cozar: Hey guys, on the strategy forum, an nl200 player posted some hands and how he made his decisions, I found it interesting and I'll post it here:
$1/$2 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)
Known players:
CO: $313.50
BU(Hero): $238.80
SB: $296.50
BB: $545.70
MP3: $200.00
Preflop: Hero is BU with 3//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png, 3//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png.
CO folds, Hero raises to $7.00, SB raises to $22.00, 2 folds, Hero raises to $49.00, SB calls $27.00.
Flop: ($101) Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png, J//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/spade.png, 9//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png (2 players)
Hero checks, SB checks.
Turn: ($101) J//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $52.50, Hero calls $52.50.
River: ($206) 2//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $195.00(All-In), Hero calls $137.30.
Final Pot: $538.3.
Results follow:
SB shows a pair of jacks(8//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png K//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png).
Hero shows two pairs, jacks and threes(3//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png 3//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png).
SB wins with a pair of jacks(8//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png K//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png).
Hero wins with two pairs, jacks and threes(3//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png 3//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png).
But this time I'm going to post, I think showing how I play on a day when I'm doing really well might help you (and there are a lot of days when I'm away from my A game, I hope less and less lol)...
That 33 hand the converter bugged...In reality it was COxBU...I knew the villain was a regular and folded a lot to cbet...It was on cake and I had no stats...Pre-flop it wasn't too far from std...A few 4 light bets vs BU isn't too rare....
I was very surprised by his call and on the flop I was playing check/fold...But when he gave CBH I turned on the yellow light.A Q there I'm almost sure he was going to try to defend himself because if he called pre-flop with a Q he probably thought I was light.Playing like that he could have had a J tb but for the time he took to bet the turn I thought it looked a lot like a bluff...In the cake there's a button that you can bet half a pot... And it was almost insta bet...And it was almost an insta bet...It took me a long time to make the call thinking exactly that...Then I was already putting him on AK...And I thought that the river being A K or T I would go C/F...It was blank I made another check, thinking that he would give CBH with AK after all it is a hand with SD value...And I think that any pair minus a strong J or Q (which was kind of ruled out as well as KK, AA) he would give CBH too...Then I checked he insta shove and my call was at the speed of light...LOL
So let's continue talking about the session...Yesterday was a day that I was definitely inspired...I was able to make the vast majority of decisions on the turn and many on the flop...And that makes a lot of difference in the winrate...I don't even like to post hands that I fold a bit without logic because I'm almost certain that some will criticize me...You know what?..I play by the reads and what I think of each situation if I'm behind it's better to fold as soon as possible, I manage to do this very well on days when I'm playing my A game and I think this is well-played poker:
$1/$2 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)
Known players:
BB: $560.95
MP2: $406.80
MP3: $43.90
CO(Hero): $243.20
BU: $197.00
SB: $210.60
Preflop: Hero is CO with Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png, Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png.
MP3 folds, Hero raises to $7.00, BU folds, SB calls $7.00, BB folds, MP2 calls $5.00.
Flop: ($22) 4//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/spade.png, 7//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/spade.png, 3//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png (3 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $15.00, SB calls $15.00, MP2 folds.
Turn: ($52) A//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/spade.png (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $42.00, Hero folds, SB gets uncalled bet back.
Final Pot: $52.
boil: $1/$2 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)
Known players:
BU: $244.50
SB: $197.00
BB: $198.00
MP2(Hero): $197.00
MP3: $114.05
CO: $361.60
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png, Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png.
MP3 raises to $4.00, CO folds, BU calls $4.00, 2 folds, Hero raises to $20.00, MP3 calls $16.00, BU folds.
Flop: ($45) 7//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png, 3//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png, Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/spade.png (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $25.00, Hero calls $25.00.
Turn: ($95) T//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png (2 players)
Hero bets $25.00, MP3 raises to $69.05(All-In), Hero calls $44.05.
River: ($233.1) 4//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png (0 players)
Hero gets uncalled bet back.
Final Pot: $189.05.
Results follow:
MP3 shows a pair of eights(8//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png 8//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png).
Hero shows three of a kind, queens(Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png).
