Im posting as many of these interesting $1000NL project hands as possible to keep the stakers informed.

3 hands from this morning


#1) UTG min raises. Hes been min raising everything from 65 to K6 to AK. I reraise to $90 in the SB with AA. The BB flat calls and UTG folds. I have $1000 and BB has me well covered.

Pot is $200. The flop comes KQT. I bet $125. He raises to $375. I fold.. SHIT! Bad flop.

#2) MP (fish) raises to $30. I call in the SB with [6c]. BB calls also.

Pot is $90. The flop comes [7h][8d]. Hmmm...
We check to the raiser and he bets $50. I call and BB folds.

Pot is $190. The turn is the . I lead for $150 and he calls. I wanted a fold there.
Pot is $490. The river is the . I bet $300 (he has $540 left). Thoughts?


#3) I have [6s] in the BB. MP and button limp. SB plays also.

Pot is $40. The flops comes [6h][Kh]. I bet $30 and both limpers call. SB folds. We all have about $1000. Button is a known flush chaser. Hes very loose. Earlier he limped on the button with 64s and called my $40 preflop raise. He called my pot sized flop bet with a 742 flop. Ive seen him call raises with K8s and call all the way with a Kxx flop. MP is an unknown.

Pot is $130 and the turn is the . I bet $40 and they both call. MP could have KQ. I think he wouldve raised KJ along the way somewhere.

Pot is $250. The river is the . Whats your plan?

1. perfect play.

2. i don't think your bet on the river will make an overpair fold...and if he was drawing you are beating him anyway. Especially if this guy is a fish..

3. i'd take a risk and go for a check riase. you might be up against KQ..which would be unfortunate. But i think one has a king and the other was on a flush draw or straight draw (which both hit). this hand could pay you off huge if they decide to bet.

1.) i fold too, also cursing.
2.) i like the play until the river...i think you must check or make a blocking bet. if he calls, you're toast. he either has a heart draw or a higher pair.
3.) pause, make a big value bet, call the two all-ins and take the money!

I would go for the check raise on the river in the third hand. I agree with kenny that it shows you don't like the flush and can get anyone with a K or the flush to bet out.

(Edit: I typed 2nd hand when I meant the 3rd one)

Hand 2... I guess he has you beat -- the question is whether you can make him lay his hand down.

Hand 3... If you think he's got the goods, then I would check-call a small bet or check-fold to a big bet. That being said, I would try to induce a bet from a flush with a small bet and then reraise big. I think having second boat here would just be bad luck

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Why only bet $40 on the turn in the last hand? Honestly don't understand that one.

In hand 2, how quick was the turn call?

He could have had a bigger pair with a heart, in which case he might perceive himself as drawing on the turn, but you need to lead the river to win.

So I quite like the bluff there. I'd bet a bit more, though I'm not very confident I have a good feel for the right amounts to bluff in different situations.

Hand #2) I dont think he will fold an overpair either. I put him on TT / JJ...or AJ / AT type hand with the . I cringed when I bet the $300, but he folded. I showed my 66 and he got pissed because he had [8c]. Turns out my bet was perfect. I had some showdown value if he only had ace high with a diamond draw, but the bet turned out to be perfecto!

By the way, I showed the 66 for 2 reasons.

#1) Villain used his entire time bank before folding so I was 95% sure he had me beat and I wanted him to see that. Next time he'll call me and I'll have the flush.
#2) I wanted the rest of the table to see what I was capable of. In my opinion, my leading the turn when the flush hits is an advanced play. People capable of plays like this are very dangerous. Ive seen other good players do this and it scares the crap out of me because I dont know when they have the flush and when they dont. I want
players to fear me the same way.


Hand #3) K3nt....I bet only $40 because there was no doubt in my mind that at least one of the was chasing the flush and I didnt want to bet so much as to make them fold with the board being paired. Only an idiot would chase a flush on that board if I bet pot.

I checked the river, MP checked and the button bet $100 into the $250 pot. Ok, Im pretty damned sure he has a flush. Now I had to balance 2 things. Will he call a river check raise with the board paired? And is MP setting a trap with KQ? Also, if I just call, MP might also call with a flush, although he probably wouldnt have checked if he had a flush. I flat called, but probably shouldve at least made a min check raise.

MP folded and the button had the flush and I won.

Ice, I can't believe you didn't check raise that river and just called. That seemed to be scared poker as you are thinking the other guy had KQ. I think you are losing tons of value there.