[$25nl / 6max] Played Correctly?

Way to show results, limp in the small blind with junky hands heads up, slow play yourself into a lost pot, and 3-bet the river without an over-full.

Instead of waiting until the river to get the money in with action that only worse hands can call you with, why not just raise preflop/bet the flop/bet more on the turn?

/me is not a fan of this hand at all.

Don't open-limp the SB. Some might say you can play a balanced strategy that way, but I say that's nonsense. Raise or fold pf depending on how tight/loose your opponent is.

Postflop: stop slowplaying. Just bet the flop and get as much money in as you can. Big hand, big pot, so start building the pot.

Yeah clearly I biffed ... showing the results for this hand was necessary because there really wasn't any action and you can't appreciate the horrible play I put out there. I think the EPA issued a high pollution warning out of my home yesterday for my play.

Anyways, here's something i thought about when I was thinking back to my play ... the biggest thing that tilts me isn't losing a tough hand, it's seeing big hands not get paid. So then I start "gripping the bat" tighter and then slow playing the crap out of everything.

Clearly on this hand, objectively, I would say:

Raise the SB, don't limp in, that's weak.

Flop: Pot it

Turn: Pot It

River: Shove

Would that have changed the outcome? Probably not , but at least I wouldn't be so embarrassed about my play like I am after yesterday.

icemonkey9 said:

Flop: Pot it

Turn: Pot It

River: Shove

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I wouldn't mind a check/raise on the turn, since its going to be hard to get all in without over-betting by just potting every street (since you decided to limp preflop...).

If you're going to play this hand at all from the SB, it has to be played as a raise. So much of your value from these weak hands is just as a steal. Limping here is really bad because we're OOP with an incredibly weak hand. I'll raise this preflop only if I think the BB is likely to fold, otherwise it's mucked.

I love how you and your opponent decide to out-slowplay each other after the flop. Also I believe this hand proves the online poker is "action-rigged"!

yea why on earth did you limp the sb? from bb i'd raise this to like 4-5x against a sb limper everytime until they start to play back (which is normally never).

i'd open this vs anybody tight and fold it vs anybody looser/likely to play back at me. The rest of the hand is a cooler, but you have to ask yourself why you were playing this hand trying to win like 50c when you flop a monster. Maybe i could understand checking the flop if this was like a 3 bet pot, but when it is a sb complete/bb limp, you have to try and get as much money in the pot as possible.

icemonkey9 said:

Would that have changed the outcome? Probably not , but at least I wouldn't be so embarrassed about my play like I am after yesterday.

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it's not about the outcome of this specific hand or the embarassement. It's about maximizing value against the whole range that your opponent could have.

your line gets no money in the pot when you're ahead and costs your stack when you're behind. That's textbook -EV.

I seem to recall you describing in your blog that you checked because you hoped he had something. If he has something he's not going to fold to a flop bet is he?

I've had this exact same thing happen to me, except I was the one with 5 10 in the BB. it was only a few days ago too.

By the way zachvac:
your sig needs editing. Bill Gates is not the richest person in the world . . .
His mentor, Warren Buffet, passed him up a few years ago.

dbruns said:

By the way zachvac:
your sig needs editing. Bill Gates is not the richest person in the world . . .
His mentor, Warren Buffet, passed him up a few years ago.

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lol it's quoted, I didn't write it. They're lyrics.