Dare to bet the river for value - a micro LHE adventure

Originally posted by floaty
...and yet another one!

PokerStars - $0.25/$0.50 (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $18.15
Hero (BB): $9.15
UTG: $25.89
CO: $2.71
BTN: $8.74

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has A♦ K♦

fold, CO calls $0.25, BTN raises to $0.50, SB calls $0.40, Hero raises to $0.75, CO calls $0.50, BTN raises to $1.00, SB calls $0.50, Hero calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25

Flop: ($4.00, 4 players) K♥ 2♦ J♦
SB checks, Hero checks, CO checks, BTN bets $0.25, SB raises to $0.50, Hero raises to $0.75, fold, BTN raises to $1.00, SB calls $0.50, Hero calls $0.25

Turn: ($7.00, 3 players) T♦
SB checks, Hero bets $0.50, BTN raises to $1.00, SB calls $1.00, Hero raises to $1.50, BTN raises to $2.00, fold, Hero calls $0.50

River: ($12.00, 2 players) Q♦
Hero bets $0.50, BTN calls $0.50

Hero shows A♦ K♦ (Royal Flush) (Pre 46%, Flop 31%, Turn 80%)
BTN mucks J♣ J♠ (Three of a Kind, Jacks) (Pre 54%, Flop 69%, Turn 20%)
Hero wins $12.84

if only that K:h was a J:h!!

Hehe, ye, that wouldve been cruel though

why did you donk the turn ? I know it all ended well but you call his cap and donk the turn with your nut flush. personally I dont like that regardless of how huge a nit he is. he caps pre and on flop so even a 16 vpip player is going to bet turn.

And yet another one...

PokerStars - $0.25/$0.50 (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $10.19
BB: $3.42
Hero (UTG): $6.55
BTN: $11.55

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has T♦ K♦

Hero raises to $0.50, BTN calls $0.50, fold, fold

Flop: ($1.35, 2 players) 4♠ Q♦ J♦
Hero bets $0.25, BTN raises to $0.50, Hero calls $0.25

Turn: ($2.35, 2 players) 3♠
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

River: ($3.35, 2 players) A♦
Hero bets $0.50, BTN calls $0.50

Hero shows T♦ K♦ (Royal Flush) (Pre 66%, Flop 91%, Turn 93%)
BTN mucks 7♦ 9♦ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 34%, Flop 9%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins $4.19

Originally posted by Avataren
why did you donk the turn ? I know it all ended well but you call his cap and donk the turn with your nut flush. personally I dont like that regardless of how huge a nit he is. he caps pre and on flop so even a 16 vpip player is going to bet turn.

Compulsive "raise/cap check behind turn" that one, its like they get pissed off on the flop cause you raised them when they had initiative, so they 3bet/cap pretty much any hand just to check it back on later streets

the one i posted now i donked cause the A-flush was a scare card and I didnt want him to check behind. Ide expekt him to raise a flush there, my hand kinda looks like a pair of aces

Playing loads of tables and not really paying enough attention? yep. have no idea why hes not betting the river... and I dont know why I opr this one in the HJ either...

PokerStars - $0.25/$0.50 (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: $4.42
UTG: $12.97
Hero (MP): $6.00
CO: $2.21
BTN: $8.90
SB: $15.04

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has 9♦ T♥

fold, Hero raises to $0.50, CO calls $0.50, fold, fold, BB calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.60, 3 players) 7♦ T♦ 6♦
BB checks, Hero bets $0.25, CO calls $0.25, fold

Turn: ($2.10, 2 players) 8♦
Hero checks, CO bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

River: ($3.10, 2 players) K♥
Hero checks, CO checks

Hero shows 9♦ T♥ (Straight Flush, Ten High) (Pre 36%, Flop 57%, Turn 100%)
CO mucks A♥ Q♦ (Flush, Queen High) (Pre 64%, Flop 43%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $2.96

oh, and I've gotten two straight flushes so far today

PokerStars - $0.25/$0.50 (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG: $11.53
CO: $51.60
BTN: $3.51
SB: $1.03
Hero (BB): $11.81

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has 4♦ 3♦

fold, fold, BTN calls $0.25, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.75, 3 players) K♥ A♦ 5♦
SB checks, Hero bets $0.25, BTN raises to $0.50, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BTN calls $0.25

