#1. This first hand I limp from SB with several folks and check top two with the intention of raising if it is bet. CO bets weak and called weak by button and raise about pot. On the turn I go ahead and bet enough to put them all in because all they had left was about the current pot. I thought I was still ahead and wanted to charge full price if they were drawing to the diamonds, low and behold I was behind because the button hit his gutter. But all in all I still think I played it ok. Thoughts.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)

MP3 ($102.25)
CO ($35.15)
Button ($46.80)
Hero ($99)
BB ($182.20)
UTG ($104.80)
UTG+1 ($103.10)
MP1 ($40)
MP2 ($52.40)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , . MP1 posts a blind of $1.
2 folds, MP1 (poster) checks, 1 fold, MP3 calls $1, CO calls $1, Button calls $1, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($6) , , (6 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, MP1 checks, MP3 checks, CO bets $2, Button calls $2, Hero raises to $9, BB folds, MP1 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls $7, Button calls $7.

Turn: ($33) (3 players)
Hero bets $89 (All-In), CO folds, Button calls $36.80 (All-In).

River: ($158.80) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $158.80

Results in white below:
Hero has Qd Ks (two pair, kings and queens).
Button has 9c Td (straight, king high).
Outcome: Button wins $106.60. Hero wins $52.20.


#2. I make a small raise from MP that I often do with "questionable cards" when first in and I get miniraised by the button which I call. At anytime during the flop or turn if he would have played back at me I would have dropped quickly but he just called along. I get lucky on the river and hit my 2 outer. I bet fairly small to entice a call from perhaps A high. In hindsight I think I should have bet a little more but the way he played it I didn't put him on anything. Thoughts.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)

UTG ($118.70)
UTG+1 ($46.35)
MP1 ($91.60)
Hero ($98.60)
MP3 ($27.65)
CO ($44.35)
Button ($118.30)
SB ($28.25)
BB ($60.65)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
3 folds, Hero raises to $3, 2 folds, Button raises to $5, 2 folds, Hero calls $2.

Flop: ($11.50) , , (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $6, Hero raises to $14, Button calls $8.

Turn: ($39.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $23, Button calls $23.

River: ($85.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $34, Button calls $34.

Final Pot: $153.50

Results in white below:
Hero has 9d 7c (full house, nines full of threes).
Button has Ks Kh (two pair, kings and nines).
Outcome: Hero wins $153.50.


Hand #3. This one just made me sick at my stomach, nothing else I could have done.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)

Hero ($204.05)
Button ($38.15)
SB ($97.40)
BB ($101.20)
UTG ($102.55)
UTG+1 ($268.25)
MP1 ($34.65)
MP2 ($52.70)
MP3 ($29.50)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , . MP2 posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls $1, 1 fold, MP1 calls $1, MP2 (poster) raises to $3, 1 fold, Hero calls $3, 3 folds, UTG calls $2, MP1 calls $2.

Flop: ($13.50) , , (4 players)
UTG checks, MP1 checks, MP2 bets $18, Hero raises to $36, UTG folds, MP1 folds, MP2 raises to $49.7, Hero calls $13.70.

Turn: ($112.90) (2 players)

River: ($112.90) (2 players)

Final Pot: $112.90

Results in white below:
MP2 has 9s 3s (flush, queen high).
Hero has 8s 8h (three of a kind, eights).
Outcome: MP2 wins $112.90.

hand #1--When I saw your hand (KQ) and you said you had top two, I knew immediately what you lost to. I've lost a ton just like this. If you flop top two and you play premium hands, you are almost always up against a str8. I work to keep the pot under control here. I definitely do NOT push on the turn when a card making the str8 fell. Top two on coordinated board is not that good.

hand #2-On flop, you gotta believe you are against an over pair, a big one that can min raise you pf. I don't really like the CR here as the ONLY hand he might fear is 98. On the turn, I'm slowing down, way down. You gotta believe you are behind at this point, after he called your CR. You're not pushing him off this pot and certainly not with a less than pot-sized bet. Check and pray.

Hand #3--You played it well. You were in with the dramatically better hand. Don't worry about that one. I'd mark MP2 as the mother of all fish and look to play him often.

Hand #1 is just unlucky. You have to bet then turn, the pot is already $33 and the button only has $36. No matter what you bet you're not folding to an all-in so good play, just unlucky.

Hand #2 is just lucky. He re-raised you PF. Your top pair 9s is no good. If a 9 had not fallen on the river would you still have bet? Would you have called a bet if you checked? I understand playing connectors and gappers but when you play these you are playing for a straight, flush, 2 pair, or trips. Not TPWK!

Hand #3 sucks. What a complete donk. He even raised with it.

rdale

I'm not talking about a 3x raise...I'm talking about a mini reraise preflop.

I raise to $8 on prima 1/2... guy reraises to $14... almost always an overpair. i almost do play exclusively on prima though...might be different on other sites

I see what kenny says on Party all the time