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Instructional sample hands

This is part 1 of our instructional sample hands in the year 2008. It is our intention to outline the most interesting and tricky hands for you.

We are presenting you two No Limit hands as well as three Fixed Limit hands.
The No Limit hands deal with the topic "Continuation bets in reraised pots". The Fixed Limit hands deal
with the topic "Extracting value on the river". Feel free to discuss the hands:

No Limit


Hand 1


Players:
MP3 ($4.49)
SB ($5.50) (Hero)

Preflop: Hero is SB with KDiamond
, AClub

2 folds, UTG+2 calls $0.04, 2 folds, MP3 raises to 0.16, 2 folds, Hero raises to 0.46, 2 folds, MP3 calls $0.32,

Flop: 3Diamond
, 6Diamond
, 5Club
( $1.04 )
Hero ???

To find out more about the correct play in this spot and even more intersting hands concerning continuation bets in reraised pots, take a look at this thread:

» NL: Continuation bets in reraised pots

Fixed Limit

Hand 1

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with QClub
JHeart

UTG (poster) checks, UTG+1 folds, Hero raises, Button 3-bets, 1 folds, BB calls, UTG calls, Hero calls.

Flop: KSpade
TDiamond
2Heart

BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: 8Diamond

BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

River: AHeart

???

To find out more about the right play and even more hands concerning the correct play on the river take a look at this thread:

» FL: Extracting value on the river

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