Hand One:
I'm not sure quite how to represent my hand histories. I tried adding little spade, diamond, heart and club icons but that didn't work out too well. So for now I'm going to just snip sections off from PT3 until a more efficient method comes along.
This is a crazy hand I played about a month ago. My instincts told me to fold but my gambling side said "fuck it, All in" I was getting about 5:1 pot odds.
The trouble was trying to put everybody on a range of hands. I knew at least somebody had a set which didn't bother me and was hoping others had an overpair/2 pairs. I had one of my own outs which was bad, although if the 6 diamonds was the jack of clubs, I wouldn't have hesitated as much. I only really had 2 nut outs on the flop (The 6s) any 7 or 8 would have given 8J and JQ the nut straight respectively.
I checked the odds of this hand later and found the results quite interesting.
The only chance I had to get away from the hand the way I see it was when it came around to me on the flop. There was a pot size bet ($0.48) and a call making the pot ($1.44) where I had $2 in my stack and 3 players to act after me. Thinking about it now, calling 1/4 of my stack was the worst play I could have made. It should have been either fold or raise. If I had to play the hand again, I probably would just fold to the pot size bet.
From this hand, I've learned that I should be wary of low wraps. Especially in multi-way pots.
Hand two:
This hand is a little bit more straight forward. Its a hand I played today.
I wanted to demonstrate how much my game has improved. I have shifted away from my passive nature, where in the past I'd assume the Pre-Flop Raiser (PFR) always had the nuts when they bet. I've learned that just because you raise preflop does not mean you always connect. Anyway, back to the hand.
Preflop:
I raised which was pretty standard with my hand but get reraised which is quite rare at these stakes unless your opponent is a lagtard. I didn't have a read on my opponent but a reraise at these stakes usually means AAXX which is what I put my opponent on. This is why I didn't 4-bet, I also didn't want to play out of position (OOP) if he decided to just smooth call my 4-bet. I wouldn't feel very comfortable with just an overpair or TP/TK.
Flop:
Great flop for me. I have the nut flush draw + gut shot straight draw + an overpair and a backdoor flush draw. I decided to check raise pot for several reasons:
1) Its a monster hand which if we got it all in, I'm not drawing dead.
2) I think its difficult for AAXX to call in that situation even though they are several draws out there. For all he knows I could have a set or two pairs which I would sometimes play in a similar manner.
3) Most players at this level continuation bet(c-bet) way too much. The check raise in this situation is a super strong move that 'should' get rid of any of his air he was c-betting with. Floating on his part would also be futile given his stack size.
Turn:
Not much to say. Checking? Hell no. Given his stack size, I'd rather put him all in. Luckily he did not have AAXX but instead had top pair + some funky turn gut shot straight draw. He did have 10 outs though, 2 Js, 2 4s, 1 Q, 2 Ts and 3 9s would have won it for him.
Thats it for now. Let me know if you think I need improving in some aspects of my game!