Turn: ($2.25, 2 players) 2♦
Hero bets $0.50, BTN calls $0.50

River: ($3.25, 2 players) 8♥
Hero bets $0.50, BTN calls $0.50

Hero shows 4♦ 3♦ (Straight Flush, Five High) (Pre 39%, Flop 43%, Turn 100%)
BTN mucks 8♦ K♣ (Two Pair, Kings and Eights) (Pre 61%, Flop 57%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $4.09

Third one today

PokerStars - $0.25/$0.50 (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG: $14.40
Hero (CO): $6.45
BTN: $8.74
SB: $8.08
BB: $13.38

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has T♠ 8♠

fold, Hero raises to $0.50, fold, fold, BB calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.10, 2 players) Q♠ 7♥ J♠
BB checks, Hero bets $0.25, BB calls $0.25

Turn: ($1.60, 2 players) 2♠
BB bets $0.50, Hero raises to $1.00, BB calls $0.50

River: ($3.60, 2 players) 9♠
BB checks, Hero bets $0.50, BB calls $0.50

Hero shows T♠ 8♠ (Straight Flush, Queen High) (Pre 45%, Flop 48%, Turn 91%)
BB mucks 2♣ J♣ (Two Pair, Jacks and Twos) (Pre 55%, Flop 52%, Turn 9%)
Hero wins $4.44

Fourth today, seventh this week so far...

PokerStars - $0.25/$0.50 (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

CO: $19.21
Hero (BTN): $6.00
SB: $9.25
BB: $9.62
UTG: $46.36

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has 7♦ 5♦

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.50, SB calls $0.40, fold

Flop: ($1.25, 2 players) 4♦ 6♦ 3♦
SB checks, Hero bets $0.25, SB calls $0.25

Turn: ($1.75, 2 players) 8♣
SB checks, Hero bets $0.50, SB calls $0.50

River: ($2.75, 2 players) A♥
SB checks, Hero bets $0.50, SB calls $0.50

Hero shows 7♦ 5♦ (Straight Flush, Seven High) (Pre 39%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)
SB mucks A♠ K♦ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 61%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $3.59

Originally posted by floaty
Playing loads of tables and not really paying enough attention? yep. have no idea why hes not betting the river... and I dont know why I opr this one in the HJ either...

PokerStars - $0.25/$0.50 (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: $4.42
UTG: $12.97
Hero (MP): $6.00
CO: $2.21
BTN: $8.90
SB: $15.04

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has 9♦ T♥

fold, Hero raises to $0.50, CO calls $0.50, fold, fold, BB calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.60, 3 players) 7♦ T♦ 6♦
BB checks, Hero bets $0.25, CO calls $0.25, fold

Turn: ($2.10, 2 players) 8♦
Hero checks, CO bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

River: ($3.10, 2 players) K♥
Hero checks, CO checks

Hero shows 9♦ T♥ (Straight Flush, Ten High) (Pre 36%, Flop 57%, Turn 100%)
CO mucks A♥ Q♦ (Flush, Queen High) (Pre 64%, Flop 43%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $2.96

oh, and I've gotten two straight flushes so far today

PokerStars - $0.25/$0.50 (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG: $11.53
CO: $51.60
BTN: $3.51
SB: $1.03
Hero (BB): $11.81

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has 4♦ 3♦

fold, fold, BTN calls $0.25, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.75, 3 players) K♥ A♦ 5♦
SB checks, Hero bets $0.25, BTN raises to $0.50, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BTN calls $0.25

Turn: ($2.25, 2 players) 2♦
Hero bets $0.50, BTN calls $0.50

River: ($3.25, 2 players) 8♥
Hero bets $0.50, BTN calls $0.50

Hero shows 4♦ 3♦ (Straight Flush, Five High) (Pre 39%, Flop 43%, Turn 100%)
BTN mucks 8♦ K♣ (Two Pair, Kings and Eights) (Pre 61%, Flop 57%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $4.09

first hand why no raise on turn ?!?!?!

I didn't realize that I had the straight flush until the money was shoved to me even though the other guy had the Qd was playing loads of tables at the time

I've been following for a while and have been enjoying the run of straight flushes (I haven't been jealous [HONEST FACE ]).

