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Flopped the nut str8. Check or bet? Oops! You're all quite right. 2nd nut str8. Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Sep 1st, 2010
Flopped the nut str8. Check or bet? This hand took place in a live $2/$5 cash game at the Bellagio. Picked-up Qs9s in the bb ($900 deep) and checked behind the b+5, b+3 and bu limpers (the sb folded). Each of my opps had around 100bb. The flop came KhJhTh and it was my turn to act. Check or bet' The only comment I will make bc this forum focuses primarily on on-line play is that in these loose live games, any one who touched this flop isn't going to fold to a pot sized bet. Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Sep 1st, 2010
Re:Are there any good online MTT players in their 50's? That's a bioligical impossibility since I'm only 12 years old...lol ...see you in the bb w/xx ;) Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 May 26th, 2010
Re:Laid Down AA on the turn No. This is a snap call with Ah... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 May 26th, 2010
Re:Laid Down AA on the turn Agree with your suggestion for check/folding the turn. AA has only 48% equity vs. 2 randoms on this board and many hands that I beat will check it down any way. Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 May 26th, 2010
Re:Are there any good online MTT players in their 50's? Please, please, please, don't figure out that some of us over 50 grinders know this shit cold. Exploiting the young folk with our nitty, old fart images has been extremely profitable in all forms of live action... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 May 21st, 2010
Laid Down AA on the turn This hand took place is a live $2/$5 NLH game at ARIA in Las Vegas: Picked-up AA in the co and raised a limper in front to $25. The bu called and the field, including the initial limper folded. The flop came 7h5h4h. I c-bet for $35 and the bu called. The bu is a French guy who I have seen playing tournaments, sometimes very successfully, at the Bellagio. I have never seen him play or played with him in a cash game. In this particular session, he bought in for the max ($1,000) and had taken a big cooler and bad beat to lose his first buy-in when he had real hands. To this point, I hadn�t seen ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 May 11th, 2010
Re:Was this a good bluff? If by "bluff" you mean your river bet, no it wasn't a good bluff. With 3 overcards on a straightening board, your flop and turn play didn't give villian any reason to fold JJ w/a gutter and when he fills up on the river, he's not going away. If you're determined to make a move with a board this wet, you need to make at least a pot sized bet on the flop to get him off his underpair and gutter. Villain needs to believe he is behind on the flop. If he flats your flop bet, fire a second barrel on the turn. The ace is a good card for you and he can't continue unless ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Jan 1st, 2009
Re:Should have my reraise gotten him to fold??? This is pretty straight forward IMO. With a limper, a min raiser and a caller there's $1.65 in the pot (6+ BBs) up for grabs - not bad in a $.10-.$25 game. "Short stack" is relative based on the stakes. In this case you've still got 44 BBs which means you've got decent fold equity to go with a strong draw. I think if you shove pre, with the action that took place ahead of you, the big blind has to put you on a bigger pair than 66 and fold his hand unless he's a maniac. Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Jan 1st, 2009
Re:Am I an overly aggressive idiot? Please help! Thanks for the feedback. I agree that the min raise was fishy. Whatever he had, I think I should have slowed down based on that. In terms of the shove, my line was to get him to make a decision for all his chips (approx. $400) on a draw as a slight dog. It was a gambling move that went awry due to my poor read. If he's on a flush draw + outs he should be either smooth calling or shoving. In retrospect, his min raise didn't make any sense if he had a drawing hand. Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Jan 1st, 2009
Am I an overly aggressive idiot? Please help! FTP $2-$4 NLH I open from MP w/AdQh. BB calls. Flop comes Ah7c9c. BB checks, I bet $26. BB min-raises to $52. At this point I have him on a flush draw w/a gutter, the nut flush draw w/a medium kicker or possibly a straight flush draw - hands like Jc10c, 6c5c, AcJc, Ac10c, 10c8c. Other possibilities are 77 and 99, although I would have expected him to reraise pre w/medium-pair holdings oop. I can't put him on AA (one on the board and one in my hand) and I think he's reraising pre w/AK oop as well, so I'm not overly concerned about that. I'm a dog to a straight flush draw, but ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Dec 27th, 2008
Re:Help. Please, actually help. To keep it simple. Two comments: 1) Your open w/A8s from the co is fine. Fold if you get repopped. 2) With top pair, weak kicker, on any coordinated board, bet the pot to discourage the draws or at least make them pay for peeling. If you get repopped, fold. If you get called, don't put any more chips in the middle. Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Dec 22nd, 2008
