$200 NLHE Full Ring: 200NL Live hands

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So after a few months away from the live casino grind I got back in for a short session and had a few hands I felt like needed further analysis. This is a full ring live 1/2 game, table is pretty tight/passive , we've ID'd one really competent player, one kind of mild/weak LAG (on my right perfectly), one "having fun on Saturday" fish on a heater. and a remaining mix of reg nits and passive weak regs. So for my style live, a pretty solid table.

Hand 1:

Hero on button with AA (stack is around $130). Raise to $10, folds to MP who calls, and to LAG (cutoff) who calls.

Flop comes 1096 two diamonds. MP checks, CO checks, Hero bets 3/4 pot. MP folds, LAG repops 3x Hero bet effectively putting Hero all in...

Action?

Hand 2:

Hero on button with AQs. Checks around to Hero , makes it $10 to go. SB folds, BB calls, EP calls, MP calls.

Flop is KKJ rainbow. BB checks, EP checks, Hero check.

Turn is Q. BB checks, EP checks, Hero checks.

River is 9. No flush possible but obviously a boat or straight possible. BB checks, EP for some reason folds....

Action?


Hand 3:

Hero in BB with KQo. Checks around to LP HJ who is the aforementioned "having fun on sat" fish on a heater who makes it $10. SB calls, Hero in BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop comes J7K rainbow. SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, LP HJ checks.

Turn 9. UTG+1 checks, LP HJ bets about 1/3 pot, SB folds, Hero calls, UTG+1 folds.

River Q giving Hero top two pair. Hero checks, HJ bets $25...

Action?
 
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Looks like some solid hands, here's my two-cents on them:

Hand 1: The check-raise from the LAG is kinda strange, and it'd be pretty hard to pin him down as overbetting to chase a draw or actually have a two-pair/set. I'm actually really tempted to call here because you said he's weak and he could be overvaluing a pair of tens as the highest pair in play.

Hand 2: I don't like the check post-flop or on the turn, at least make a 3BB bet for your draw, and once everyone checks again and you have a straight another small bet is ok just to see if anyone check-raises you. By the time you get to the river though you gave them two many free cards to get the straight. Next time I'd really suggest a probe type bet just to see if the anyone has a king or if everyone folds thinking you have the K.

Hand 3: Again why are you giving everyone free cards? Yes you're OOP but you most likely have the highest pair given no raised (probably no AA), and there's no flush draw to worry about so why aren't you putting any money into the pot here at the very least to make some of the weaker hands fold. Same thing on the river, now you gave up a possible straight if someone was sitting on QT or any T which looks like the case with the 1/3 pot raise from HJ who looks like they probably hit it on the river with the Q. A bet post-flop could have taken him out since he originally missed on the flop but now you have to fold to that bet assuming he hit the straight even if he's a fish.
 
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Hand 1 - I'm folding unless I've seen LAG play TP+FD for a x/r before. You don't say which 2 board cards are the diamonds so It's hard to put LAG on a range. Usually at $200NLH live, this x/r on a two-tone board will be a set trying to price out a FD. And, play with a full stack!!! :)

Hand 2 - I'm thankful I've gotten to the river w/o a bet since Kx/Tx make up a lot of villains preflop range. Based on what I know of the villain, I may make a small value bet $10 and fold to any raise. But if villain is known to bluff a decent amount of time then I'd just check back.

Hand 3 - I prob would have 3-bet here preflop to get it HU with Mr. Fun. As played, raise whatever I think Mr. Fun would call, $50 to $75. All comes down to how much I think Tx hands are in Mr. Fun's preflop raising range.
 
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Looks like some solid hands, here's my two-cents on them:

Hand 1: The check-raise from the LAG is kinda strange, and it'd be pretty hard to pin him down as overbetting to chase a draw or actually have a two-pair/set. I'm actually really tempted to call here because you said he's weak and he could be overvaluing a pair of tens as the highest pair in play.

