$5 NLHE 6-max: Starting cash game thread

el_magiciann

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Hi guys and gals i will just start this thread with hands that i play at cash tables, gonna share hands from time to time! Feel free to share any opinions about my play in these hands. Thank ! :)


Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://flopturnriver.com

BB ($9.27)
UTG ($4.91)
MP ($4.48)
CO ($1.80)
Button ($5)
Hero (SB) ($8.29)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Jd, Qd
3 folds, Button raises to $0.10, Hero calls $0.08, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.25) 7s, 6c, Js (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $0.17, Hero calls $0.17

Turn: ($0.59) 4d (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $0.41, Hero calls $0.41

River: ($1.41) 3s (2 players)
Hero bets $0.66, 1 fold

Total pot: $1.41 | Rake: $0.07

Hero didn't show Jd, Qd (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won $1.34

hand #2
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MP ($9.20)
CO ($10.22)
Hero (Button) ($4.02)
SB ($3.90)
BB ($5.27)
UTG ($3.82)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Kd, Kc
UTG calls $0.05, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.10, 1 fold, BB calls $0.05, UTG calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.32) Qh, 5c, 8s (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $0.10, Hero raises to $0.30, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.92) Jd (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.50, UTG calls $0.50

River: ($1.92) 7d (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.77, 1 fold

Total pot: $1.92 | Rake: $0.09

Results:
Hero didn't show Kd, Kc (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $1.83


hand #3
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SB ($6.21)
Hero (BB) ($2.74)
UTG ($3.67)
MP ($2.14)
CO ($5)
Button ($5.96)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Qd, Kc
1 fold, MP raises to $0.12, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.07

Flop: ($0.26) 7c, Kd, Ks (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $0.13, Hero calls $0.13

Turn: ($0.52) Ac (2 players)
Hero bets $0.20, MP calls $0.20

River: ($0.92) 9c (2 players)
Hero bets $0.55, MP calls $0.55

Total pot: $2.02 | Rake: $0.10

Results:
Hero had Qd, Kc (three of a kind, Kings).
MP had Qc, Ad (two pair, Aces and Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $1.92


hand#4
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SB ($5)
BB ($2)
Hero (UTG) ($4.65)
MP ($6.32)
CO ($4.81)
Button ($9.08)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 10c, 10d
Hero raises to $0.15, 3 folds, SB raises to $1.47, BB calls $1.42, 1 fold

Flop: ($3.09) 3h, Ah, 2h (2 players)
SB bets $0.05, BB raises to $0.53 (All-In), SB calls $0.48

Turn: ($4.15) 7d (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($4.15) Ac (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $4.15 | Rake: $0.20

Results:
SB had 6c, 6s (two pair, Aces and sixes).
BB had 5s, Kd (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: SB won $3.95

hand#5
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BB ($8.56)
UTG ($2.22)
MP ($5.33)
CO ($5.10)
Hero (Button) ($3.86)
SB ($5.07)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9h, Ah
2 folds, CO raises to $0.15, Hero calls $0.15, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.37) 5s, 7d, 9d (2 players)
CO bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.77) 10h (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($0.77) Qs (2 players)
CO bets $0.53, Hero calls $0.53

Total pot: $1.83 | Rake: $0.09

Results:
Hero had 9h, Ah (one pair, nines).
CO had As, Jd (high card, Ace).
Outcome: Hero won $1.74


hand#6
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saw flop | saw showdown

Hero (MP) ($3.02)
CO ($8.96)
Button ($6.55)
SB ($5.06)
BB ($2)
UTG ($4.97)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Qh, As
UTG raises to $0.20, Hero calls $0.20, 4 folds

Flop: ($0.47) Ad, 9h, Jc (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.47) Ah (2 players)
UTG bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.25

River: ($0.97) 2c (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.50, UTG calls $0.50

Total pot: $1.97 | Rake: $0.09

Results:
UTG had Qc, Qs (two pair, Aces and Queens).
Hero had Qh, As (three of a kind, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $1.88


hand#7
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saw flop | saw showdown

BB ($5.02)
UTG ($4.24)
MP ($13.17)
CO ($10.28)
Button ($6.64)
Hero (SB) ($9.01)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Qd, Ks
2 folds, CO raises to $0.15, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.13, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.35) Kh, 9d, Qh (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.18, Hero calls $0.18

Turn: ($0.71) 4h (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

River: ($1.51) Jc (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.96, Hero calls $0.96

Total pot: $3.43 | Rake: $0.17

Results:
Hero had Qd, Ks (two pair, Kings and Queens).
CO had 10h, Qc (straight, King high).
 
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Hand 1 :- Nice hand, well played.

Hand 2 :- Your bet sizing is off here pre flop. utg limped before you so i would rather raise atleast 4bb according to standard raising setup of 3bb + 1bb for every limper. But you just min raised so i think that was a mistake as you are letting other people to see a flop for a cheaper price.

Hand 3 :- Nice hand, well played.

Hand 4 :- I like the fold here, personally i would have lay down a pair of tens as well there as small blind 3bet shoved on us for around 30 bb and got cold called by the big blind. Nice laydown. Don't go by the results.

Hand 5 :- Nice pot control there on the turn. Well played.

hand 6 :- You could have played the hand a bit more aggressively, there was more than one instance where you could have played the aggressor by either 3betting or betting when checked to you. So i think you were a bit passive in this hand.

Hand 7 :- Fold the river.
 
