******Don90 hands, beats & brags, your advice here please************

YOUNG_GUN

Thanks Young gun, hadnt seen it. ill get something posted up in a bit.

YOUNG_GUN

Right thought i would start a central thread for the infamous Don, mainly cos i keep stumbling accross all his threads and hands in other peoples thread so Don please post here, people will give you advice also if you want to put a bad beat, brag whatever here please mate

BrownnDog

lol @ this thread

YOUNG_GUN

your welcome don its was really for mutual enjoyment, eg. this way people can come on here and give you advice plus it saves seeing a dozen threads which you have started :P it is all lighthearted though

So people treat this like Ask Tikay, Irishrover but instead please pop in and offer advice on the hands or posts made by Don90 and don doesn't mean you cant post elsewhere just an idea here

The_Don90

Well yea, so lets get the ball rolling shall we

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.56
a	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£1.04
	Your hole cards	A 6
b	Fold
x	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£1.50
The_Don90	Raise		£0.14	£0.24	£4.42
a	Fold
x	Call		£0.12	£0.36	£1.38
Flop
		4 7 6
The_Don90	Bet		£0.27	£0.63	£4.15
x	Raise		£0.54	£1.17	£0.84
The_Don90	Call		£0.27	£1.44	£3.88
Turn
		2
The_Don90	Check
x	All-in		£0.84	£2.28	£0.00

Now heres an interesting one in my opionion. Now in the end i made the call.

However was it the correct one i shall not say. The opponent has a been a little bizzare with his play, i think im ahead and he either has overs - AK or a small PP, i do not believe he has hit the board.

What do people think of this situation



Edit: added below

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
whujay	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.39
UKCW	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.77
sparko	Big blind		£0.04	£0.10	£3.96
	Your hole cards	A A
The_Don90	Raise		£0.32	£0.42	£6.31
sparko	Call		£0.28	£0.70	£3.68
TRU3BRU	Fold
whujay	Call		£0.30	£1.00	£3.09
UKCW	Fold
Flop
		J Q 10
whujay	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£1.00	£2.00	£5.31
sparko	Call		£1.00	£3.00	£2.68
whujay	Call		£1.00	£4.00	£2.09
Turn
		5
whujay	Check
The_Don90	All-in		£5.31	£9.31	£0.00
sparko	Fold
whujay	Fold
The_Don90	Show	A A
The_Don90	Win		£3.70		£3.70
The_Don90	Return		£5.31	£0.30	£9.01

OK i won this hand but how do you guys think i played it.

YOUNG_GUN

preflop should be re-raising more 10p not really going to do much 16p at least. i wouldn't bet out on the flop maybe check call if you think your good, athought good bet sizing on the flop.
on the turn again would have check called, on the river defo fold, your behind so many hands and if you have him on pp he could have hit the way he has played this

DOHHHHHHH

First hand you made the right call after raising the flop.....

I think he probably had something like pocket 5's? Or ace 5?

I wouldn't bother raising ace 6 pre tho just fold it - stick to the best hands.

The_Don90

aniother one guys

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
sparko	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.78
TRU3BRU	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.88
	Your hole cards	K J
Hiroller	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£3.33
GALSADUDE	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£1.12
UKCW	Call		£0.04	£0.18	£4.68
The_Don90	Raise		£0.20	£0.38	£6.39
sparko	Call		£0.18	£0.56	£5.60
TRU3BRU	Call		£0.16	£0.72	£3.72
Hiroller	Fold
GALSADUDE	Fold
UKCW	Call		£0.16	£0.88	£4.52
Flop
		5 2 J
sparko	Check
TRU3BRU	Check
UKCW	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.66	£1.54	£5.73
sparko	Fold
TRU3BRU	Raise		£1.76	£3.30	£1.96
UKCW	Fold
The_Don90	All-in		£5.73	£9.03	£0.00
TRU3BRU	All-in		£1.96	£10.99	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£2.67	£8.32	£2.67
TRU3BRU	Show	A 7
The_Don90	Show	K J
Turn
		3
River
		2
TRU3BRU	Win	Flush to the Ace	£7.70		£7.70

The_Don90

In Response to Re: ********The Don90 thread, please help him ppl******:

First hand you made the right call after raising the flop..... I think he probably had something like pocket 5's? Or ace 5? I wouldn't bother raising ace 6 pre tho just fold it - stick to the best hands.
Posted by DOHHHHHHH

are you watching me again mate?

YOUNG_GUN

played second one fine mate well done i think your learning )

LOL_RAISE

KJ hand is fine, could maybe raise 1 or 2 bbs more preflop, apart from that wp

The_Don90

In Response to Re: ******Don90 hands, beats & brags, your advice here please************:

KJ hand is fine, could maybe raise 1 or 2 bbs more preflop, apart from that wp
Posted by LOL_RAISE

Thanks mate, everyone seems to agree im improving from some of the feedback im getting.

