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$0.02/$0.05, 6-max, 100BB effective

Preflop (2.4BB pot)
UTG raises to 2.4BB. Hero calls from MP with 2♣2♦. Two others call. 4-way to flop.

Flop (9.6BB pot): 2♠ A♥ 5♣
Hero donk-leads 6.4BB. Villain (UTG) calls. Others fold. HU to turn.

Turn (22.4BB pot): 7♦
Hero bets 14.4BB. Villain raises all-in. Hero calls.

River: T♠

Showdown
Hero: 2♣2♦ (set of deuces)
Villain: A♠A♣ (set of aces)
Villain wins 195BB pot.

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Villain is a reg type of player. Is folding ever an option here? Obviously AA is top of his range in UTG, he could also have 77 that beats me but I beat a lot of aces and AK could definitely play like this.

Hi guys I’m looking for communities or just grinders who I can share/receive hands with and talk through our different spots, I’m still quite early on in my poker grind but have been playing on and off for 10 years and only got a couple people to talk through hands with, if your in the same boat as me let me know, preferably the online MTT players

NL5 6-max, 100bb effective. Hero in BB with A♠J♠.

Preflop:
BTN min-opens to 2bb. SB folds. Hero (BB) 3-bets to 7.4bb. BTN calls.
Pot: 15.8bb

Flop: A♥ 8♠ Q♠
Hero bets 4.8bb (~30% pot). BTN calls.
Pot: 25.4bb

Turn: 9♦
Hero bets 7.8bb (~31% pot). BTN raises to 37bb. Hero folds.
Pot when fold: 70bb

Hero loses 20bb total.

Question: against an unknown villain, what's the play on the turn — fold, call, or shove? And separately — was the 30%/31% sizing line a mistake that created this awkward spot, vs going 50%+ on flop to set up a cleaner stack-off by the river?

Are there any tools that can analyse a run you have had in a tournament. It should be able factor in stack depth, ICM, bubble pressure (im aware it doesn't show up in the hand history but maybe an estimate if possible).

$ 15 grand prix Europe in GG poker.

Hero (93 bb) in LJ with Kd Kc. Effective stack sizes 82 bb.

Hero raises to 3 bb, CO calls, SB 3-bets to 11 bb, hero calls and CO calls.

Pot 34 bb.

Flop 9h, 8d, 4s.

SB bets 23 BB.

Hero?

Early in tournament, nothing special on SB.

1/3

Mp opens to $20

Hero in btn calls with 44. Sb, utg, and utg1 also call

Pot is $100

Flop is T74 rainbow

Mp cbet $45. Hero, sb and utg call

Pot is $280

Turn is A

Checks to hero and I bet $175

Sb think for a bit then jam. She cover hero and I have $550 behind. Some bit of history with this player she tend to limp call preflop and is a TAG. Hero tanks and thought this might be a set over set situation. I did also put her on AT as well. I ended up folding..

After the hand another player asked what she had. I didn't hear but the other player said oh I thought you had set of 77 or TT.

Later I talked to a few players that I folded a set of 4 and they said that's a bad fold and they're never folding there. smh

Live 1/2, 200 effective

Hero has JTo on the big blind

7 limps, hero isolates to 20, button calls, everyone else folds

Flop AK2 rainbow

H cbets 20, btn calls

Turn Q, completes rainbow. Hero checks. Btn bets 55, hero calls.

River Q, hero checks, btn goes all in for 120 effective.

Hero?

Live 2-100 SL game. Any big hand opens at least 15.

Fold around to Button.

Button raises to 15 (has 375 behind)

Fold to BB (KK) Raise to 60 (400 behind)

Button calls

Flop A73 rainbow

BB bets 75

Button raises max to 175.

What is the move?

If your preflop raise never gets through (2.5-3bb), should you open wider or tighter from BTN?

Does it matter how good or bad the opponent is post flop?

I'm not from the US so I will write all in terms of blinds, but this was at the lowest stakes and 6 players on the table

I got KdKc on the BB i Got around 150 bb

UTG opens with 7.5 bb 3 players including sb calls so I decided to 3-bet 35 bb trying to get as few calls as possible and getting value

UTG calls and also Sb

Flop is 10h 8h 2c

Sb checks and I Jam

My thought process is that Sb got like 68bb behind and he is an old guy that I know he would donk if he got something. UTG is 125bb behind just like me, I estimated his range AA to JJ and AK, AQ suited and unsuited and AJs and KQs. So what Im most afraid is to see an A between turn and river and or another heart so since stp is already around 1.2 i decided to jam to take the pot at once or getting calls from drawing hands. At this point my only worry is that UTG could have AA.

UTG calls and Sb folds

We decided to run it twice and he shows me pocket 10 10

Neither of both boards helped me

I don't think it is correct to call a squeeze with pocket tens also considering there are 3 more people waiting to decide that's why it didn't cross my mind he could have 10 10 but maybe I'm wrong or maybe my squeeze wasnt big enough. Or maybe It'd have been better to check or making a smaller bet but idk. At the end of the day it was at the lowest stakes and variance didn't go my way.

I would appreciate to review my hand and tell me my mistakes :)

friends were watching me play 50nl last night, they clowned me for making this fold. 6max ~120bb eff

open up Ac8c to 3bb in the LJ. BTN, SB, and BB all flat.

