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Cringe hands
Hey all, just a few hands that made me cringe that I would like pointers on... Really messed up on 2 and I think the other is just bad luck?
Hand 1
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad_Dog | Small blind | 25.00 | 25.00 | 2320.00 | |
| Alkazz1808 | Big blind | 50.00 | 75.00 | 1915.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| waller02 | Raise | 200.00 | 275.00 | 1415.00 | |
| GRIZZER89 | Call | 200.00 | 475.00 | 1465.00 | |
| DietChips | Call | 200.00 | 675.00 | 2395.00 | |
| daphne56 | Fold | ||||
| Bad_Dog | Fold | ||||
| Alkazz1808 | Fold | ||||
| Flop | |||||
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| waller02 | Check | ||||
| GRIZZER89 | Bet | 100.00 | 775.00 | 1365.00 | |
| DietChips | Call | 100.00 | 875.00 | 2295.00 | |
| waller02 | Call | 100.00 | 975.00 | 1315.00 | |
| Turn | |||||
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| waller02 | Check | ||||
| GRIZZER89 | Bet | 100.00 | 1075.00 | 1265.00 | |
| DietChips | Raise | 200.00 | 1275.00 | 2095.00 | |
| waller02 | Fold | ||||
| GRIZZER89 | Call | 100.00 | 1375.00 | 1165.00 | |
| River | |||||
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| GRIZZER89 | Bet | 50.00 | 1425.00 | 1115.00 | |
| DietChips | Call | 50.00 | 1475.00 | 2045.00 | |
| GRIZZER89 | Show |
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| DietChips | Muck |
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| GRIZZER89 | Win | Pair of Queens | 1475.00 | ||
Hand 2
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAMECHEETA | Small blind | 25.00 | 25.00 | 1725.00 | |
| Talon | Big blind | 50.00 | 75.00 | 2090.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
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Comments
Hand 2: Raise pre is question able with ATo since you are in bad possition but at least you raise and don't limp (never limp). On the flop you would bet most times, especially with the flush draw out there, you don't want to give a free card. Bet the flop and turn 1/2 pot. When the flush comes and the board pairs on the river I would slow down and check fold. Only a hand that beats you is likely to call two streets and then bet that river (unless of course they are bluffing, but to start with I would advice against trying to out-think yourself and bluff catching)
Hand 3: Don't like the squeeze play pre flop tbh. You have the wrong sized stack to try it. 27BBs you want to be looking for spots to re-raise all in over the top. Just check to see a free flop. On the flop if you are going to continue with the hand then you should just shove. Betting 100 achieves nothing. On the turn the villian has 3:1 pot odds to call. He now pretty much has to call and the way he's played the hand so far I'd expect him to have at least a pair.
Read up on bet sizing. It's the most important thing in no-limit hold em and it's dead easy to get right (and just as easy to get wrong).
Edit: just realised you said in another post that this is in a DYM. In that case fold pre-in all cases except the big-blind hand in which case fold to any bet post flop. Seriously, you should only be playing aces and maybe kings in the first three levels of a DYM
The one thing I need to flag-up is that in the third hand, it's not technically a squeeze play. I usually wouldn't be too pedantic on questions of terminology but it's important that we use it correctly when we're learning, or we might misunderstand what people are suggesting in future.
A squeeze is a pre-flop bluff: We re-raise (3-bet) after someone else has opened with a raise and been called by another player. In this hand there were only limpers before you so no raiser to squeeze. The technicalities of the play aren't something you should be too bothered about as a beginner, though. Just focus on getting the basics right.