Aces at small stakes...

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jasdell

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***** Hand History for Game 20055813653 *****
$2.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 01, 12:23:19 ET 2008
Table Illyria II (real money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: 007falcon ( $9.04 USD )
Seat 2: 69XxchadxX69 ( $3.23 USD )
Seat 3: Hero ( $4.96 USD )
Seat 5: BIGGUY33434 ( $1.98 USD )
Seat 6: Derecktkw ( $4.39 USD )
Seat 7: Zeboss ( $2.74 USD )
Seat 9: LutherGillis ( $5.39 USD )
BIGGUY33434 posts small blind [$0.01 USD].
Derecktkw posts big blind [$0.02 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ As Ad ]
Zeboss calls [$0.02 USD]
LutherGillis folds
007falcon folds
69XxchadxX69 folds
Hero raises [$0.08 USD]
BIGGUY33434 calls [$0.07 USD]
Derecktkw folds
Zeboss folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, 8s, 2s ]
BIGGUY33434 checks
Hero bets [$0.14 USD]
BIGGUY33434 calls [$0.14 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
BIGGUY33434 checks
Hero bets [$0.22 USD]
BIGGUY33434 calls [$0.22 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
BIGGUY33434 bets [$1.54 USD]

What would you guys do?


And I tried to convert it, but I couldn't figure out how to convert hand histories from HEM.
 
c9h13no3

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I like this converter... Stoxpoker Hand History Converter
It converts hands from HEM easily.

As far as the hand:

1) Raise more preflop. I'd say around 10-12 cents is good. When there's a limper, you'll want to raise more.

2) On the flop there's $0.20 in the pot. I'd bet at least $0.16, if not 18-19.

3) On then turn, there's $0.48 in there, and you bet less than half. Bet more.

4) River is probably a fold. This is a flush a spade flush a lot, and he's not giving you odds to call (your hand has to be good ~63% of the time for this call to be profitable). I wouldn't fault calling either, since laying down aces isn't something you want to make a habit of at 2$ NL. But with so many players playing any two suited cards, I wouldn't fault you for folding this.
 
blankoblanco

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(your hand has to be good ~63% of the time for this call to be profitable).

wat? you do realize this makes no sense because you're always getting at least 1:1 on a call..
 
c9h13no3

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wat? you do realize this makes no sense because you're always getting at least 1:1 on a call..
God I haven't done math in forever.

Yeah, sorry about that, we've gotta be good 39% of the time for this to be break even (1.6:1 pot odds on our call [1.54 to win 2.46]). Either way, I still think you can fold this river without feeling especially bad about it.
 
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Yea I did fold here because the flush scared me off and I also though he might have rivered some weird two pair. He showed his hand though after I folded and revealed pocket 7's which pissed me off lol. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't being to timid by folding. I know I probably should of bet more at him but I really wanted him to stick around... to bad he did in this case.
 
c9h13no3

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Yea I did fold here because the flush scared me off and I also though he might have rivered some weird two pair. He showed his hand though after I folded and revealed pocket 7's which pissed me off lol. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't being to timid by folding. I know I probably should of bet more at him but I really wanted him to stick around... to bad he did in this case.
Don't worry about them sticking around, that's rarely a function of how much you bet at these stakes. Your small betting may have actually caused him to try and bluff you.
 
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