$4 NLHE 6-max: Ak vs A5 is this variance or bad play?

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$4 NL HE 6-max: Ak vs A5 is this variance or bad play?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) -
saw flop

Hero (SB) ($0.75)
BB ($0.36)
UTG ($0.23)
MP ($0.80)
Button ($0.93)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K
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, A
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UTG bets $0.04, 1 fold, Button calls $0.04, Hero calls $0.03, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.16) 6
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, 5
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, K
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(3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.04, Button calls $0.04, Hero raises to $0.12, 1 fold, Button calls $0.08

Turn: ($0.44) 10
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(2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks

River: ($0.44) 5
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(2 players)
Hero bets $0.16, Button raises to $0.32, Hero calls $0.16

Total pot: $1.08 | Rake: $0.07




I should have bet the turn I suppose, but this maniac would have probably called.. lol
 
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Wow, this is really bad, but you're at $2 no limit, and you're learning so I suppose you're doing the right thing by playing the cheapest level when you don't know what you're doing.

Lets start with preflop & the flop play. Your turn & river play was really bad too, but gotta start somewhere.

-Raise to 8 cents preflop. You have a really dominating hand, and you're a huge favorite to out-flop your opponents. So make them pay the maximum they're willing to call.

-Just c-bet the flop for $0.14. Its really drawy, and even at $2NL, your opponents will expect you to c-bet. They will call your bet with any and every draw, and you want them to do this if you bet large enough. Post flop, if you always bet a little less than pot, you won't ever be far wrong.


Also, don't say the results in the title of the thread. If your opponent had A5, you were very lucky because you lost near the minimum.
 
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obviously this is nowhere near mediocre even, but again that's ok.
like C9 said re raise the min.. i wouldn't make it .08 because that's still a min raise. raise to .016 pre and bet flop, bet turn, bet river. I wouldn't bet pot, I'd prolly bet between 60-80% of pot on every street.

oh and get used to a nice lil concept in poker: results are irrelevant :) it sucks, we know.
 
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i wouldn't make it .08 because that's still a min raise
Its $2NL, 2 cent blinds. The forum gods just haven't fixed the thread titles yet....
 
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Hey thanks for the responses guys, and yes I know I'm not even mediocre at this game, I'm trying to learn though.

I posted this one, because it feels like I could have won the pot if I had played differently.

Next hands I post should be ones where I'm faced with a hard decision?

Just so you guys know, its not even 2 NL, its a shallow table where the max buy in is 40 BB, pathetic I know but my FTP bankroll started at $4 last night.

So far I've been doing well, staying more aggressive pre flop and tending to stay away from others pre flop raises and re raises, its sooo much easier to take pots down when you lead, but I've been careful not to get involved in situations where I bluff and lose.

If I can continue this upswing, at what level should I move to 2 NL, $40?

Sorry to post all of this in one place, probably the wrong place, but I'm limited to 7 posts per day so I'm just trying to make them count. Worrd.
 
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If I can continue this upswing, at what level should I move to 2 NL, $40?
Yeah, $40 is fine.

And the goal isn't to win the hand, its to maximize profit. Sure, you could have shoved all in on the flop and you'll win the hand a lot doing that. But that's not a great way to win the most money.
 
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Yeah, $40 is fine.

And the goal isn't to win the hand, its to maximize profit. Sure, you could have shoved all in on the flop and you'll win the hand a lot doing that. But that's not a great way to win the most money.

Ah yes, you're right. I tend to think about this a lot when I think my opponent is beat, but sometimes it can get me into trouble.

Also about minimizing losses, I've generally stopped calling preflop raises from others, if I want to play the cards, I generally always throw in a re raise(3bet?) to send them a message that they cant just bet the flop to win.

Just got a hand that I will post in a new thread tell me what you think.

*EDIT* NM I capped my new thread allowance(2) for today... I'll post it tommorrow.
 
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Wow, this is really bad, but you're at $2 no limit, and you're learning so I suppose you're doing the right thing by playing the cheapest level when you don't know what you're doing.

Lets start with preflop & the flop play. Your turn & river play was really bad too, but gotta start somewhere.

-Raise to 8 cents preflop. You have a really dominating hand, and you're a huge favorite to out-flop your opponents. So make them pay the maximum they're willing to call.

-Just c-bet the flop for $0.14. Its really drawy, and even at $2NL, your opponents will expect you to c-bet. They will call your bet with any and every draw, and you want them to do this if you bet large enough. Post flop, if you always bet a little less than pot, you won't ever be far wrong.


Also, don't say the results in the title of the thread. If your opponent had A5, you were very lucky because you lost near the minimum.

this, +1
 
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preflop - raise to .08-.12.
Flop - bet 70-80% of pot.
Turn - bet 70-80% of pot.
 
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