Some 50NL hands

platypus

Hi, i've been lurking a while but this is my first post so go easy;)

Been running/playing badly lately so going to post a few hand histories. All comments appreciated.
All hands .25/.50 NLHE 6 max

Hand 1
Hero AsAh
Effective stacks 50
Villain not long at table, seems loose

2 folds, hero raises to 1.50, Villain calls from SB
Flop 6c7cJs
villain checks, hero bets 2.50, villain raises to 6, hero calls
Turn Kh
villain bets 7 hero calls
River 3h
villain bets 13, hero calls

Hand 2

Hero JhTh
Effective stacks 48
Villain loose pf, but seems cautious later on in hands
Villain raises to 2 UTG, hero calls in CO, BB calls
Flop 8d9d7c
BB checks, Villain bets 3.50, hero calls, BB folds
Turn Qh
Villain bets 8, hero raises to 24 villain calls
River 8s
Villain checks, hero shoves for 18

Hand 3
Same Villain as Hand 1, likes to call raises with lots of hands, plays well on later streets
Hero KdKs
Effective stacks 83

Hero raises to 1.50 UTG, villain calls on button
Flop 9d6h5s
Hero bets 2.50, villain raises to 6, hero raises to 22, villain calls
Turn 3h
Hero shoves

Hand 4
Hero 9d7d
Same villain as hands 1 and 3
Effective stacks 55
Hero raises UTG+1 to 1.50,villain calls on button, bb calls
flop 2s7c 6s
BB checks, hero bets 3, villain calls
Turn Ac
Hero bets 7 villain calls
River Jh
Hero checks, villain bets 14, Hero?

Thanks

cooker3

Hand 1 and 2 look fine
Hand 4, I don't see your cards, am I being blind?
Hand 3 is somewhat interesting, if the villain is good as you say then when he calls your flop 3 bet then he should be crushing you, he shouldn't have tens or jacks or even queens as they are clearly behind so if he is good, then c/f turn but this is 50nl so I would really have to respect him to think this.

Van Dice

1
If villain is SB how are you check/calling? Makes a big difference! But when he raises flop to 6, I make it 22 or so and get it in on the turn. I wouldn't be worried about a club either. The danger cards for you are J,Q,K,T. If he has a set/2 pair I pay him. You have a very strong hand and a good chance to get called by a weaker hand, so tbh I think not attempting to get all-in isn't good. Especially given the million draws that are out there. You are letting him dictate the hand, giving him free cards to outdraw you, and I hate doing that.

2
Here you should almost always raise the flop. If someone has a set/fl draw/overpair, you want money in now. Think what happens if villain has a big pair (likely) and the turn is any diamond, 6, 7, 8, 9, T or an overcard to his big pair. Now you probably don't stack him. With these hands there are more scare cards that can come for your opponent than for you, get the money in on the flop. Given that you just called the flop, the rest is fine though. Just hope he couldn't lay down his KK

3
Now you played like you should have done on Hand 1!! Except it's a lot more likely you are beaten this time unfortunately. However I prob play it the same (which may not be good thing lol)

4
Dunno what you have but I call here with a really wide range, any 7 or better for sure, possibly more. There are too many missed draws to fold. His betting range on the river is a missed draw or two pair+.
And checking the river is definitely right here almost regardless of your hand. If you have a good 2 pair or set, you should check-raise this river, if you have a semi-decent pair you should check call. Your check is good because it induces a bluff from all the missed draws. Actually check-raising on a bluff here is a line I often take if I missed a draw myself

Van Dice

Actually hand 3 I prob call his flop raise and check-raise the turn

platypus

OP edited to show cards hand 4, and correct action in hand 1

RedJoker

Hand 1:

I 3 bet the flop or check raise the turn. He'll play AJ exactly the same as two pair here so just get it in.

Hand 2:

Trying to get BB along for the ride is ok but that's a very scary board so there's a lot of action killing cards that could come. I might raise the flop but your line seems ok too.

Hand 3:

I'm not sure about shoving 60 into a 48 pot on the turn, I can't see him calling with much that you beat. Maybe an overpair or A9 might talk themselves into calling but your line looks extremely strong here.

Stack sizes make this awkward.

Hand 4:

If you're in CO I don't mind opening this but if it's MP that's fairly loose. Having induced the bluff from missed draws I'm tempted to call but you don't beat much other then a missed draw.

RoadSweeper

Wit AA and KK i raise to 2, or 2.25 or 2.50

I try get more money in the pot premium hands.

If the villian has been 3 betting alot pre flop maybe raise lower to induce the RR.

Van Dice

RoadSweeper wrote:

Wit AA and KK i raise to 2, or 2.25 or 2.50

I try get more money in the pot premium hands.

If the villian has been 3 betting alot pre flop maybe raise lower to induce the RR.

Unless you play lobotomized chimpanzees, this is terrible

phantom_lord

well...it is 50nl...

Ste05

Hand 1: Fine,

Hand 2: Fine, I raise the flop alot, but if just call there the rest seems grand.

Hand 3: I don't like the open shove on the turn, I'd prefer to go for a CRAI, he seems like the kinda guy who'll take a shot on the turn once he calls, therefore I either lead normally insta-calling a shove or go for a CRAI. I haven't worked out the exact stack sizes but if there was room for a decent 1/2 - 2/3 pot bet leaving him with enough to push over us thinking he has decent Fold Equity, I'd go for that, if not then a CRAI.

Hand 4: Fold now, I would have given up the second he calls the turn bet when the A fell. Although maybe the results of hand 1 and 3 may change my decisions. But unlikely.

Having said all that, I would seriously consider increasing your open raise amount to $2. I like how you are consistent with the $1.50 raise amount, but at these levels you should be playing very tight Pre-Flop therefore when you enter a pot you should have something pretty powerful and as such want the bigger pot size a $2 raise allows as opposed to the $1.50.

platypus

Ok guys, thanks for replies, results time
Hand 1
Villain showed 77. Had no real idea what he had so tried to keep pot small. This is probably a mistake, he may have AJ, KJ QQ enough to make getting it in on flop right play
Hand 2
I normally raise this flop, but had seen villain playing lots of hands pre flop, and generally folding to any bets/ raises on flop, so took a chance on letting card come off. Villain called with 7d5d

Hand 3
Villain called with 9h5h and his hand held up. The flat call on flop of my reraise really confused me as I expected him to shove with set/straight.

Hand 4
My first instinct was to call but it was just after i stacked off with the kings and felt a bit tilty. I usually make bad calls in these situations so I folded. Villain showed Kc2c.