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Hand replays... just to fill the blanks..

I am playing quite a lot of online poker now so I am not writing anything.. heck, I don't even feel like writing.. Still, I feel that it's my obligation to write at LEAST something here, and I figured that posting hand replays might be a good idea since it both helps me think about the play, and it also might help someone else somehow.. I also added a direct link to Full Tilt Poker's "Tips From the Pros" archive which is also good thing to read. As for this post, there will be some winning hands, some losing hands from yesterdays tilt factor and some hands that I think could have been played better... Let's start..
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Hand 1,
I just sat at the table and was BB with . MP short stack raised to .40 and LP called. I also called since I just sat down and wanted to see what happens. Ahhh, I flopped . Great!! I check.. MP checks, but LP bets .40. I just call thinking I will attack on turn. MP folds. Turn is and I thought this is not a scarry card at all, I can make my move for guys stack here. I check, he bets .40 again which should rang some bells in my head since pot was $2.15 at that moment. I didn't think about it, I raised to $5. Guy pushes all in and I call. River is and LP shows me for his sevens full of nines over my twos full of nines..
I was thinking about this hand a bit more and I realize that I should have folded this PF because I have seen a lot of times that BB comes in the play, flops something big, and loses his whole stack because of his bad starting hand. Heck, I once had and limped from the button because it was folded to me. I flopped set of aces but checked to the river where 2's paired to give me a boat. This guy in BB checked PF with and since I was checking behind him until the river, he picked up a boat of his own.. Two's full of sevens. He lost his whole stack on the river... My point is.. don't get carried away if you flop something big with a mediocre/bad starting hand. Rather try to control the size of the pot, especially if in position to do so, and be glad that you got anything out of it. Losing a stack or sizeable amount of money with bad hands is what everyone should avoid at all cost..
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Hand 2,
I was in SB with . It was folede to the button and he made it .30 so I called and BB called. Flop was . Thinking that I am in front, I bet $1, BB folds and Button raises to $2. I raise to $5 and he pushes. I call and he has .
I think I should have folded this PF also... No need to get involved in a three way raised pot with mediocre hand. From flop to all in, I don't think it was that bad, I just had to fold it PF.
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Hand 3,
Now for a serious mathematical mistake here, although I didn't know that at the time...
I had in LP. I limp. Flop is and SB and BB check. MP (same guy from the hand 1, just at different table) bets .10, I raise to .60, blinds fold and he calls. Turn is giving me an OESFD.. MP checks, I bet .90 into $1.60 and he goes all in for $8.50. I immediately call and river comes . He shows me and takes the pot down.
Now, I said I made a mistake, and I did.. I should have folded to his turn raise since I was actually way behind him in this hand and I thought that I am way in front with the straight and flush and straight flush draw and all... However, given the cards we both held on turn, I actuall had only 25% chance to win this hand while he had 61% while the rest was for the split.. I mean, I think I would probably do the same thing again since I really thought I am in front, but also, luck had it that we were against . Also, I made a mistake of losing a stack in an unraised pot which I must avoid at all costs..
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Hand 4,
I had in LP. MP TAG raised to .40. Everyone folded and I called. BB also called. Flop came . BB checks, MP bets .50, I call and BB makes it $1.50. MP folds and now I make it $16 for the BB. BB had $15 left.. He thought for some time and folded making a comment that "AK isn't enough?". I took the pot but felt bad about the way I did it. I wanted this guys stack right away and I overraised his raise partly because I thought he will bite and call, and partly because I was affraid of the flush draw, thinking that he was semi-bluffing with the check-raise. I guess that a re-raise to $3 or $4 would be in order and would kind of commit his stack in case he would have called that raise....
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There goes for today.. I don't have much more to write about except to mention that I was extatic yesterday because Chelsea managed to win away at Valencia in Champions League and are now through to semi finals. I can see Chelsea in the finals this year even though they are against Liverpool who plays really solid footie in CL, and they have Rafael Benitez for a manager.. I personaly think that Rafa Benitez is one heck of a manager for European games, but lacks the focus that Mourinho has for domestic competitions. I can see Chelsea winning the tie, partly because I think it will be a revenge for 2 years ago when Liverpool won the CL by beating Chelsea in the semi-finals, and partly because Chelsea has a great team that doesn't forget all that easy if someone beats them once. Just look at Barcelona... Anyway, looking forward to the tie.. Cheers!

Post je objavljen 11.04.2007. u 20:12 sati.