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Hand 1 - QJ SB not the best hand to play OOP... If you have to 3bet pre and cbet and steal it. Your asking for troubling just calling and bleeding money from the blinds by playing the way you did.

Hand 2 - Raise more pre please. 3/4 bet pot on flop... And it's value town from there, It's quite a dry flop so just becareful someone shows strength, it'll often be a set but we are so good here too many times to be worried.

Hand 3 - I'd bet more on the turn, because the A is there. It's hard for our villain to put us on a K because you played the flop quite scared... I think we lost a bit of value on the turn/river. Was quite a dry board so flop play was good. Remember also we did only raise quite small on the flop so our perceived range could very well be medium pockets here and he'll think his A is good. Very important if you can try and work out what your opponent may put you on so you can make more money!

Hand 4 - TT is such a hand, if the weather is right we can shove all-in. Takes guts and it's a high varience but if u know your villains are playing with trash it makes shoving here +ev. Selective on your opponents though

Hand 5 - My favourite hand so far of yours. I'd have done it the same way.

Hand 6 - Why didn't you bet the flop??? Seriously even though theres not many flush possibilities, the straight draws are quite crazy. And we won't know where we are at if we don't test the waters?

Hand 7 - KQ ... This is same scenario as your QJ somewhat. Though QJ we would be bluffing. KQ we are 3betting for value with the right opponent especially if he raises wider. Remember we are OOP as well so we want to avoid tough spots. But being headsup normally top pair is awesome, but 2 pair we must feel we got the nuts most times. The river sucked though but we should've been pushing a lot more before that and make them pay :)
 
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with TT also ...

If your bankrolled for the limit your playing you shouldn't be worried if you win or lose here. Just know if your villains are often wide, then you've made the right choice.
 
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subbed. There are some issues here mate. will comment in more detail later as I'm at work. Calling with dominated hands and getting lucky is a theme. Some odd bet sizing and sit with the full 100bb on auto top up are the main.
 
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That's too many hands in one post imho. Just post 1 or 2 at a time. You'll get better responses and more people participating typically.
 
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JdQd
Try not to get into the habit of calling out of positional with marginal hands unless its against a fish, if you do this against regs there will be too much call fold when you miss the flop and its a big leak. Against a fish you might be able to take it away by another method but you will have trouble with regs and don't forget, it is harder to get paid from oop. On this hand you went for extra value and he simply folded. I would have bet smaller on the river this still gives him the chance to raise as a bluff. You could still have checked here and given him the chance to fire a third barrel.
And where are the buttons stats? Unless you want advice in a vacuum how can people advise if wwe don't know the player type, the advice would differ greatly if he was a loose fish compared to a nit/rock!?


KK
make it 20c (x4) the reason is with KK you don't want a loose player in the blinds seeing a flop with ace rag. The rest of ther hand is fine, have a little think about what you would have done if he had shoved on the end.

QdKc
This is where we need to see stats for MP, lets say he opens 12% from MP. Ask yourself now what is the equity of QK offsuit against this range and what opening range is about 50% equity....
Well you may be suprised to see KQ offsuit is a 39% v 61% equity dog against a 12% range (probably more releavnt to full ring but you get the point I hope) and you have choosen to play the hand out of position with no initiative. For equal equity KQ needs to be up against a 34% opening range.
You played the hand ok but you were actually dominated as well bt AQ so your equity was even worse than usual. You simply got lucky here, if it had been Q high flop you would have lost plenty.
So against a reg i'm folding or 3 betting KQ here, not calling a single raiser, I might call if there were three players already in and I was closing the action.

TT
welcome to the micros....You have to be aware of their stats and the stupid fishy bet sizing. We know they are fish from the sizing straight off. Even so even fish still get hands and lots of them so TT is still a fold here.

Ah9h
Call or 3 bet would be ok depends on the player and how often he is opening.
So how much easier this is to play from in position as opposed to being oop. The bet/check/bet line oop is a pretty weak line especially if the draws missed and I'm nearly always calling. Somethimes he will back into a Q or a straight here and you will be beat. Here you 9 is very vulnerable and I wouldn't have given him a free card card here on the turn with just our middle pair. I can see an arguement for pot control but after his check I'd charge him half pot on the turn here, personally I hate giving free cards anytime on drawy boards.

John was right too many hands I've had enough now and this is playing into my limited playing time.
Good luck buddy. look me up on skype and we can sweat some sessions.
 
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Thank you very much for the replies, won't be able to update soon cuz i will travel to germany and having little break, when i get back i'm going to add some more interesting hands!
 
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A9s also bet the turn cuz ur defending ur hand :) and want to end the hand before more overs come in.

cuz most rivers we will be forced to finish... so we want to end it asap :)
 
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Nasty...but how nice it would have been if Ten of diamonds drops in.
Tbh not a lot you can do here the K on the end looks good but still means we can only really beat 2pair and it traps you into the hand when straights and boats are around.
As soon as he shoves im thinking AT or JJ KJ KQ in the hole rather than T9 thats pretty loose preflop by him but there is so much beating us here but you priced yourself in by the end.
 
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So what can we do different?
Personally I would lead out on the flop. If he raises Yuk im probably going to have to gii on the flop
If you do lead out with a bet on the river on this dangerous board you need to find a way to fold. tip....whenever someone shoves on you... sit on your hands and look at the board again don't just snap call unless you know you have the nuts.
 
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Thank you, sir Bruce! Hope that the next time ill be able to fold my hand!
 
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