Hero wins with three of a kind, queens(Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png).
In the first hand of QQ...It was against a regular...Normally when a regular checks and I have a strong hand I try to make a bet of a somewhat fearful size and time...Less than half a pot looks a lot like a trap...A little more than half a pot...With the right time it's a bet enough to steal the pot without compromising too much....
Many, many times I get checked/folded...But there are other times when the villain regrets having checked and that's exactly what happens //www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/biggrin ..On the turn I was already sure of what he was doing..So I insta-called to make it look like a draw lol..The river scared me a little...But I definitely believe that if he had a K he would have thought longer about the size of the bet...In addition to stopping for a second to see if top pair was strong enough to shove....
As for AK, nothing special...regular, a bit spewy, every A that hit the turn gave second barrel and I tried to represent a pair smaller than A..Ez.
In the last QQ I was very fancy on the post-flop...But it was difficult to extract there...I don't think slowplay is the right play if you don't know how to make good folds and have a good reading of ranges...Sometimes I abuse it but I manage to fold a good hand when necessary...On the other hand, I can often extract value from nothing....Getting the villain to do exactly what I want him to do...Controlling betting time and bet size...But this happens when I think I already know what he has, then I think if I can make a better folding hand (I almost never try anything against TPTK) or what is the best way to extract with mine...If I'm not sure, std is always the best... This reply to hugorochac was last edited 1 time: Today, 18:27.
cook: $1/$2 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)
Known players:
(Hero): $215.45
SB: $417.40
BB: $277.55
Preflop: Hero is with A//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png, Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png.
raises to $6.00, folds, Hero calls $6.00, SB folds, BB calls $4.00.
Flop: ($19) 6//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/spade.png, 3//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png, A//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png (3 players)
BB checks, bets $14.00, Hero calls $14.00, BB calls $14.00.
Turn: ($61) 7//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png (3 players)
BB bets $44.00, folds, Hero folds, BB gets uncalled bet back.
Final Pot: $61.
And with a good reading of the hands, I was able to build pots even against a very weak hand or even air:
$1/$2 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)
Known players:
MP3: $512.60
CO: $193.70
BU: $612.00
SB(Hero): $210.65
BB: $201.00
MP2: $86.70
Preflop: Hero is SB with Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png, Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png.
MP3 folds, CO raises to $7.00, BU folds, Hero calls $7.00, 2 folds.
Flop: ($17) 5//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png, 6//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png, 4//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $10.00, CO raises to $26.00, Hero calls $16.00.
Turn: ($69) 2//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png (2 players)
CO bets $40.00, Hero calls $40.00.
River: ($149) K//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png (2 players)
CO bets $120.70, Hero calls $120.70.
Final Pot: $390.4.
Results follow:
CO shows high card ace(A//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png J//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png).
Hero shows a pair of queens(Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png).
Hero wins with a pair of queens(Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png).
$1/$2 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)
Known players:
SB(Hero): $520.20
BB: $94.09
MP3: $200.80
CO: $323.54
BU: $264.43
Preflop: Hero is SB with A//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png, K//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png.
CO raises to $7.00, BU folds, Hero calls $7.00, 2 folds.
Flop: ($17) 7//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png, 2//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png, 7//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png (2 players)
CO bets $12.50, Hero calls $12.50.
Turn: ($42) A//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png (2 players)
CO bets $27.00, Hero calls $27.00.
River: ($96) A//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/diamond.png (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $20.00, CO raises to $60.00, Hero calls $40.00.
Final Pot: $216.
Results follow:
CO shows two pairs, aces and sevens(Q//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png T//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/heart.png).
Hero shows a full-house, aces full of sevens(A//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png K//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png).
Hero wins with a full-house, aces full of sevens(A//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png K//www.pokerstrategy.com/smilies/club.png).
Cebola: I liked the post and the player's line of thought... very good ;D
Fabio: Very tasty pots lol, who knows, one day I might reach that level lol.
jackdans: gzuz... my salary is almost a medium pot... kkkkkk
cozar: The call on the first hand was really cool, and it's nice to know what he was thinking at the time.
Original author: cozar.
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