So heres one hand i hate in cash AK suited. Now i make a strong continuation not realising the size of opponents stacks. Ive not really fgot any reads only third hand since i sat down. I know i cant fold to the 8p but what do you guys think. I now i sucked out here.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.94
CRYZI	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£1.29
a	Big blind		£0.04	£0.10	£0.94
	Your hole cards	A K
a	Raise		£0.04	£0.14	£0.90
IVISON	Fold
x	Call		£0.08	£0.22	£1.14
The_Don90	Raise		£0.32	£0.54	£3.62
CRYZI	Fold
Redant	Call		£0.26	£0.80	£0.64
x	Call		£0.26	£1.06	£0.88
Flop
		9 6 7
The_Don90	Bet		£0.80	£1.86	£2.82
a	All-in		£0.64	£2.50	£0.00
x	All-in		£0.88	£3.38	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£0.08	£3.46	£2.74
The_Don90	Show	A K
a	Show	J J
x	Show	10 Q
Turn
		10
River
		A
The_Don90	Win	Pair of Aces	£3.21		£5.95

Edit: Added another hand.

MORE FREEE MONEY

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
nosdivad	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.26
a	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.70
	Your hole cards	10 9
slh1980	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£6.83
x	Call		£0.16	£0.38	£1.32
nosdivad	Fold
a	Call		£0.12	£0.50	£3.58
Flop
		4 9 3
a	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.38	£0.88	£6.45
x	Call		£0.38	£1.26	£0.94
a	Fold
Turn
		9
The_Don90	Bet		£0.95	£2.21	£5.50
x	All-in		£0.94	£3.15	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£0.01	£3.14	£5.51
The_Don90	Show	10 9
x	Show	5 7
River
		10
The_Don90	Win	Full House, 9s and 10s	£2.91		£8.42

Edit: DoHHH requested i show how my session ended. In profit busting two people. Two critical hands below. One pretty standard, one just a correct call i had my opponent down on a set, but it just didnt feel right, until i realiesed the potential busted flush draw and called.

PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancexSmall blind  £0.02 £0.02 £0.81 The_Don90 Big blind  £0.04 £0.06 £10.27   Your hole cards J J       xCall  £0.02 £0.08 £0.79 The_Don90 Raise  £0.28 £0.36 £9.99 xCall  £0.28 £0.64 £0.51 Flop    9 4 J       The_Don90 Bet  £0.32 £0.96 £9.67 xAll-in  £0.51 £1.47 £0.00 The_Don90 Call  £0.19 £1.66 £9.48 xShow 10 9    The_Don90 Show J J    Turn    2       River    8       The_Don90 Win Three Jacks £1.54  £11.02

And the first one

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
x	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£0.98
The_Don90	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£7.74
	Your hole cards	A 6
a	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£2.77
x	Call		£0.02	£0.12	£0.96
The_Don90	Raise		£0.12	£0.24	£7.62
a	Call		£0.12	£0.36	£2.65
x	Call		£0.12	£0.48	£0.84
Flop
		J A J
x	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.48	£0.96	£7.14
a	Call		£0.48	£1.44	£2.17
x	Fold
Turn
		K
The_Don90	Bet		£0.32	£1.76	£6.82
a	Call		£0.32	£2.08	£1.85
River
		7
The_Don90	Bet		£0.28	£2.36	£6.54
a	All-in		£1.85	£4.21	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£1.57	£5.78	£4.97
The_Don90	Show	A 6
a	Show	9 5
The_Don90	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Jacks	£5.35		£10.32

LOL_RAISE

with AKcc in a heads up pot id just shove flop but as its 3way i think c/f is best as the board is just so co ordinated you will hardly ever get folds.

i think the last hand with A6o is a fold on the river unless you have reads he's far more likely to shove flop than river with a flush draw and most Ax hands are just calling river for a chop. although it is nice to know that they dont always have the nuts

Talon

   Have just looked at quite a few of your hands don and it is very clear that your preflop raising size is very formulaic and predictable. The size of your raise is dependant solely on the strength of your own hand and takes into account no other factors.This is something you need to be very careful of because you are too easily defining your hand for the other players.


   There are several ways of altering this to hide your holdings. One is to always raise the same amount regardless of your hands strength and the other is to raise totally random amounts and vary the raises with each hand, and play them differently each time.

  It is much easier to take down bigger pots when the opponent has no idea what you could be holding.Hope this helps in some way

The_Don90

In Response to Re: ******Don90 hands, beats & brags, your advice here please************:

   Have just looked at quite a few of your hands don and it is very clear that your preflop raising size is very formulaic and predictable. The size of your raise is dependant solely on the strength of your own hand and takes into account no other factors.This is something you need to be very careful of because you are too easily defining your hand for the other players.    There are several ways of altering this to hide your holdings. One is to always raise the same amount regardless of your hands strength and the other is to raise totally random amounts and vary the raises with each hand, and play them differently each time.   It is much easier to take down bigger pots when the opponent has no idea what you could be holding.Hope this helps in some way
Posted by Talon

Thanks Talon, ive been doing alot more of this today, worked well for a while and then crumbled. However that was just simply 3 bad hands and nothing i felt i done wrong.

