Ian the Fish
Visionary
Silver Level
€10 NLHE 6-max: 8 different hands. Bluff tests, bad beats, bad play? I want to improve.
Hello, everyone! After about 2 years I am back. Back with vengeance. Haha.
Anyhow, I am playing a "Zoom" format (quick-folds, a lot of action) 5c/10c. My nickname in all of these hands is RihardsBelinskis.
As I have not yet played that much, since I took a break from poker, I want to improve. Overall it appears to me that I am a consistently profitable player, who wins the big pots and loses the small ones. HOWEVER, when I lose a big pot (yes, even 4 euro is a big pot to me), the loss seems just ridiculous. Sometimes I tend to get quite tilty (any meditation techniques? haha)
Anyhow, here are the hands:
1) Should have I raised higher preflop? How do I get rid of these kind of callers? Personally, I would never even consider calling a raise with A4o... But look who's the dummy now. :/
DIKCAS sitting in seat 1 with €3.54[Dealer]
mateuniu11 sitting in seat 2 with €18.23
VintAK sitting in seat 3 with €9.46
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 5 with €11.56
dana999 sitting in seat 6 with €22.28
GURAMI-101 sitting in seat 7 with €19.02
Frank en Stein sitting in seat 9 with €11.03
mateuniu11 posted the small blind - €0.05
VintAK posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: 10d, 10s
RihardsBelinskis raised to €0.25
dana999 called - €0.25
GURAMI-101 folded
Frank en Stein folded
DIKCAS called - €0.25
mateuniu11 folded
VintAK called - €0.15
** Dealing the flop: 2d, 3d, 6s
VintAK checked
RihardsBelinskis bet - €0.50
dana999 called - €0.50
DIKCAS folded
VintAK folded
** Dealing the turn: 5s
RihardsBelinskis bet - €1
dana999 raised to €2
RihardsBelinskis called - €1
** Dealing the river: 3h
RihardsBelinskis checked
dana999 bet - €1.51
RihardsBelinskis called - €1.51
dana999 shows: 4h, Ad
RihardsBelinskis mucks: 10d, 10s
dana999 wins €8.61 from the main pot
2) Is AKo a mistake to go all-in preflop? I know I got unlucky here, but should have I known better?
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Kc, Ad
Hitmean called - €0.10
noceMy4ka folded
mulyatina raised to €0.50
RihardsBelinskis raised to €1.70
--blmt-RS-- folded
kasprinhooo folded
Hitmean raised to €2.80
mulyatina raised to €3.60
RihardsBelinskis went all-in - €2.52
Hitmean went all-in - €0.20
mulyatina called - €0.12
RihardsBelinskis shows: Kc, Ad
Hitmean shows: 9d, 9c
mulyatina shows: 10s, 10h
** Dealing the flop: 8d, As, 5d
** Dealing the turn: 8c
** Dealing the river: 10c
RihardsBelinskis shows: Kc, Ad
mulyatina wins €8.98 from the main pot
mulyatina wins €2.13 from side pot 1
3) I can NEVER put someone on a set with board structure as follows. Even if I had, it would be a tough fold..
slayde sitting in seat 1 with €6.67[Dealer]
7upsss sitting in seat 2 with €6.10
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 3 with €8.27
CantBeTouch sitting in seat 4 with €11
KaMaZas24 sitting in seat 5 with €10.69
luckysomeone sitting in seat 6 with €22.02
7upsss posted the small blind - €0.05
RihardsBelinskis posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Ah, As
CantBeTouch folded
KaMaZas24 folded
luckysomeone raised to €0.20
slayde folded
7upsss called - €0.15
RihardsBelinskis raised to €0.70
luckysomeone called - €0.60
7upsss called - €0.60
** Dealing the flop: 7h, 6h, 10c
7upsss checked
RihardsBelinskis bet - €1.40
luckysomeone folded
7upsss called - €1.40
** Dealing the turn: 3s
7upsss checked
RihardsBelinskis bet - €2.70
7upsss went all-in - €3.90
RihardsBelinskis called - €1.20
7upsss shows: 7d, 7s
RihardsBelinskis shows: Ah, As
** Dealing the river: 4c
7upsss wins €12.35 from the main pot
4) Unlucky I guess..(?) But what could have I done differently?
