Your opinions on these 2 hands

Your opinions on this hand

Hey, first time posting. I've been reading CC for a couple of months. I'm pretty much a beginner in poker playing $0.01/$0.02 on Stars trying to learn the game more and more.

Anyway, I just want someone's opinion on how I played this hand (it made me go on a small tilt afterwards, and I thought I finally was able to stop going on tilt hehe):


pokerstars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players

MP: $2.00
MP+1: $1.29
CO: $0.37
BTN: $0.86
SB: $0.87
Hero (BB): $1.28
UTG: $2.90
UTG+1: $6.09

SB posts SB $0.01, Hero posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero has Ad Ks

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.10, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.08

Flop: ($0.21, 2 players) Ah Qc 4h
Hero bets $0.14, UTG+1 calls $0.14

Turn: ($0.49, 2 players) As
Hero bets $0.40, UTG+1 calls $0.40

River: ($1.29, 2 players) Tc
Hero bets $0.64 and is all-in, UTG+1 calls $0.64

Hero shows Ad Ks (Three of a Kind, Aces) (Pre 74%, Flop 14%, Turn 9%)
UTG+1 shows Ac Qs (Full House, Aces full of Queens) (Pre 26%, Flop 86%, Turn 91%)
UTG+1 wins $2.48

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I was suspecting he had an ace, but once I saw the other ace on the turn, I felt like I had the best hand, and if he did have an ace, I didn't think he had a queen. Anyway, how would you have played it? Would you have folded?

I would've probably got canned the same way... The hands that get me are an opponent hitting 2 pair or a set on the flop. Hard 2 spot. Some may say a 3x re-raise pf for added value (...and to show your not playing around) w/ a strong hand like yours but a call would have worked for me as well. The approx 2/3 bet on the flop would worked for me as well as the apprx pot-sized on the turn after seeing the other ace. Where I would have felt bells and whistles going of is when he called you again on the turn indicating he was comfortable w/ a showdown. You probably felt pot-commited at this point and still thinking you had the best possible hand shoved the rest. From a technical point of view I would have played it the same way. I figure you got coolered. jmho...

I would have lost more because except for unusual circumstances, I wouldn't have let my stack get down to 1.28 on presumably a 2NL table.

That said, I think raising pre- is better than calling. If you're not raising AK, what is your rising range? AA, KK and maybe QQ? That's simply too tight.

On this hand, it probably doesn't affect the result. He happens to hit his 3-outer and you get stacked. Since there's a good chance he'd call your assumed re-raise and then play for the max post- with more hands than just AQ, there's no good line you could have taken that would have produced a smaller loss.

Try to get it in preflop, your stack size is really small

I would of raised preflop or check raised the flop. In this hand I think you are going to put all your chips in the middle regardless though with less than $2 after flop action.

I would concentrate on limiting the tilt mode that you know you go into. Sit out or quit until you are calm and collected again.

Something else that will help your game is to concentrate on the decisions you make, not the results. Decisions you can control, results you can not.

Thanks for the advice guys, and yeah, I should've added more chips to my stack to make it $2.

This, along with doing some more reading gives me more confidence on going all-in with AK.

Anyway, AK continues to be my worst hand so far. Raised pre-flop in position and was re-raised by BB. Shoved (since his raise was pretty significant and I couldn't lay down this hand). Board was junk (nothing higher than a 9) and he shows pocket 8's. I don't think I played this bad though. It was a coinflip. In the end, he won.

nh imo

I would agree with everyone that is saying that it's just tough luck having AK against an AQ, and having the UTG +1 hit two pair on the flop. Still, I think the answer to the question has to start with, how has this person been playing? If they have been tight the whole way through and put in a raise in early position I think it might encourage you to slow down or to consider the possibility of a big pocket pair who has made trips. On the other hand, if this guy has been in every hand, your aggressive play was probably for the best.

All in all, it's tough to gauge play when you are not at the table.

Anyway, I would have played it the same way as you.

falstaff99 said:

I would agree with everyone that is saying that it's just tough luck having AK against an AQ, and having the UTG +1 hit two pair on the flop. Still, I think the answer to the question has to start with, how has this person been playing? If they have been tight the whole way through and put in a raise in early position I think it might encourage you to slow down or to consider the possibility of a big pocket pair who has made trips. On the other hand, if this guy has been in every hand, your aggressive play was probably for the best.

All in all, it's tough to gauge play when you are not at the table.

Anyway, I would have played it the same way as you.

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Villain had pretty loose stats so I didn't put him on a pocket pair since he was acting similarly in hands just previously, I assumed he was bluffing.

Only weakness in what you did is calling him pre rather than 3-betting. Defo 3-bet spot imo, especially if he was a loose player and you thought you could get a call out of him.

These things happen unfortunately, but other than that I think you did alright. I would have raised pre and then shoved on the flop.

Incidentally, if you want more accurate feedback on your hand you shouldn't show the results of it - people tend to get a bit influenced by the result of the hand with their comments/feedback.

Also, why aren't you re-buying up to $5? You should always have the full amount in and be auto topping up to it - you want to get full value for the hands you hit!

pokerb0t said:

...Incidentally, if you want more accurate feedback on your hand you shouldn't show the results of it - people tend to get a bit influenced by the result of the hand with their comments/feedback...

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Thanks for mentioning this. Since I joined I could not understand for the life of me why people would post everything about their hands but the results. :icon_scra Makes perfect sense though, 2 avoid bias... Sometimes I'll still have to ask afterwards though, because the curiousity about certain outcomes absolutely kills me. lol...

fl0p247 said:

Hey, first time posting. I've been reading CC for a couple of months. I'm pretty much a beginner in poker playing $0.01/$0.02 on Stars trying to learn the game more and more.

Anyway, I just want someone's opinion on how I played this hand (it made me go on a small tilt afterwards, and I thought I finally was able to stop going on tilt hehe):


PokerStars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players

MP: $2.00
MP+1: $1.29
CO: $0.37
BTN: $0.86
SB: $0.87
Hero (BB): $1.28
UTG: $2.90
UTG+1: $6.09

SB posts SB $0.01, Hero posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero has Ad Ks

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.10, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.08

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Never this. 3-bet pre unless they've got a pfr of like, 2%.

Flop: ($0.21, 2 players) Ah Qc 4h
Hero bets $0.14, UTG+1 calls $0.14

Turn: ($0.49, 2 players) As
Hero bets $0.40, UTG+1 calls $0.40

River: ($1.29, 2 players) Tc
Hero bets $0.64 and is all-in, UTG+1 calls $0.64

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Standard cooler.

Would you have folded?

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Never folding here without a read. He's taking this line with too many flush draws and Qx's to fold imo.