The_Don90

Just wanted to add this to the clinic. Its a more Free money hand but wanted to know, do i play it correctly.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.09
fingers615	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£2.49
ritchie02	Big blind		£0.04	£0.10	£1.56
x	Big blind		£0.04	£0.14	£1.56
	Your hole cards	10 A
ritchie02	Check
x	Check
tacokisses	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.18	£0.32	£2.91
fingers615	Fold
ritchie02	Call		£0.16	£0.48	£1.40
x	Call		£0.16	£0.64	£1.40
Flop
		A 7 A
The_Don90	Bet		£0.32	£0.96	£2.59
ritchie02	Fold
x	Call		£0.32	£1.28	£1.08
Turn
		5
The_Don90	Bet		£1.28	£2.56	£1.31
x	All-in		£1.08	£3.64	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£0.20	£3.44	£1.51
The_Don90	Show	10 A
x	Show	9 Q
River
		7
The_Don90	Win	Full House, Aces and 7s	£3.19		£4.70

My opponent has just sat down so no real read

YOUNG_GUN

Not poorly played mate but....
Raise more pre, remember to mix up how much your betting pre flop
raise 3/4 pot flop
raise 3/4 pot turn or maybe even shove in this spot if enough in

still nh

Dudeskin8

Defo raise more pre as you OOP, flop bets ok as your well ahead and just want to build the pot, good pot bet on turn and the donkey hands you his last quid.

The_Don90

In Response to Re: ******Don90 hands, beats & brags, your advice here please************:

Not poorly played mate but.... Raise more pre, remember to mix up how much your betting pre flop raise 3/4 pot flop raise 3/4 pot turn or maybe even shove in this spot if enough in still nh
Posted by YOUNG_GUN

This was a mix up bet sure flop was 3/4 and turn was a pot and got my opponent all in

YOUNG_GUN

flop was 1/2 pot bet

turn fine actually as pot size

by mix up i meant your preflop raises but played hand well just raise bit more pre 20-24 is good standard bet at 4nl

The_Don90

In Response to Re: ******Don90 hands, beats & brags, your advice here please************:

flop was 1/2 pot bet turn fine actually as pot size by mix up i meant your preflop raises but played hand well just raise bit more pre 20-24 is good standard bet at 4nl
Posted by YOUNG_GUN

Thanks mate.

Sure i watched you playing for a while with dohhhhhhh, was going to announce my presence but then i thought ill let them not know . Although i was trying to learn but the telle had something on and it kept distracting me.

YOUNG_GUN

haha yeah i was a bit out of my depth there, them two play higher and i couldnt afford to play but luckily i was on the ball and actually doubled up overall so quite pleased with that

You should of said hello was a fun game, them 2 super agro was very tough game im gonna stick to 4p/8p for now with my bankroll but ill be there soon i hope

keep at it mate im learning very much so of late at cash as always been a tourney player, bit like yourself we just need to take as much advice as where given and try to digest as much as possible

You can do it, just believe

The_Don90

In Response to Re: ******Don90 hands, beats & brags, your advice here please************:

haha yeah i was a bit out of my depth there, them two play higher and i couldnt afford to play but luckily i was on the ball and actually doubled up overall so quite pleased with that You should of said hello was a fun game, them 2 super agro was very tough game im gonna stick to 4p/8p for now with my bankroll but ill be there soon i hope keep at it mate im learning very much so of late at cash as always been a tourney player, bit like yourself we just need to take as much advice as where given and try to digest as much as possible You can do it, just believe
Posted by YOUNG_GUN

Yea im getting there slowly. Ive got set targets now. Want to be at NL8 by the end of August. Long way to go.

YOUNG_GUN

In Response to Re: ******Don90 hands, beats & brags, your advice here please************:

In Response to Re: ******Don90 hands, beats & brags, your advice here please************ : Yea im getting there slowly. Ive got set targets now. Want to be at NL8 by the end of August. Long way to go.
Posted by The_Don90

Dont set a time limit because then you will start pushing it too much which isnt good, by all means aim to get to nl8, but dont put a timescale its unecessary really you get there when you get there

The_Don90

In Response to Re: ******Don90 hands, beats & brags, your advice here please************:

In Response to Re: ******Don90 hands, beats & brags, your advice here please************ : Dont set a time limit because then you will start pushing it too much which isnt good, by all means aim to get to nl8, but dont put a timescale its unecessary really you get there when you get there
Posted by YOUNG_GUN

Im not going to over push just setting rough targets. Kind of like goals. Plans. If iy goes well it goes well if it goes bad then i set the next target.