúck out of it now (I bet this one belongs in the bad beat sticky)

Hand 5: have you seen him do this before this hand? As Valor said without his AF it's tough to know what his range is here, but all sets, two pair (JT) and OESDs are part of his range from his preflop limp. Not much you're beating if he's a total nit postflop, but if he's anything like the other players you've described then calling is probably profitable.

Rickyroma

If the table is as bad as you have described, then it is unlikely that they will even notice that you are playing tight. All answers are as played.

Hand 1- Fold.
Draw heavy board. I don't like check calling that flop, but now that you have and a third spade appeared, I can't find a call here. I would expect to see villain with KJ or K10 with one spade here often.

Hand 2- Crying Call.
Bet the turn. Or river, or both. You are inviting a push by checking both.

Hand 3- Call.
Bet flop regardless. I'd try to see a flop before inflating the pot. If you hit, he will call. If you miss, you are getting to the turn cheaply and giving yourself a good chance of being ahead. In this case I wouldn't second barrel a station though.

Hand 4- Easy push.
You flopped the nuts, why give whoever is drawing odds to hit their flush?

Hand 5- Not enough info.
Rainbow Flop? Villain 35/6 over how many hands? How has he played so far?

fuzzbox

1. I can call here, but need to know the dude a bit.
2. CRAI on the flop. Call now, although it does suck that the 9T draw hit on the turn. It depends on the dude, but at 50/28, surely he is bluffing here plenty.
3. What does he minraise with?
4. shove - wtf?
5. Usually, if playing at stakes < 2/4 and I have one pair, and I get raised, then I fold.

con_leche

If your raises are not getting through pf, then raise more, to isolate opponents and make your decisions easier.

Similiarly, bet more on flop & turn against these type of players.

H1. As played I fold.

H2. Bet 4/5 of pot on flop.
Bet the turn.
[If you do this his river push isn't working, as your stack is in the middle]

H3. Depends on stack sizes. I am definately re-raising, and wouldn't hate a push, with dead money the middle.

H4. Push

H5. Ugh? I would want more info. 2 pair or draw or TPTK?

BobSloane

I think overall your style is too passive.

Hand 1 - I would probably bet the flop and check/fold the turn
Hand 2 - It looks like you have AK. I would call here
Hand 3 - I'd re-raise to about 25 and you should be heads up with position on the flop. If he pushes over that raise you probably know what you are facing
Hand 4- I bet out 35 on that flop and get it all in as fast as possible. As played shove
Hand 5. Rainbow flop..? Could he have some sort of stright/flush draw combo. Would need some more info on villians general behaviour to call this. Had an almost identical situation last night where villian wasn't as deep and i called. He had the other 2 queens

Bandana boy

BobSloane wrote:

I think overall your style is too passive.

Really !

fair enough

Ok I think hand 1 has a big impact on the others
I called he flipped over AJ no spades