jrbick

This depends on the intellect of your opponents as you observe it, but another line that you could use is just call BB's 3 bet on the flop and c/r him on the turn, trapping MP1 and MP2 for bets. Bet the river. And yes, fold pre-flop. you had to put in 3 bets on an extremely marginal ("extrememly" because you're facing a raise already and then a 3bet after you cold-call...you should cold-call almost never...ever) hand.

The first hand is debatable. I'm not going to argue against it. If all I have to go on are stats, then I have to agree with your action. I'm assuming this is 5/10 short? I still think that there's some value in going to SD. In any case, if this is 5/10 short (what I'm familiar with) I'm definitely not folding that second hand. You'd be amazed at what these guys raise with on the turn. Any piece, any draw. You've got plenty of show-down value.

well, depends. If you are pretty confident that a raise gets this HU for the river I'm not going to argue against it. Given your reads it doesn't look like that's happening. How much fold equity do you give yourself for a turn-raise. What about the River if you're UI?

All valid points. This is really going to dpend on your reads. You've basically already made the point that you beat a bluff (aside from the obvious which really is that much now). It really doesn't matter what the pot odds are at this point, only what you think your opponents are calling with and now betting with. 6 max is less and less about pot odds (not totally, bet less) and more and more about your opponents (their tendencies, their basic hand-ranges, etc.). You also have to think about what they put you on. You raised PF, you bet the flop and the Turn, and now I can either see a w

Safely fold the Turn. You don't beat anything here unless he bluffs a lot.

I would definitely be playing 1/2 6 max w/ that roll. Heck, I played 3/6 with that roll, but 1/2 is a good place to learn. After learning short-handed, I really have no desire to go back to full-ring... higher limits in the distant future will require full-ring in most cases, but that's fine because learning 6-max now is perfect for mid-high stake full-ring later one since most hands are HU or 3 handed anyway. As far as learning short-handed, well... it's just looser and more aggressive. Adjusting to your opponents is key (just like it is anywhere) and really dictates how you play from any

UTG is our classic LAP (77/18/.093 who goes to SD 32% so far out of 66 hands... so, take the read FWIW...)Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cxPreflop: Hero is Button with A:club:, Q:spade:. UTG calls, 1 fold, UTG calls.Flop: (5.40 SB) 2:club:, 7:spade:, J:club: (2 players)UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls.Turn: (3.70 BB) A:diamond: (2 players)UTG checks, Hero bets, Hero calls.River: (7.70 BB) 2:heart: (2 players)UTG betsThis a clear raise, no? I lose to a set (nh sir), A2, A7, AJ... He limps so I discount AJ. I mean, I suppose I could just do the simpl

I'd rather not disclose it. I finished in the top 210 though. A rather sad bust, but on the flop the guy was 44% to improve by the River. He improved on the T and nailed my queens to the felt. Oh well.

4.7k at 2nd break.... cut in half 20 mins prior

a little over 5k at break... about 5.5 right now

Table 46 ---- my name will remain a mystery for now.

sorry to bump this, but I just saw the ensuing dialogue.1.) I definitely didn't ignore what was being said. Apparently some "jokes" were said and I assumed them to be true. How else would I take them? So that's why I continued about BR management and the handicap of overlap. 2.) Once everyone decided to be more clear with what was actual, I decided that I had indeed overstepped my boundaries and appologized. Maybe that post was overlooked? So, again, I'm sorry for stepping on everyone's toes. It was indeed out of concern for another player. All I had to go on was the information I saw

I think screech is right on here. These drawing hands thrive on big, mulit-way pots. The place to raise here is if you had 4+ people behind you who all called. You've got 32% equity for the River so when you pop the flop and fold everyone out, your raise now becomes about 31% of what's going into the pot. On a 32% shot, I'd much rather see my bet worth 10% than 31% (assuming MP2 and Btn both call).

sorry to bump this, but I just saw the ensuing dialogue.1.) I definitely didn't ignore what was being said. Apparently some "jokes" were said and I assumed them to be true. How else would I take them? So that's why I continued about BR management and the handicap of overlap. 2.) Once everyone decided to be more clear with what was actual, I decided that I had indeed overstepped my boundaries and appologized. Maybe that post was overlooked? So, again, I'm sorry for stepping on everyone's toes. It was indeed out of concern for another player. All I had to go on was the information I saw

This kind of thing happens to everyone. If it's a loose game, you should be lowering your starting hand selection anyway. Full table or short? Online/live? Game? Limits?