PokerStars - $0.10/$0.20 (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 19.2 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
SB: 9.85 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
Hero (BB): 25 BB
CO: 33.2 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)

SB posts SB 0.25 BB, Hero posts BB 0.5 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 0.75 BB) Hero has K♥ Q♣

CO calls 0.5 BB, fold, SB calls 0.25 BB, Hero raises to 1 BB, CO calls 0.5 BB, SB calls 0.5 BB

Flop: (3 BB, 3 players) K♣ T♣ J♥
SB checks, Hero bets 0.5 BB, CO calls 0.5 BB, SB calls 0.5 BB

Turn: (4.5 BB, 3 players) 9♣
SB checks, Hero bets 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB, fold

River: (6.5 BB, 2 players) J♣
Hero bets 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB

Congrats! Nice calldown by CO there

Done 20k hands this week now, 16k last week, think I'm gonna call it for this week. Gonna try 25k next week then! Been a kinda frustrating month up to the last 10k hands so far where I've been doing ~+-0 for 25k hands. I guess you just have to stick with it and hope time will fix it!

No, time ruins everything!

Be quiet you!

So one of the frequent songs, one of many, this week to be featured is:

Dave Bartholomew - The Monkey

Yeeaaahh

To much real life stuff popping up from everywhere, 25k hands this week seems a bit difficult

But I'm running good and hopefully will be playing .5/1 by the end of the week

He said and jinxed the hell out of it!

Yes I did!

So, after the last post I lost ~200BB in 1k hands, and then won it all back and more even over the next 800 hands

Poker is weird

The random spazz part of the range is never to be left out of the equation

PokerStars - $0.25/$0.50 (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

CO: $13.80
Hero (BTN): $8.08
SB: $14.42
BB: $6.00
UTG: $7.65

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has 8♥ 8♠

UTG raises to $0.50, CO raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $1.00, fold, fold, UTG calls $0.50, CO calls $0.25

Flop: ($3.35, 3 players) 6♣ 6♥ A♦
UTG checks, CO bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, fold

Turn: ($3.85, 2 players) 3♠
CO bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

River: ($4.85, 2 players) J♣
CO bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

CO shows 4♥ J♦ (Two Pair, Jacks and Sixes) (Pre 28%, Flop 13%, Turn 7%)
Hero mucks 8♥ 8♠ (Two Pair, Eights and Sixes) (Pre 72%, Flop 87%, Turn 93%)
CO wins $5.69

So I gave .5/1 a shot today, had the obligatory 50BB welcome drop in less than 100 hands so back to .25/.50 to lick my wounds until I'm ready to go back for another beating

This hand was kinda weird. Surprised to see him call down with a Q there. Annoying turn card, but prolly got me more money for the hand...

PokerStars - $0.25/$0.50 (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: $12.01
SB: $7.03
Hero (BB): $6.00

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has A♠ A♥

fold, SB raises to $0.50, Hero raises to $0.75, SB calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.50, 2 players) T♠ T♣ T♥
SB checks, Hero bets $0.25, SB calls $0.25

Turn: ($2.00, 2 players) T♦
SB checks, Hero bets $0.50, SB calls $0.50

River: ($3.00, 2 players) 2♥
SB checks, Hero bets $0.50, SB calls $0.50

Hero shows A♠ A♥ (Four of a Kind, Tens) (Pre 84%, Flop 100%, Turn 98%)
SB mucks 6♠ Q♠ (Four of a Kind, Tens) (Pre 16%, Flop 0%, Turn 2%)
Hero wins $3.84

You could be bluffing because your 3-betting range contain no Ax or Kx and....oh wait.

errrm....

Put you on JJ was just unlucky, soul-read you hard!

Great day today however not enough volume, but I recon its ok, wanted 500 hands more, but I'm just to tired.

Originally posted by Boomer2k10
You could be bluffing because your 3-betting range contain no Ax or Kx and....oh wait.

errrm....

Put you on JJ was just unlucky, soul-read you hard!

Its BvB so I could have like suited connectors and pp that I could bluff here, not sure Q6 should be in his call range though... havnt checked it, but it seems kinda wide. Gonna check tomorrow

It's probably closer than you think

SB opening ranges are pretty damn wide he'll have to fold all his J-highs and garbage before he gets to his Q-Highs (pretty sure boats get x/r'd on the flop) and he shouldn't have any A-Highs because that's the nuts so the only getter hand than Q-High in his call/call range is K-High.