Hello, I played 2 sessions of $1-$1 live in last weekend. The game is pretty loose, it's full ring, it consist normally about 5 good players, 3 mediocre players and 2 really bad players.
I had a pretty rough session, and I want to know your opinions on where I could've lost less.
1) OK, the first hand we're sitting on BU with A♥:A♣: which is somewhat nice. Loose aggressive player limps in from UTG+1, folds to me, I raise to $5. LAG calls. We are both playing little bit more than 100bb deep.
Flop comes J♦:4♦:2♠:, a great looking flop for us, only few combos that are crushing us. Villain bets $11 from OOP. Since I know he hates folding and he's never folding a jack to raise or any kind of flush draw, I raise to 30$. Villain calls.
Turn is Q♦:, which is not a good card for us, JQ and all the diamonds now beat us, and those hands are definitely in his range. Villain checks, and I bet $35. Villain shoves for 80$, I hate life an toss one chip in. River blanks, and villain shows 8♦:5♦:.
I think the pr and post-flop are standard, but maybe I should've checked the turn and a river bet decent amount of time. We've played a lot together with villain, and I know he can bomb the river with something like 9♠:9♦:. So if I played the hand again, I'd check the turn and mostly call the river bet since he has so many bluffs in his range and our line looks very weak after checking turn with three :diamond:. on board. What do you think?
2) Very interesting hand. We are on CO with J♣:J♦:. UTG+1 limps in, we raise to $5, but because player next to him still has cards and everybody since has acted on wrong turn, and we raise when it's not our action, its ruled as a call. Button also limps, BB and SB check. Not good jacks, getting ready to muck them if a wet flop comes.
Flop comes 2♣:5♦:4♠:, which is pretty decent for us. Now the things start to get weird. SB opens for $2. BB raises to $4. UTG+1 raises to $10. UTG+1 is aggressive player who plays his draws very aggressively, C-bets 80% of the pots, I've seen him overbet shove with nothing. BB and SB don't really look very strong, but we're concerned with UTG+1, since he knows I tried to raise PR and he's still donking on us a small value-looking 4-bet. UTG+1 started the hand with 70bb. So, I raise to $30, pretty much committing myself, I have about $50 behind. SB and BB fold. UTG+1 shoves for $40 more, I hate life again and make the call. He shows 2♣:2♦:, we don't improve. Any thoughts? A very difficult spot on the flop, I really hate flatting because I don't think it makes any sense, if we're behind we're behind by mile and if we're ahead we want to stack ASAP.
3) We're on BB with A♦:8♦:. UTG+1 limps in, aggressive regular, whom I've played +200 hours with, opens to $4 from UTG+3. BU and SB call. I don't want to play a mediocre hand from OOP, probably being dominated, and aggressive regulars opening range is super wide, it has all kinds of 9♦:7♦: and 6♣:6♥: etc in it. I block the nuts and raise to $16. Pretty standard. UTG+1 to my surprise calls and UTG+3 calls.
Flops comes A♠:J♦:5♦:. I probably should just lead. However, I know UTG+3 is going to bet this flop very wide, since it's very possible my range is missed, 9♠:9♦:, K♠:K♦:, Q♦:Q♠:, T♠:T♦:, etc are looking pretty horrible at this spot. I check, UTG+1 checks, UTG+3 bets $20. We are 120bb effective before hand started, I consider showing. It's gonna be about 1 SPR pot on the turn if I just flat here and UTG+1 folds. However, since we have so much history, I don't see him folding any better hand to my shove, maybe A♥:T♥:. I flat since UTG+3 is very aggro player and I'm hoping to stack if diamond hits which is awful plan from OOP, UTG+1 folds. Turn is K♣:, we check and opponent shoves for $80. I would want to fold and just hate the way I played the hand, against this opponent I know he shove with something like 8♦:8♠: or 9♦:9♠:, but it starts to look like a set or even stronger now. I hate life once again, can't quite fold, toss in the chip. We don't make the flush and villain shows Q♥:T♥: for nuts. We loose the maximum again, villain says later that he was gonna shove the turn no matter what the card was.
I probably just should've lead the flop or check-jam it. What do you think from these hands :f_biggrin:?
