The first demonstrates my rustiness, and the second is much more standard. I will post the history and then a little discussion afterwards. If you hate my play, please comment below!
PokerStars Zoom Hand #114013817064: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2014/03/29 18:26:57 WET [2014/03/29 14:26:57 ET]
Table 'Whirlpool' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: yanoji ($36.68 in chips)
Seat 2: izmailov13 ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 3: gabi_igna ($76.80 in chips)
Seat 4: J@sonB0urne* ($14.35 in chips)
Seat 5: ho8888 ($26.76 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($25.70 in chips)
Seat 7: dellbono ($10.08 in chips)
Seat 8: Infoc ($17.77 in chips)
Seat 9: donald543210 ($26.79 in chips)
izmailov13: posts small blind $0.10
gabi_igna: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Qh Ah]
J@sonB0urne*: folds
ho8888: folds
Hero: raises $0.50 to $0.75
dellbono: calls $0.75
Infoc: folds
donald543210: folds
yanoji: calls $0.75
izmailov13: folds
gabi_igna: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc Ts 9h]
Hero: bets $1.50
dellbono: folds
yanoji: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [Jc Ts 9h] [8h]
Hero: bets $4.25
yanoji: raises $6 to $10.25
Hero: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [Jc Ts 9h 8h] [Qc]
Hero: checks
yanoji: bets $17.45
Hero: calls $13.20 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($4.25) returned to yanoji
*** SHOW DOWN ***
yanoji: shows [Kd Qd] (a straight, Nine to King)
Hero: shows [Qh Ah] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
yanoji collected $50.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $52.50 | Rake $2
Board [Jc Ts 9h 8h Qc]
Seat 1: yanoji (button) showed [Kd Qd] and won ($50.50) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 2: izmailov13 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: gabi_igna (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: J@sonB0urne* folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ho8888 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Hero showed [Qh Ah] and lost with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 7: dellbono folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Infoc folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: donald543210 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
I don't mind the c-bet, I don't expect much to fold but I have plenty of equity myself against most ranges.
The turn is where I question my play. I think I'm getting good odds to call, because I assume I'm chopping some of the time, plus I have flush outs. Would you give a villain such a wide range in this spot?
The problem with calling though is that I end up pot-stuck, and getting 3/1 on the river against an unknown opponent I didn't feel that I could then fold.
I guess I'm wondering whether I should just have shipped on the turn if I was never folding the river anyway. If I assume he's never folding to a turn shove, I think I need to be good around 40% of the time or more for it to be OK. I think that that's probably true (unless the games have improved so much that opponents are only ever raising the nuts here). If this was against a known competent opponent I could have called the turn and then folded the river I think, but I just didn't know enough to get away this time.
PokerStars Zoom Hand #114012447626: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2014/03/29 18:01:22 WET [2014/03/29 14:01:22 ET]
Table 'Whirlpool' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: gepapar2823 ($5.21 in chips)
Seat 2: fasarias ($25.39 in chips)
Seat 3: GrijzeWolf38 ($21.17 in chips)
Seat 4: sturm14 ($28.05 in chips)
Seat 5: Schneider028 ($47.88 in chips)
Seat 6: Sharckogogo ($36.68 in chips)
Seat 7: UnBent022 ($30.26 in chips)
Seat 8: damobookie ($29.64 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero ($25.78 in chips)
fasarias: posts small blind $0.10
GrijzeWolf38: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Qs Js]
sturm14: folds
Schneider028: folds
Sharckogogo: folds
UnBent022: folds
damobookie: folds
Hero: raises $0.50 to $0.75
gepapar2823: folds
fasarias: folds
GrijzeWolf38: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [Qc Jd 3d]
GrijzeWolf38: bets $1.50
Hero: raises $4 to $5.50
GrijzeWolf38: raises $14.92 to $20.42 and is all-in
Hero: calls $14.92
*** TURN *** [Qc Jd 3d] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Jd 3d 8s] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GrijzeWolf38: shows [5d 4d] (high card Queen)
Hero: shows [Qs Js] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
Hero collected $40.53 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $42.44 | Rake $1.91
Board [Qc Jd 3d 8s 2h]
Seat 1: gepapar2823 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: fasarias (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: GrijzeWolf38 (big blind) showed [5d 4d] and lost with high card Queen
Seat 4: sturm14 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Schneider028 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Sharckogogo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: UnBent022 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: damobookie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Hero showed [Qs Js] and won ($40.53) with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Straight forward I think. He's not playing with a full stack so I assume he's a weaker player.
I'd expect most villains to 3-bet at least QQ and maybe JJ, and then probably check any sets back to me a large proportion of the time. So ruling the really strong hands out I'm probably either facing the same hand, or some kind of draw so I raise the flop lead happy to play for stacks.
To conclude, I think I'm going to make posts like this more often. To just play a few hundred hands and post the larger pots - if only to keep this blog going which has now got a fair bit of history.
Anyway, good luck at the tables all!
