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first one for day FML. should i always go broke here? was suprisedd he called my 4 bet was debating the shove but didnt think i should, vs someone who plays alot i think i just got unlucky here
All that being said, I can't get past the strength of AK at this stage so I think the correct play is actually to raise the exact amount (to the decimal place) required to put shadow all-in and hopefully Jonesy will pick up on this and you can get a 2 vs 1 cooperation play going. If Jonesy doesn't come along, you're still virtually always in fine shape with AK.
JC
It's a bit hard to say tbh because you're in the sb, so you can shove a wide range, especially if you've been playing tight.
However, it does just look like you might be shoving too wide and deep. I had the exact same problem last month and it cost me a fair bit before it suddenly dawned on me one night as I was getting in to bed. Tighten up your requirements here and you should notice improvements in your results. Remember that 10 BB's is not necessarily the point where you need to shove (especially in DYMs), it's merely the point at which, if you decide to play the hand, you need to shove. You can always open fold.
can see how frustrating it can be play perfectly against an opponent and the suckouts are soul destroying lol
3/5 first session today, still dont think i've done much wrong and much more aware thanks to you guys so thanks. i am only 2 tabling fwiw
so far 1 cooler and 2 bad beats but im sure variance just round the corner....
still good day for it 14 cashes from 18 at £5.50 level, not all total profit as had time to run bad in 3-4 MTT's in between but defo done my bankroll good and still enjoying the dynamics at the mo. i think mainly as i have been winning but if i had a bad run i dont think i could play them much more :P
JohnO, how do you deal with it for eg. when you was on your bad run, when the poker gods are just not with you how do you motivate yourself to continue to play them?
I am still enjoying them but think if i had a losing day in them i wouldn't play them probably
This hand from last night made me rofl. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH MIN DONK BETS?. I would have folded on the flop to a decent bet but there we go.
The beauty of position. I thought he had a weak king, hence hoping he will believe me for the A when i reship river. TBH, im surprised i got this through and i dont have a clue what he had...Oh well all pots count
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceTom218 Small blind 100.00 100.00 2360.00 rainman001 Big blind 200.00 300.00 1942.50 Your hole cards Q Q syplums Fold GREGHOGG Raise 400.00 700.00 3390.00 centurian Fold Tom218 Call 300.00 1000.00 2060.00 rainman001 Fold Flop 5 8 K Tom218 Bet 200.00 1200.00 1860.00 GREGHOGG Call 200.00 1400.00 3190.00 Turn 3 Tom218 Bet 200.00 1600.00 1660.00 GREGHOGG Call 200.00 1800.00 2990.00 River A Tom218 Bet 200.00 2000.00 1460.00 GREGHOGG All-in 2990.00 4990.00 0.00 Tom218 Fold GREGHOGG Show Q Q GREGHOGG Win 2200.00 2200.00 GREGHOGG Return 2790.00 0.00 4990.00
On the bubble, the short stack is an 1diot, not a total plonker, but he's spewed off a winning position.....
The big stack has been putting pressure on for the last few hands.
I always have in my head the phrase "try and stay ahead of the game"
I think that cost me here......
Leyther has around 1.2k
The villain in this hand is a total plonker. Really bad/spewy, and plays far far too loose.
My problem here is my stack size.
I've no doubt I've got the best hand most of the time, he probably has 2 picture cards, a suited J9,J8 Q9 maybe, summat like that....
I'm 20xbb deep and he opens 2x.....
Should I raise, call, fold or shove???
I think all 4 options are open to me here?
On the flop I think it smacks his range in the face, and I guess I have to check behind and hope to turn a straight?
Are you raising to call a shove?
Also leaves you in a very tricky spot should you miss - like this!
Re 2 AQ hands:
2nd one: Pre-flop: I think 3 bet/folding is a good play vs a decent player but given your reads I don't think you can do that here. So, if you 3 bet, you have to call a 4 bet shove, which is pretty ugly imo. But I can't fold the hand I don't think. For me, then, the 2nd best option is to flat call. But like you said you're almost certain you're infront and could well be dominating. So I would 3 bet shove here I think. It's pretty ugly as well but with a very tight player in the BB and your reads on the villain I think it's a pretty safe move.
As played it's a horrible spot and would depend on my exact feelings about the situation. You mentioned his range but can it include mid pps as well? Are there other hands he can now fold? If the answer to these is generally yes, then I'd be inclined to stick it in with some equity. If it's a definate no, and his range plus your other reads means he's calling a redic amount here (say 80+ percent of the time) I would reluctantly check it back and hope to hit the J or A (stack off with the A as well).
