Full Tilt Poker Game #482243695: Table Las Vegas - $2/$4 - Limit Hold'em - 18:52:36 ET - 2006/03/06
Seat 1: Canucks eh ($51)
Seat 2: JoeDude ($49)
Seat 3: makeutap247 ($116)
Seat 4: PhilTMcNasty ($79)
Seat 5: Bamabat ($125)
Seat 6: hulk-smashU ($68.50)
Seat 7: grgimpy ($92)
Seat 8: potter81 ($54)
Seat 9: flick23 ($95)
JoeDude posts the small blind of $1
makeutap247 posts the big blind of $2
flick23 posts $2
Canucks eh has the button
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to grgimpy
PhilTMcNasty folds
Bamabat raises to $4
hulk-smashU folds
grgimpy raises to $6
potter81 folds
flick23 folds
Canucks eh folds
JoeDude raises to $8
makeutap247 folds
Bamabat calls $4
grgimpy calls $2

$28 in pot so far

*** FLOP ***
JoeDude bets $2
Bamabat calls $2
grgimpy raises to $4
JoeDude raises to $6
Bamabat calls $4
grgimpy calls $2

$46 in pot now

*** TURN ***

JoeDude bets $4
Bamabat calls $4
grgimpy calls $4

$58 in pot now

*** RIVER ***
JoeDude bets $4
Bamabat raises to $8
grgimpy calls $8
JoeDude calls $4

Final pot: $82

Did I play this hand too passively in general? I think I may have wanted to re-raise on flop to see what they did after the turn. It's hard to raise after the action post-flop though. Thoughts on each street are appreciated.

edit: hopefully this helps a little, i had trouble with adding too many emoticons, whatever

I refuse to read until you convert it.

is there a converter for full tilt? last time i checked it didn't work.

Maybe convert it yourself?

Not that hard.

I've seen hands from Full Tilt converted.

never mind, i don't care anymore

Its really not that hard to read, but in the future convert it yourself.

I cap the flop and call the turn if bet into. Im torn between 3betting the river and getting the over call. You only lose to JJ and a 10, so its a little read dependant on Bamabat.

thank you

Seriously. It takes you a few minutes to change it to a readable format. This hand seems interesting, I wish I could figure out wtf was going on.

- Zach

alright, i don't think it is too interesting, but i will do it anyways. that is why i said forget it, not b/c i was pissed about people not wanting to read it. i appreciate your persistance.

The hand is actually pretty interesting.

I think it's just polite to view hand critiquing as a favor, because in essence all of the responses you get will gear towards helping you find the correct way to play a particular hand. Given this, the least one can do is make the history easier on the eyes.

I'm glad that you were civil about the comments. We need the traffic too.

http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter This site converts Full Tilt hand histories. No need to thank me all at once. (I actually prefer this converter to the others I've used for all sites, for what it's worth)

First of all, I do appreciate any comments given about the hands I post on this site. I have posted many times before, and I definitely find this useful. I'm not calling you out alphaomega, but I just wanted to make this clear. Also, I understand why conversion is much easier, especially since the pot size is not shown for each street. My laziness got the better of me for lack of a converter, but I will use the one given by double from now on. I do want to get off of full tilt though as soon as I finish a reload bonus just b/c I think the play is better at that site and the games are not as abundant. Anyways, if anyone has any additional comments, especially about my play on the river, it would be much appreciated. Thank you for realizing I was trying to civil about your comments b/c I too get tired of the immature attitude displayed on this site often. Some people just need to grow up. I will post any other hands I have questions about, and I will look forward to reading responses b/c like many of you I want to make as much money as possible while I play. Thanks again for any additional critiques of this hand.

Full Tilt Poker
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $2/$4
9 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP2 with
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises, MP1 folds, Hero 3-bets, 3 folds, SB Caps, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (13SB, 3 players)
SB bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (11BB, 3 players)
SB bets, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls.

River: (14BB, 3 players)
SB bets, UTG+1 raises, Hero calls, SB calls.

Results:
Final pot: 20BB

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Here we go.

GrGimpy, FWIW, I wasn't trying to be an ass. Just trying to get ya to follow the rules as outlined on the main page. Just makes it easier to get replies, and keeps the boards clean, etc.

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As for the hand:

Preflop: Beautiful

Flop: Does a capping range for SB include JJ? My guess is he has QQ, and is now openended. I definitely cap that flop. The only have we really have to be worried about is JJ or TT, if he is a loose capper.

Turn: That T narrows some of the hands he could hold that beat us. There is only one combination of TT left. So it's just that and JJ, and an outside chance of 99. I'm going to raise/call this turn.

River: The third T is a good card for us. JJ is now the only real hand to worry about. Even 99 has been counterfeited now. In all honestly, I want to raise call this river as well, but with UTG+1 waking up, I get a sick feeling that he had a 10, so I would probably wuss out and just call the raise, and hope it isn't 2 cold back to me again. This pot is HUGE, so I really think folding is out of the question, even if it's capped, I think we will certainly win it more than the 1 in 5 times or whatever it is we need for calling the cap.

- Zach