efpampalli sitting in seat 1 with €20.72[Dealer]
Samopomi4 sitting in seat 2 with €12.46
9tekergo9 sitting in seat 3 with €10
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 4 with €8.28
philthebear sitting in seat 5 with €30.81
naiton61rus sitting in seat 6 with €9.78
Samopomi4 posted the small blind - €0.05
9tekergo9 posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Kh, Ac
RihardsBelinskis raised to €0.25
philthebear called - €0.25
naiton61rus folded
efpampalli called - €0.25
Samopomi4 folded
9tekergo9 folded
** Dealing the flop: Jc, Kd, 9s
RihardsBelinskis bet - €0.45
philthebear called - €0.45
efpampalli called - €0.45
** Dealing the turn: 6h
RihardsBelinskis bet - €1.10
philthebear folded
efpampalli raised to €5.55
RihardsBelinskis went all-in - €6.49
efpampalli called - €2.04
efpampalli shows: Js, 6s
RihardsBelinskis shows: Kh, Ac
** Dealing the river: 4h
efpampalli wins €16.55 from the main pot
5) Damn you, Jack! Should have I folded after the flop here? It seems that THAT would be the only spot for me to get away from this...
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 1 with €13.83[Dealer]
lineup sitting in seat 2 with €8.16
Bot18 sitting in seat 3 with €3
Nidaros sitting in seat 4 with €9.85
Invencible35 sitting in seat 5 with €11.55
pa4ka sitting in seat 6 with €10.73
lineup posted the small blind - €0.05
Bot18 posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Jd, Jh
Nidaros raised to €0.30
Invencible35 folded
pa4ka folded
RihardsBelinskis called - €0.30
lineup called - €0.25
Bot18 folded
** Dealing the flop: Qd, 2d, 9s
lineup checked
Nidaros bet - €0.65
RihardsBelinskis called - €0.65
lineup called - €0.65
** Dealing the turn: Js
lineup checked
Nidaros checked
RihardsBelinskis bet - €1.45
lineup called - €1.45
Nidaros called - €1.45
** Dealing the river: Ah
lineup checked
Nidaros checked
RihardsBelinskis bet - €3.65
lineup called - €3.65
Nidaros folded
RihardsBelinskis shows: Jd, Jh
lineup shows: 10s, 8h
lineup wins €13.87 from the main pot
6) Once again, is my 2.5x raise too small preflop? Had I made it bigger, he most likely would have folded. Although, a guy who calls raises with T7s doesn't really care about bet sizing. Now, the 2.5x is my standard preflop raise (if there hasn't been any action in front of me), and I don't wanna give myself away by altering it.
FishPoacher sitting in seat 1 with €18.48[Dealer]
steplton298 sitting in seat 2 with €3
jduDOTA2 sitting in seat 3 with €10
bRuNoVsKy sitting in seat 4 with €12.22
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 5 with €11
Mishiko3 sitting in seat 6 with €16.47
steplton298 posted the small blind - €0.05
jduDOTA2 posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Ks, Ad
bRuNoVsKy folded
RihardsBelinskis raised to €0.25
Mishiko3 folded
FishPoacher called - €0.25
steplton298 folded
jduDOTA2 folded
** Dealing the flop: Qh, 8h, 10s
RihardsBelinskis bet - €0.30
FishPoacher called - €0.30
** Dealing the turn: Js
RihardsBelinskis bet - €0.60
FishPoacher called - €0.60
** Dealing the river: 9h
RihardsBelinskis bet - €1.40
FishPoacher raised to €4
RihardsBelinskis called - €2.60
FishPoacher shows: 7h, 10h
RihardsBelinskis mucks: Ks, Ad
FishPoacher wins €9.93 from the main pot
7) Just a simple question about this hand: should I fold the shove? The board seems quite dry, plus my kicker is okay. I don't know...
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 1 with €7.26[Dealer]
slayde sitting in seat 2 with €9.19
Monica85 sitting in seat 3 with €9.61
Chai_Zho sitting in seat 4 with €1.07
tiki-talk_ sitting in seat 5 with €0.69
d33a19 sitting in seat 6 with €16.11
slayde posted the small blind - €0.05
Monica85 posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Qh, Kd
Chai_Zho raised to €0.30
tiki-talk_ folded
d33a19 folded
RihardsBelinskis called - €0.30
slayde folded
Monica85 folded
** Dealing the flop: 3d, Qs, 10h
Chai_Zho went all-in - €0.77
RihardsBelinskis called - €0.77
RihardsBelinskis shows: Qh, Kd
Chai_Zho shows: Jh, Ks
** Dealing the turn: 3s
** Dealing the river: Ac
Chai_Zho wins €2.18 from the main pot
8) I am not much of a bluffer, but when I bluff, I try to make it believable. Now, obviously the turn helped him, but should I just shut it down after the river comes? Checking would give him a green light to bet anyhow. Plus, there was no way for me to win this one without pulling off a three-barrel bluff, after missing out on that flush. P.S. His re-raise preflop still makes my brain boil.