Re:TOUGH HAND- 70k on stars Most likely Villain filled up on the river and overbet the pot hoping for a call from someone thinking he was making a bluffy power grab at the 700 in the pot. He may have read the river as a brick for the field and figured he could either value bet a small amount or try to convince a slow played trip 9s to ship it. A2 was also a possibility here. After hitting the gutter on the river, a 5-high straight may not have wanted to let go based on the shover's passive turn play. I'm guessing you folded and he showed 44. Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Dec 22nd, 2008
Does any one agree with this laydown? Full Tilt $2-$4 NL HJ limps for $4. Button calls, SB completes and I (BB) check w/6c8c. Flop comes 3c10c4c. Bingo! SB leads out for $12. I raise to $36. The HJ shoves for $120.90 and the Button calls (the button and I both started the hand w/$400 stacks). My read on the HJ is that he's a weak player but the Button is definitely a solid TAG. I'm having flashbacks about cracked baby flushes and lay it down at the wire. The HJ shows 4h4s and the button shows Ac10s. The board bricks and I'm sick as the HJ rakes it in. Based on the way they both limped preflop I put one of them on ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Dec 20th, 2008
Where did I go wrong? Full Tilt $1-$2 NLH I open for $6 from mp w/JJ. HJ raises to $21. CO and blinds fold. I call. Flop comes 2c10s2s. I check. HJ bets out $32. I raise to $64. HJ calls. Turn comes 9d. I shove and get called for $172.85. HJ shows KK. River bricks. My read on this opponent was that he was solid. I have to put him on a big pair when he calls my turn CR don't I' Thanks in advance for comments. Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Dec 19th, 2008
Re:Knocked Out Early Thanks for your reply. You may want to take another look at my hand description. I did only flat call his preflop open. Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Dec 8th, 2008
Re:Knocked Out Early That cetainly is the safe way to go, although even in light of the risk/benefit scenario you described, I'm reasonably sure that either a call or a reraise preflop of an unknown button raiser in this situation has positive cEV. I guess I don't see a double up at this point as being of no value even in light of the risk to my buy-in. I would be very interested in any one's thoughts on the cEV issue in this situation. If I was out of line here, I'd sure like to know it. Thanks. Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Dec 7th, 2008
Knocked Out Early I just busted out early in the Full Tilt $350k knockout. The blinds were 15/30. It folded around to the button who opened for 100. I called in the sb w/KhQd. I consider coming over the top 3x, but didn't put him on a blind steal this early w/the blinds so low. I was concerned about AX and elected to call for 85. The bb folded. The flop came 6d10dQh. I liked the flop and checked to the button. He led out for 200 and I come over the top the standard 3x (600). He called. At this point I've got him on hands like JJ, QJ, KJ, 9d8d, AdXd and possibly A10o. I don't put him on Q10 ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Dec 7th, 2008
Side Pot Complications I don't have the hand history, so please bear with my description. $1.00-$2.00 NLH Full Tilt I raise 2.5xbb from lmp w/4c3c. The hj calls as does the button. The flop comes 7cKh6c. Preflop I have both the hj and the button on any two big cards down to A10o and small pairs. My preflop opening range from this position is fairly wide (as you can see from my 43s). I like my 12 outs and want to encourage keeping the pot 3-way, so I lead out for $5 into a $17 pot. Then all shit breaks loose. The hj raises to $12 and the button shoves for $72. At this point, I still like my read. The hj's ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Nov 9th, 2008
Re:Implied Odds or Donkey Move? Klepto05: Thanks for your response. I agree with your suggested line entirely. I was too cute twice. Point taken on my read on the sb. If I was confident that she had a strong A or AK, of course I should bet the flop and she will come along. That said, I appreciate your charity in suggesting that this was not a terrible play but in retrospect, I think it was based on my read on the bb. As you point out, by betting the flop, I get the double benefit of possibly getting the button to call which only makes the overcall more attractive to the bb. I agree that a lead out bet with a set or trips ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Nov 5th, 2008
Implied Odds or Donkey Move? I don't have the hand history so please bear with my description. $.50-$1.00 NLH Full Tilt. I limp from EP+1 with 5d5c. The button calls and the bb min raises. I call and the button calls. The flop comes 5h Ad 2c. The bb checks (smells like a trap move), I check and the button checks. The turn comes Js. The bb bets $4 into a $6.50 pot. I call and the button overcalls. At this point, I have the bb on a strong ace, possibly AK. Her min raise was the first clue and her turn bet oop the second. I have the button on a weaker Ace, 9-9 or 10-10. To this point the button has been playing ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Nov 4th, 2008
Trapped by a Monster I am looking for advice as to how I might have played this hand differently or gotten away from the hand with less damage. I don't have the hand history, so please bear with my description. $.50-$1.00 NLH Full Tilt My opponent in EMP opens preflop for $3.50. I call from MP with As9s. My opponent is active and his opening range from this position includes anything from medium suited connectors to Axs to any two face cards or better. The flop comes Kd Ac 3h. My opponent leads out for $5 into an $8.50 pot. I like the flop and think I'm ahead. I raise 3x to $15. My opponent calls. ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Oct 29th, 2008