1st one: I don't actually think that's a coq up. The thing you have running through your head is 100% correct imo (barring some gross misinterpration - which I don't think this hand can be classed as). You still have fold equity in that spot in my opinion, a massive hand, and an obvious steal from someone who's been doing plenty already. Ship it 100% of the time, looks like a great spot to increase your position in the game.
JC
£5.50 readless this is standard right? or would you slow down on flop if your gut was saying he has made straight. obviously he can have overpairs here and lower sets auto stack of innit
OK, now this is a rarity.. me getting a nit fold correct. I bet properly on the turn and i was suspicious when he just flatted flop on that board, so I assumed he had me crushed, and he kindly showed the nuts, wiiiiiiiiiiiiii
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancemkgunner Small blind 10.00 10.00 1970.00 JingleMa Big blind 20.00 30.00 2000.00 Your hole cards K K SPRING29 Raise 40.00 70.00 1960.00 deanwhit04 Fold sailo Fold GREGHOGG Raise 120.00 190.00 1900.00 mkgunner Fold JingleMa Fold SPRING29 Call 80.00 270.00 1880.00 Flop 9 10 7 SPRING29 Check GREGHOGG Bet 140.00 410.00 1760.00 SPRING29 Call 140.00 550.00 1740.00 Turn 2 SPRING29 Check GREGHOGG Bet 360.00 910.00 1400.00 SPRING29 Raise 720.00 1630.00 1020.00 GREGHOGG Fold SPRING29 Show J 8 SPRING29 Win 1270.00 2290.00 SPRING29 Return 360.00 0.00 2650.00
The timer went down almost to the end and i hated doing it.. But i thought through the hand and sigh called.
And It was correct, wiiiiiiiiiiiii.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceZEBARON Small blind 10.00 10.00 1990.00 budgirl Big blind 20.00 30.00 1960.00 Your hole cards K A GREGHOGG Raise 80.00 110.00 1910.00 CHILLIE Fold Clobo Fold porter1989 Fold ZEBARON Call 70.00 180.00 1920.00 budgirl Fold Flop 10 K 7 ZEBARON Check GREGHOGG Bet 80.00 260.00 1830.00 ZEBARON Call 80.00 340.00 1840.00 Turn 4 ZEBARON Check GREGHOGG Bet 200.00 540.00 1630.00 ZEBARON Call 200.00 740.00 1640.00 River 5 ZEBARON All-in 1640.00 2380.00 0.00 GREGHOGG All-in 1630.00 4010.00 0.00 ZEBARON Unmatched bet 10.00 4000.00 10.00 ZEBARON Show J Q GREGHOGG Show K A GREGHOGG Win Pair of Kings 4000.00 4000.00
Just wanted some opinion on this hand in a recent £5 DYM as I,ve spotted some very good DYM players giving advice on here
didn,t really have any reads as i was to busy reading this thread although the raiser had been pretty quiet and the Big stck to my right was away _ i had about 2,500 at this stage
To tight or played it right? ( I did go onto cash but want to know if this was right for the long run) -Cheers
Far to tight. You said yourself the big stack was away.. this should give you more of a chance to ship it all in.
I mean a min raise UTG with his size staclk.. You really think his hands that strong? To me that looks like a small suited ace, the min raise in a DYM in that position to me suggest weakness rather than strength.
Hope this helps.
Could well have been - the big stack did come back after a while.
My thinking was that I didnt need to risk any chips and should still cash
Just played a £3 DYM and this is what you want when your the low stack on the bubbble
I also think that re-shipping it in is best here although I do think it's pretty marginal. I would be quite worried about the min raise utg from a tight player. However, without a specific read, and with him covered by 1000 chips, plus the fact that there's no cheaper way to find out where you are, I think re-shipping all-in here is going to be the best play in the long run.
2nd hand is standard fold dont even know why u posted? no offence tho
Your first Monday Morning AQ:
Right move, wrong opponent. Readless of the individual (but know he's a big bully stack) it's a shove all day long. Against that player I'm not shoving that stack with someone else on less chips on the bubble. You're just getting called too much for me to like it (yes sometimes your ahead or more likely in a race situation, but as you know we're trying to get uncontested pots).
Second AQ: If I'm playing the hand I'm shoving. I know the stack size is ugly but any meaningful raise is pretty much committing us so if I'm in, I'm in all the way especially with the reads you have given. But again, don't want a call.
As for the JJ i agree with johnconner in that it was very marginal, but the last thing i wanted to do was double him up . It is also a tough one as the big stack to my left was away but kept coming back then being away again - obv disconnection problems
I,d like to see what the analyst/analysts say on the poker clinic show as the general opinion on here is to ship but i,m still not convinced
edit - i am now also desperate to see what he was holding - Hand History #362249537