Here in Dublin atm, playing cash games at the Irish Open. Had two semi-intertesting hands and just wondering what you reckon I should do.

Hand 1
blinds 2/5
dealt 55 utg with a stack of 170

Hero calls
Utg+1 calls
Utg+2 raises to 35
One caller in position
folds to me



Utg+1 relatively loose calling station, although not the worst player.
Utg+2 very, very LAG player
Caller in position
very loose, likes to see flops


so what to do here? I assume folding is the standard. Pushing did cross my mind though. What do ye all think?


Hand 2
blinds 2/5
dealt QdQs in BB with a stack of ~300

utg raises blinds to 25
utg+2 calls
folds to me in BB

I raise to 110
both players call
flop comes 8h9hJh

What do I do here?

don't limp the first one, just fold, you don't have enough money, also because he is a laggy player you don't want to set mine, if he was a nit that you are sure had AA or KK then a call is still horrible.


Second one I check raise allin on the flop, maybe lead for 200, you are going to have to go down with the flop since you don't have any monies behind.

First hand; fold. Be nitty and rich in this spot.

Second hand: Just shove. It's your only way out and you have a very tenuous grip on this board ...

Hand one is a clear fold. Do not push with this! The raise is too big to make it worth your while to call and try to hit a set.

Hand 2 I am going to push in. There is too much money in the pot. Might as well go all the way. If someone has flopped a better hand, oh well.

Open raise the first one if you had a full stack, not sure when you're playing with 170.

snap fold the first one, no matter how much you have behind IMO. 55 9 handed just isn't a good hand and you don't want to be playing it UTG.

Just shove the second one since you don't have much behind, maybe AhJx will call and you will have a race or something.

At a 9 handed table full stacks i think you should open any PP.

I do at 6-max, and Issac Haxton said on his video that you should do it at FR to, i agree with him.

I LOVE your picture

And fu Jam, I'd kill to be at the Irish Open, stupid Israel. I have an each way bet on Ram Vaswani and Phil Laak reaching the final table, made it about 6 months ago when I was drunk

Check raise the second one AI on the flop.

First one, RELOAD PREFLOP. Otherwise just fold. Get some more money to play 2/5 with, or go play 1/2 because you just aren't deep enough to get like any real strategy playing short stacked.