Re:QQ Trouble cassettecounty: My opponent's stack size was 89 bb ($89). On further reflection, since I was trying to find out where I was at, I think the better play would have been to lead out on the flop for .5xpot instead of checking. That way I get my information for less and can consider getting away from the hand if he raises. If he does raise (which he would based on his aggression to that point), I don't think it's an impossible fold. He knows I've got real strength based on my actions up to that point, but probably isn't too concerned about AA as I'm not a caller preflop ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Oct 15th, 2008
QQ Trouble I don't have the hand history, so please bear with my description. I'm playing on Full Tilt in a $.50-$1.00 NLH game. I wake up to QQ in mp and raise the utg limper to $3.50. I get reraised by the button to $13. I call, the limper folds. I have the button's range including 1010, JJ and AK. I don't have him on AA or KK because I wouldn't expect a reraise of that size preflop with one of the two monsters. in a likely heads-up scenario. I would play it a bit slower. I just call. I want to see the flop before I decide whether to put my money in. If I still hold an overpair or ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Oct 14th, 2008
Re:Flush Draw Trouble in Cash Game - Need Help! gukk2008: I agree with everything you said here. A few observations: 1) Folding preflop is reasonable and probably the preferred action in most of these types of situations. Possible exceptions would be short stacked tournament play and opponents whose hand range is likely going to make calling a positive EV move. This was certainly the case in the second hand example where my Js10s in position was up against KQo. In that hand the pot was laying me 2 to 1 and my Js10s is a favorite against KQo 40% of the time. However, in the first hand scenario my Js9s in position is only a favorite about ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Oct 9th, 2008
Re:Flush Draw Trouble in Cash Game - Need Help! gguk2008: Correction! The bd straight draw obviously does not give 4 additonal outs, it only improves my drawing odds incrementally beyond those of just a flush draw. Sorry for the confusing information! Trainwreck13 Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Oct 9th, 2008
Re:Flush Draw Trouble in Cash Game - Need Help! gguk2008: Thanks for the response. Based on an average of his possible hand range and the pot laying me 2 to 1, why is this not a good call' J9s plays as a 35% winner against the top 10% of all hands. Turning to the flop bet, it was $18, not $24. I've described my read on his range preflop. My read on him holding a big pair is based on his pot sized flop bet on top of his preflop raise. Just in case it wasn't clear, I did have a bd straight draw to go with my flush draw for an additional 4 outs. I only need to win this hand 1 in 3 times based on the odds the pot is laying me, so I ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Oct 9th, 2008
Flush Draw Trouble in Cash Game - Need Help! I don't have the hand histories on these two hands, so you'll need to bear with my descrptions. I played two hands consecutively against the same opponent in a Full Tilt $.50-$1.00 NLH 6-handed game. They were extremely similar. I'm looking for advice as to whether my reasoning for the way I played the two hands makes sense. I shoved the flop on both hands and lost both hands Hand #1: I opened the pot preflop with a 2.5xbb bet ($2.50) in position and got raised by the sb to $9.50. I called with Js9s. My oppponents range could easily include AK, AQ, AJs, KQ and 8-8+ making my ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Oct 8th, 2008
Re:AA facing a tough spot at Foxwoods Mike: let's not overcomplicate this. with the board texture and you flopping your set, i think a more straight forward approach on the flop is what was called for here. you needed to make both of these opponents pay more to see the turn. do you push' no. i think a raise of 3 times the pot gets would have been about right. ironically, if you get callers at that point, you're committed and you're not going to muck the best hand! turning to what actually happened, based on how you described the guy, i don't see him calling your $45 raise with a deuce in his hand. as far as she ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Aug 19th, 2008
Re:folded the best hand Punish15: Thanks for the great reply and advice. In retrospect, I completely agree that I should have called. Also, great point about #7 being a raiser if he flushes on the river. I have a couple of questions and I totally understand if you don't want to respond - you've already been more than generous. My questions are: Why do you think #4 would min bet into a four-way hand w/air' He isn't going to get the field to fold; and unless his line is a dry bluff oop, by definition, he isn't going to get any information. In .50/1.00 NLH it's limp city. I see AJo limped from ... Posted in: Poker Discussion	trainwreck13 Jul 30th, 2008

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