Can anyone get away from these hands or was I just tilting? Not looking for sympathy or anything, I just want to know if these plays were at all reasonable.


Hand #1
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed)

SB ($47.45)
BB ($59.90)
UTG ($30.20)
UTG+1 ($31.95)
MP1 ($49.30)
Hero ($90.35)
CO ($48.95)
Button ($12.90)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , . SB posts a blind of $0.25.
2 folds, MP1 raises to $1.5, Hero calls $1.50, 2 folds, SB (poster) calls $1.25, 1 fold.

Flop: ($5) , , (3 players)
SB checks, MP1 bets $4.41, Hero raises to $10, SB calls $10, MP1 calls $5.59.

Turn: ($35) (3 players)
SB checks, MP1 checks, Hero calls $78.85 (All-In), SB calls $35.95 (All-In), MP1 folds.

River: ($149.80) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $149.80

Results in white below:
SB has Jh Jd (full house, jacks full of aces).
Hero has 7s 7d (full house, sevens full of aces).
Outcome: SB wins $106.90. Hero wins $42.90.

Hand #2
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (10 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

SB ($97.71)
Hero ($57.65)
UTG ($61.55)
UTG+1 ($15.90)
UTG+2 ($16.40)
MP1 ($29.15)
MP2 ($7.50)
MP3 ($54)
CO ($31.40)
Button ($35.70)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , . SB posts a blind of $0.25.
2 folds, UTG+2 calls $0.50, 2 folds, MP3 calls $0.50, 1 fold, Button calls $0.50, SB (poster) completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($2.50) , , (5 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+2 bets $1, MP3 folds, Button raises to $3, SB folds, Hero raises to $5, UTG+2 calls $4, Button calls $2.

Turn: ($17.50) (3 players)
Hero bets $15, UTG+2 calls $10.90 (All-In), Button calls $15.

River: ($58.40) (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, Button checks.

Final Pot: $58.40

Results in white below:
Hero has 6d 3s (straight, seven high).
UTG+2 has 9s 7s (two pair, kings and sevens).
Button has 4c 4h (full house, fours full of kings).
Outcome: Button wins $58.40.




Hand #3
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

CO ($18.45)
Button ($25.65)
SB ($20.32)
BB ($47.78)
UTG ($32.85)
UTG+1 ($26.75)
MP1 ($24.65)
Hero ($23.80)
MP3 ($24.50)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , . SB posts a blind of $0.10.
UTG raises to $0.75, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.75, 3 folds, SB (poster) calls $0.65, 1 fold.

Flop: ($2.50) , , (3 players)
SB checks, UTG bets $2.4, Hero raises to $6, SB folds, UTG calls $3.60.

Turn: ($14.50) (2 players)
UTG calls $26.10 (All-In), Hero calls $17.05 (All-In).

River: ($57.65) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $57.65

Results in white below:
UTG has Td Kd (flush, king high).
Hero has 5s 5h (three of a kind, fives).
Outcome: UTG wins $57.65.


Hand #4
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

Hero ($43.55)
SB ($50.95)
BB ($76.65)
UTG ($46.50)
UTG+1 ($68.25)
MP1 ($10.55)
MP2 ($50.70)
CO ($47.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , . SB posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $3, 1 fold, MP2 calls $3, 1 fold, Hero calls $3, 2 folds.

Flop: ($9.75) , , (3 players)
UTG+1 bets $8, MP2 folds, Hero raises to $16, UTG+1 calls $8.

Turn: ($41.75) (2 players)
UTG+1 calls $49.25 (All-In), Hero calls $24.55 (All-In).

River: ($115.55) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $115.55

Results in white below:
UTG+1 has 7h 7d (three of a kind, sevens).
Hero has 3c 3d (three of a kind, threes).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins $115.55.

So you have:

set over set
river boat over straight
flush over set
set over set

The only even vaguely questionable play is your call on #3. You can think about folding that one. But a call isn't bad because he may be bluffing the flush card, he may be on two pair, and even if he has the flush you may catch up.

The other ones are just sick, disgusting, horrible awful luck. Especially #4. UGH!!!

By the way, great job not betting the river in hand #2 when the board paired. You got lucky that the guy with the boat didn't value bet it.

For the most part, I think you are screwed in these hands. I lose a stack to set over set.

Hand 1: raise his bet on the flop more but its all going in so nothing you can do.

Hand 2: Once again, raise much more on the flop. Make them pay to beat you. He wasn't going away on this hand and I would have lost much more as I would probably be all in on the turn.

Hand 3: Raise the flop more and make him pay. The way you play it, if you can put him on the flush, you shouldn't call the turn but you didn't make it too difficult for him to chase it. Make it at least $8 on the flop.

Hand 4: Raise it more on the flop! there is a pattern here to my advice. you are giving him odds to chase the flush if he has a draw. If you raised more, you would have won the hand on the flop.

Make people pay to play against you but some of these hands it didn't matter while others it did. You may have won 1 or 2 of these pots instead of losing all 4.

Yea, it was a real bloodbath. My first really bad losing session in a long time, I guess I was due.

Guess thats why we have 20x buyins cause I lost 3.

Oh well, I took last night off, got some sleep and will be back at it tonight.

I don't really like min raises on the flop. If you think he's betting a flush draw, make a raise so he doesn't get correct odds. If you think he has TP, call on the flop and make a good raise on the turn. My oppinion is that making a min raise that gives him correct odds to draw on the flop is a negative play for you.