3 Green Joker Main Event Hands

mdwexford

Hand 1 - Level 1, blinds 25-50

i make it 175 to go in EP with 10-10, one caller in MP

flop is Q-4-Q

i lead for 300, he makes it 1100

my play??


Hand 2 - Level 3, blinds 75-150. Villain is IanMc who has been crippled in a horrible top set against OESD debacle, hes playing 6.5k-ish. he makes it 500 from the cutoff, i flat call with As-Kd in the BB (playing 18k)

flop
2s-6s-8s

i check, he bets 600, i call

turn Jh, i check, he bets 1400

my play??


Hand 3 - Day 2, blinds 800-1600. Villain is Daithio who is directly to my left. i have only been moved to this table about 2 orbits ago and have doubled up since i got there. average stack is 45k, 33 players left.
i open with 10-10 to 4400 from EP (playing 25k), Dave re-pops to 12k (playing 35k). i figure his range here could be 7-7+, A-K, A-Q.
if i push here im getting called by an overpair or A-K, A-Q and i dont want to race so i decide on a stop and go. so if he has overcards and misses the flop he will fold to my bet and even if he has J-J or Q-Q he could fold on an A-K-rag flop as me cold calling his raise oop looks strong. this is obviously bad if it lets him get away from a smaller pair that he would have called a shove with preflop. so i call the 12k and shove my remaining 13k on the flop. opinions please??

Chucky the tree

Hand 1: Fold

Hand 2: Fold turn, but i'd be mighty tempted to go all-in pf.

Hand 3: Shove or fold pf. No matter what comes on the flop, Villan will call anyway.

kryogen

Hand 1: i re raise again he is more then likely pulling a move and does not have a Q, u may even get him to lay down JJ or KK here if u strong enough with betting, does it make sense??this is of course if u decide he does not have a Q,very read dependant..

Hand 2: raise, it represents serious strength,u have the back up draw,albeit with only the river to come....u may get him to fold and if u dont u have outs! hes probably gonna think ur strong,as he thinks he has 2k invested, only 4k behind so u must b strong if ur willing to basically set him in..i think its a good play.i could b wrong,the flush will scare him imo

Hand 3:this is tricky, dave is a very good player....i dont know if i try a stop go with the stack sizes, he probably has to call for the pot regardless of flop as u are pushing in for 13k and he raised to 12k pre flop, i think its push or fold pre flop....do u wanna race with TT? its how u feel in the situation urself i suppose, ur pushing to any flop..maybe i fold after careful consideration, ive lost 4k and i can still do damage down the line..im rambling, hope it sort of makes sense

Backstreet Moyes

Hand1.
I agree with Krygeon you could reraise but i think you are inflating this pot too much if he calls what you do on tun check fold. I prefer call his 1100 and see what he wants to do on turn if he has low pair he will slow down and you can bet the river for value.

Hand2.
I make it about 3000 pre flop i think you said he was about 6500 so basically put the decision on him to either push or fold preflop.

Hand3.
Krygeon summed if up with his negative way of thinking.

mewso

Hand 1: This is very often a pocket pair below your TT I think. Enough to warrant staying in the hand. Your opponent could very likely be suffering from HeHasAceKing-itis, i.e. alot of players seem to asume a raise from someone is AK about 90% of the time. Considering this donk seems to want to go bananas on the hand though I would favour the call. Even a fold isn't that bad here. Some knowledge of the opponent would help.

Hand 2: I fold. I'll resist the urge to mock Ian and say I would give him enough credit that he wouldn't be steaming off chips here.

Hand 3: I would give Dave some credit here too. His range is smaller i think considering you raised in EP. Depends on what you think he thinks of you. If you really belive his range to be as wide as you say I would push pre-flop.

nicnicnic

1. I reraise to 2600/2900

2. I reraise on the flop here every time, as it stands call the 1400 you still have odds and even if you miss there's a chance river will be checked and your A is good

3. I fold/push pre depending on my read


will you tell Richie to give me a ring I've rang him about 4 times in the last week and he wont answer his phone

are ye going to Cork

bops

Hand 1: I just fold - i'm a passive sissy & just don't want to get involved with that board

Hand 2: I Call - i'm a fish and have lots of outs! - personally i tank it in PF

(if you miss the river i would consider calling his AI of 4k - read dependent!! jeeees i'm so sick!!)

Hand 3: with your image here, and the raise from EP i really think it's not a good spot to call the reraise. I think the stop and go will only get rid of hands you beat here, definately not JJ QQ - i'd be much more inclined to push an A high flop!! (but i wouldn't have gotten myself into this mess in the first place )