$5 NLHE 6-max: 2 hands to get comments on please

$5 NL HE 6-max: 2 hands to get comments on please

Hand #1

Should I have shoved here? I personally dont think so and I admit i thought about it and wanted to win the pot outright....

What do you think??

Hero (CO): $5.50 (110 bb)
BTN: $4.93 (98.6 bb)
SB: $3.06 (61.2 bb)
BB: $5 (100 bb)
MP: $5.54 (110.8 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with A K
MP folds, Hero raises to $0.17, BTN raises to $0.55, SB calls $0.53, BB folds, Hero raises to $5.50 and is all-in, BTN folds, SB calls $2.51 and is all-in

Flop: ($6.72) 6 J 5 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: ($6.72) J (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($6.72) 8 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results: $6.72 pot ($0.44 rake)
Final Board: 6 J 5 J 8
Hero showed A K (a pair of Jacks) and lost (-$3.06 net)
SB showed 5 5 (a full house, Fives full of Jacks) and won $6.28 ($3.22 net)

Hand #2

My thought process:

I raise my pair of nines UTG.

On the flop I have an open ended straight draw and a decent pair so I make a c-bet.

It's a scary board that likely hit one of my two opponents but they both checked to me so I decided to bet.

Turn is a blank (to me) so I feel my nines are still good (+straight draw) so I bet. When he calls I am a little worried...

On the river he checked but the flush hit. I dont think he would have keopt betting with a flush draw but tbh I didnt think of that when the river fell. So I checked behind and won the hand.

What did you think of my play? Should I have checked it down instead? Was there an important factor I didnt take into account?

Hero (UTG): $4.56 (91.2 bb)
MP: $3.87 (77.4 bb)
CO: $2.75 (55 bb)
BTN: $5 (100 bb)
SB: $5.02 (100.4 bb)
BB: $11.42 (228.4 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is UTG with 9 9
Hero raises to $0.17, 3 folds, SB calls $0.15, BB calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.51) J T Q (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.30, SB folds, BB calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.11) T (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.45, BB calls $0.45

River: ($2.01) 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Results: $2.01 pot ($0.13 rake)
Final Board: J T Q T 4
Hero showed 9 9 (two pairs, Tens and Nines) and won $1.88 ($0.96 net)
BB mucked K 5 (a pair of Tens) and lost (-$0.92 net)

Thanks!

RAFC24 said:

Hand #1

Should I have shoved here? I personally dont think so and I admit i thought about it and wanted to win the pot outright....

What do you think??

Hero (CO): $5.50 (110 bb)
BTN: $4.93 (98.6 bb)
SB: $3.06 (61.2 bb)
BB: $5 (100 bb)
MP: $5.54 (110.8 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with A

K

MP folds, Hero raises to $0.17, BTN raises to $0.55, SB calls $0.53, BB folds, Hero raises to $5.50 and is all-in,

You can stop the hh here, this is what your question is about and the actual results don't matter. No read on BTN or SB?

I don't mind the shove, at these stakes we'll get called by worse Ax's and flip w pairs less than KK's, and there's a good chance we'll buy the pot w the shove.

Hand #2

My thought process:

I raise my pair of nines UTG.

On the flop I have an open ended straight draw and a decent pair so I make a c-bet.

It's a scary board that likely hit one of my two opponents but they both checked to me so I decided to bet.

Turn is a blank (to me) so I feel my nines are still good (+straight draw) so I bet. When he calls I am a little worried...

On the river he checked but the flush hit. I dont think he would have keopt betting with a flush draw but tbh I didnt think of that when the river fell. So I checked behind and won the hand.

What did you think of my play? Should I have checked it down instead? Was there an important factor I didnt take into account?

Hero (UTG): $4.56 (91.2 bb)
MP: $3.87 (77.4 bb)
CO: $2.75 (55 bb)
BTN: $5 (100 bb)
SB: $5.02 (100.4 bb)
BB: $11.42 (228.4 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is UTG with 9

9

Hero raises to $0.17, 3 folds, SB calls $0.15, BB calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.51) J

T

Q

(3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.30, SB folds, BB calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.11) T

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.45, BB calls $0.45

River: ($2.01) 4

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Again, you can stop the HH here, this gets at your question - posting the results biases the analysis. No read on SB and BB? That would make a big difference in playing the hand.

Those check/calls on th flop and turn are usually a weak made hand (a pair) that wants to see a cheap showdown, or a draw. On this board, there are a number of weak made hands that we're behind - I don't mind betting all three streets and folding to any raise. If he's a calling station, though, I check behind on the river as you did. Don't like the turn betsize, screams weakness to me.

Thanks!

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Hi Slycbnew

Nope, no reads at all on villains

Thanks for ur feedback, yeah il omit results the next time. This was micro stakes and I hadnt been at the table long enough to get any type of read on the villain.

I agree reads would influence how we play the hand..but having had no read, I guess we should analyze this hand at ''face value''

Betting the turn on hand 2 is spew, i don't like the bet on the flop either, but turn is worse, its a ba/wb situation on the turn, so betting it is just so spew. Definately check behind turn and river. Although i much prefer checking flop and re evaluating from there

How long had you been playing at the table before that first hand you posted? My first instinct is the BTN knew you had a strong hand preflop (but not a pair) and raised you hoping to land a flop with low cards to get you off the hand and take the pot. Even though I've been guilty of shoving preflop with big hands, I wouldn't recommend doing it simply for the reason that in the long run it'll cost you a lot. Seeing a flop first is kind of like knowing which way the wind is blowing in a potential shit storm.

All the check/calls from the BB on the second hand showed weakness to me. With a flush and straight draw possible it looked like he was chasing the entire time or possibly holding on to a weak jack/queen. With all the possibilities that came from that hand, I think you played safe and good.

TorreyB said:

All the check/calls from the BB on the second hand showed weakness to me. With a flush and straight draw possible it looked like he was chasing the entire time or possibly holding on to a weak jack/queen. With all the possibilities that came from that hand, I think you played safe and good.

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This was my initial reaction as well, but I think switch has the better line...

Hand 1 is standard with all that dead money in there.

Hand 2 is just suicide spew, no one is ever folding anything on that board, and your nines are crushed. Not to mention you're drawing to the idiot end. Just check/fold everywhere unless you spike a K or 8. You're just lucky your opponent had the one hand in his range that you were ahead of.