(12bb pot) flop comes AdJhQs. Action chekcs to btn who bets 4bb. SB folds, BB calls, and I call as well. I think it's generally pretty unlikely that A8 is the best hand here but BTN is a maniac and BB also knows this so I call.

(24bb pot) turn is Ah, checks through. I don't think I should have any leads on this card after I flat flop.

(24bb pot) river is 8d. BB checks, I bet about 10bb hoping to get called or raised by whatever bullshit BTN has. BTN does indeed raise to 53BB, dollar signs fill my eyes but then BB rips in his remaining 115BB. I think nobody is ever bluffing in this spot(at least at 50NL) and they're not doing this for value with anything that isn't a boat. He can only have Ax boats (88 wouldn't have made it this far, QQ and JJ would've 3bet pre) so it's either A8 of spades, AQo or AJo. Not getting the odds so I just fold. BTN tank calls, BB has AJo of course. My friends said I was stupid and a nit for folding this, I think this has to be a super easy no brainer fold right? How did I play the hand in general?

We hold AQo in MP. Utg+1 (fish) limps. We are in 16th of 107 with about 50bb behind (so most are short stacked), but both villains have >30bb.

We raise to 3bbs.

Folds to BB, who calls. UTG+1 calls.

Flop:

10, 5, 4 rainbow. Check, check, I bet around 1/4 pot. Call, call.

Turn:

K (still rainbow)

Check, check, check.

River: brick

Check, bet pot-size, fold, fold.

Should I have sized up flop? Bet turn? Or did I play this ok?

Playing Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa 1/3. I’m in the BB with King-Jack offsuit, $415 effective.
UTG (loose player) opens to $10. MP (tight player who hadn’t 3-bet in hours) makes it $25. CO calls, Button calls, I call in BB, UTG calls. Pot ~$125.
Flop: King Jack Four rainbow flop
I lead $40 first to act. Thought process: dry board, I flopped top two, expected weaker hands to call and stronger hands to raise. Also set up a turn jam if multiple callers.
UTG folds. MP raises to $125. CO folds. Button tank-calls. I jam for $415 total for value. My thinking was I block Kx/Jx combos and MP can stack off with Pocket Aces or Ace-King.
MP calls (covers me slightly), Button calls (deep stack; later said if I had ~$100 more he may have folded).
Turn/river brick out. MP gets last ~$50 in on turn, Button calls.
Showdown:
I have King-Jack offsuit
MP has Pocket Aces
Button has Pocket Fours for bottom set
Questions:
Is King-Jack offsuit too wide to defend preflop in BB vs tight MP 3-bet + multiple callers?
Is calling better than 4-betting preflop?
On flop, is lead/jam best, or should I check-raise / just call raise because Button cold-called?
Standard cooler or did I overplay top two multiway?

I've been trying to incorporate more unconventional zero equity bluffs into my game, let me know if this is a bad example. 50NL 6max 80bb eff

CO limps in, I raise it up to 4bb with 6d4d at the BTN. I know this is pretty loose but this was a super good game and I was stoned so I'm just trying to play anything decent. SB and CO flat.

(13BB) flop comes 9h4hKh. SB leads for 4bb, about 1/3. CO calls and I decide to put in the raise to 15BB. I think most players' raising range here is strong made hands that want protection from a 4th heart, flushes, and bluffs with high single hearts. If I include this type of hand in my raising range, I can still have bluffs when the 4th heart comes out whereas most players will not. I also like using this hand because it blocks pocket 4s, basically the strongest made hand besides a flush that CO/SB can have and one of the only non flush hands that will peel on a flush completing turn. SB calls, CO folds.

(47BB pot) turn is 3h, SB checks and I bet 19bb/40% pot. He folds. I think I don't really need to bet much bigger than 40% with this bluff because there's only a couple cards in the deck that will call and I'm more likely to have all of those. So it should get through pretty often. By that same tken I think with this bluff I would pure give up if they called this turn bet.

Thoughs on this bluff/gameplan? I think doing it multiway was definitely pretty stupid but yeah. Maybe heads up it would print?

About $300 effective to start the hand, all players in this hand are similar in stacks. $5 ante. I’m dealt QcQs9d5s

Board 1: Qh5h2h

Board 2: Qd8c5c

I flop top set on both boards but with no backup straight or flush draws. UTG bets out for $20, 2 players call, and it folds to me.

I raise to $120 thinking that I’m extremely likely to at least win one of these boards and want to charge the draws on board 2, or at least get the weaker ones to fold. With serious scoop potential, I’m happy to build the pot. All 3 players call.

Is this the correct approach with so much raw equity or better to slow down and see a clean turn first? I also weighed going massive with a jam to isolate against one of them who likely had the flush on board 1 and I could be free-rolling against.

I'm still trying to beat .02/.05 before I move up against players who know what they're doing. I just want to ask about a simple idea for a strategy before I try it out

If I have a strong read on a player who seems to be willing to call down any pair they hit with any two random cards is it a good idea to flat call their open raise preflop with a super strong hand like KK? My thinking is that I'd rather see a flop, have them hit a garbage pair, then milk them dry all the way down the to the river. Any way I could find myself in trouble if I do this?