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Min reraise is a bit scary, but I've played $2 tournaments where players do this with 76 suited. You can't fold QQ in this spot. I love the shove, just couldn't dodge A or the K (as you saw, he didn't need AA or KK to do this, I'd have a hard time imagining AK is the only other hand in his range here). Also, don't be so worried what a pro would do. Micros play differently than higher stakes games. Given a micro tournament and the min raise, I think players would play this

Image plays in also though (to figure out ranges). Something scares me in this hand. TaylorFirebaugh: u jst gotta paly big pot with ne2 cards This I'm guessing is from an on-going conversation, and I'm guessing maybe you sucked out with a wide range. Either way, I hate advertising I'm willing to push any 2, and then go to push 2 extremely lousy cards. You don't have a lot of time, but I think you have enough that you can fold in this spot. There are worse things you can do than shove

Really, this is one of those tough decisions. I'm really happy I did my MBA before having kids, so I wouldn't have to make this. You usually get what you pay for in college. To be honest, if you work/have a kid, you probably won't learn too much in an MBA program. The biggest thing they usually teach you is how to prioritize your life if you want to be successful (and you probably already have those skills). The book learning is useful (and you will learn something), but it isn't

I don't know what sort of instruction your hoping for here. 92suited, bb, you don't want to play this hand but it's free. I wouldn't raise, and you can't fold to a free flop, so you checked. I think you played that perfectly. Hit bottom 2 and you lead out. Good move. With the draws on the board, this is the sort of hand that can get counterfeited quickly, so I think you should have raised more on the flop (your 4 cent lead was fine, but once you get raised to 8 and called, you

[quote user="CayneB"] As played, yes, I would be getting it in on that flop every single time. However, to me, your 3bet preflop was WAY too small. There is very very few hands in villain's range that open to that amount and fold to the tiny rebump. Look at the hand from villain's perspective, after your small raise he's looking at calling under 20k more for a preflop pot of ~59k... ~3:1 preflop with position on the 3bettor is just too good to pass up with nearly any two cards

Can't river bet here without the intent on calling a push. Really though, what hand are you worried about, 66? Would he really lead a set here for nearly pot on the flop? He also lead the flop and the turn, does he hit set on the turn, boat on the river, and then check? Can he do that unless he knows you have A3? This is the sort of board where I imagine you both could have missed, and he's trying to take this away from you on the river. I don't think you can ever fold here (and if you

Not sure what your referring to. When I was trying to learn this skill, the easiest is to only play 1-2 tables at a time, and then participate in every hand as it plays. As the hand goes on, try to narrow a players range, and then the times they show, see how close you were. After the hand is over-reevaluate it, and see if you missed something if you were wrong. I'm not sure you can learn to read hands in any way but just watch hundreds and thousands of hands, and just see how players play.

Well, the min bet means nothing, so I would play your hands down normally against this player. If you have junk, fold. If you have a hand, you raise it up.

I can't say for the higher stakes games, but playing lower games, I've found people far more likely to berate the cheaper you go (played a $2 MTT last weekend at the same time as a $15 one started on UB, people stayed quiet at the $15, but someone made any kind of move in the $2, the idiot calls were flying. Worse part, it was usually moves that weren't bad (button raise with nothing, etc) that were getting this heckling, and the heckling was from overally tight players. But, for those