Hand 2: I don't like the check post-flop or on the turn, at least make a 3BB bet for your draw, and once everyone checks again and you have a straight another small bet is ok just to see if anyone check-raises you. By the time you get to the river though you gave them two many free cards to get the straight. Next time I'd really suggest a probe type bet just to see if the anyone has a king or if everyone folds thinking you have the K.

Hand 3: Again why are you giving everyone free cards? Yes you're OOP but you most likely have the highest pair given no raised (probably no AA), and there's no flush draw to worry about so why aren't you putting any money into the pot here at the very least to make some of the weaker hands fold. Same thing on the river, now you gave up a possible straight if someone was sitting on QT or any T which looks like the case with the 1/3 pot raise from HJ who looks like they probably hit it on the river with the Q. A bet post-flop could have taken him out since he originally missed on the flop but now you have to fold to that bet assuming he hit the straight even if he's a fish.


Thanks for the feedback. Spoilers for hands is below. And you're correct on Hand 1 that I did call as it made sense given how this LAG was playing most of the night. On Hand 2 you're 100% correct I should have C-bet this flop as it checked around to me. After some reflection on the session I realized I was way too gun shy (and table dynamics were def ideal for my tighter style) likely due to having been away from 1/2 live for over 3 months just kind of out of the flow. I agree the C bet made sense here. I did bet the river to try and rep the K. Spoiler below. On Hand 3 you're spot on and as with Hand 2, I realized I was giving away free cards on multiple hands last night, I think the time away from the live game kind of made me a bit rusty as this is absolutely a spot I would normally bet when checked to here. It was a dumb move on my part and cost me on a few hands this session.



Hand 1 - I'm folding unless I've seen LAG play TP+FD for a x/r before. You don't say which 2 board cards are the diamonds so It's hard to put LAG on a range. Usually at $200NLH live, this x/r on a two-tone board will be a set trying to price out a FD. And, play with a full stack!!! :)

Hand 2 - I'm thankful I've gotten to the river w/o a bet since Kx/Tx make up a lot of villains preflop range. Based on what I know of the villain, I may make a small value bet $10 and fold to any raise. But if villain is known to bluff a decent amount of time then I'd just check back.

Hand 3 - I prob would have 3-bet here preflop to get it HU with Mr. Fun. As played, raise whatever I think Mr. Fun would call, $50 to $75. All comes down to how much I think Tx hands are in Mr. Fun's preflop raising range.

Thanks for the feedback. On Hand 1: I saw LAG play quite a few weak TP hands in this same manner as well as draws, gut shots, and any pair higher than the board. Ironically since I only have maybe 100 hours live under my belt over the past 15 months or so I was hesitant to top off much, I finally started to top off last night a bit and it felt real good and made my decision making easier even though the session didn't go as well as I had hoped. I didn't fold to him...spoiler below.

On Hand 2, I was actually surprised villain didn't put out a feeler bet and while he seemed a thinking player he was def not bluffy. Spoiler below and I was surprised he didn't make a re-raise on the bet. And on Hand 3 I'm hesitant to 3-bet with hands like AQ pre flop unless it's a known aggro who likes to raise practically ATC on the button or someone who habitually likes to straddle and raise. Mr. Fun def wasn't aggro but if I had as good of cards as he had all night I'd be raising too lol. Like I said above I don't know why I donk checked this flop and gave out free cards. Spoiler below.






SPOILERS:

Hand 1: I ended up calling his raise with my AA and he showed 87s for the flopped straight and I got felted.

Hand 2: I bet a little less than pot on river to try and rep a K against a thinking player. He tanked a bit then called and showed AA. I was impressed he didn't bet at all in the hand and let the board come. I expected a fold there but I got out of line too I think.

Hand 3: I donk checked the flop and should have absolutely bet here. And worse I donk checked the turn which was my second chance to redeem my flop mistake. So we get to river, I failed to build a nice pot against Mr. Fun/failed to make him pay for draws, and his pocket 10s ended up making a straight which he then proceeded to make a small value bet on the river which I called with TTP because I figured incorrectly maybe he had AK. Fortunately it wasn't a costly play but I think because I was so rusty I was not making the moves I should have made here and shut this hand down by the turn.
 
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