freekman sitting in seat 1 with €9.75[Dealer]
pvvnz sitting in seat 2 with €34.44
bohumill sitting in seat 3 with €10
labby16 sitting in seat 4 with €4.63
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 5 with €9.59
steplton298 sitting in seat 6 with €3
pvvnz posted the small blind - €0.05
bohumill posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Ac, 10c
labby16 folded
RihardsBelinskis raised to €0.25
steplton298 folded
freekman raised to €0.80 - what the f##k, you piece of s##t?!
pvvnz folded
bohumill folded
RihardsBelinskis called - €0.55
** Dealing the flop: 8c, 3s, 2c
RihardsBelinskis checked
freekman checked
** Dealing the turn: Ks
RihardsBelinskis bet - €0.85
freekman called - €0.85
** Dealing the river: Qd
RihardsBelinskis bet - €2.20
freekman called - €2.20
RihardsBelinskis shows: Ac, 10c
freekman shows: 4d, Kd
freekman wins €7.46 from the main pot
ANY kind of feedback would be greatly appreciated, as I know there are some great poker minds on this forums. I am just a noobie, who wants to get better. I love criticism too!
Hope someone takes the time to get through any of these...
Best regards,
Ian
Hello, everyone! After about 2 years I am back. Back with vengeance. Haha.
Anyhow, I am playing a "Zoom" format (quick-folds, a lot of action) 5c/10c. My nickname in all of these hands is RihardsBelinskis.
As I have not yet played that much, since I took a break from poker, I want to improve. Overall it appears to me that I am a consistently profitable player, who wins the big pots and loses the small ones. HOWEVER, when I lose a big pot (yes, even 4 euro is a big pot to me), the loss seems just ridiculous. Sometimes I tend to get quite tilty (any meditation techniques? haha)
Anyhow, here are the hands:
1) Should have I raised higher preflop? How do I get rid of these kind of callers? Personally, I would never even consider calling a raise with A4o... But look who's the dummy now. :/
DIKCAS sitting in seat 1 with €3.54[Dealer]
mateuniu11 sitting in seat 2 with €18.23
VintAK sitting in seat 3 with €9.46
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 5 with €11.56
dana999 sitting in seat 6 with €22.28
GURAMI-101 sitting in seat 7 with €19.02
Frank en Stein sitting in seat 9 with €11.03
mateuniu11 posted the small blind - €0.05
VintAK posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: 10d, 10s
RihardsBelinskis raised to €0.25
dana999 called - €0.25
GURAMI-101 folded
Frank en Stein folded
DIKCAS called - €0.25
mateuniu11 folded
VintAK called - €0.15
** Dealing the flop: 2d, 3d, 6s
VintAK checked
RihardsBelinskis bet - €0.50
dana999 called - €0.50
DIKCAS folded
VintAK folded
** Dealing the turn: 5s
RihardsBelinskis bet - €1
dana999 raised to €2
RihardsBelinskis called - €1
** Dealing the river: 3h
RihardsBelinskis checked
dana999 bet - €1.51
RihardsBelinskis called - €1.51
dana999 shows: 4h, Ad
RihardsBelinskis mucks: 10d, 10s
dana999 wins €8.61 from the main pot
2) Is AKo a mistake to go all-in preflop? I know I got unlucky here, but should have I known better?
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Kc, Ad
Hitmean called - €0.10
noceMy4ka folded
mulyatina raised to €0.50
RihardsBelinskis raised to €1.70
--blmt-RS-- folded
kasprinhooo folded
Hitmean raised to €2.80
mulyatina raised to €3.60
RihardsBelinskis went all-in - €2.52
Hitmean went all-in - €0.20
mulyatina called - €0.12
RihardsBelinskis shows: Kc, Ad
Hitmean shows: 9d, 9c
mulyatina shows: 10s, 10h
** Dealing the flop: 8d, As, 5d
** Dealing the turn: 8c
** Dealing the river: 10c
RihardsBelinskis shows: Kc, Ad
mulyatina wins €8.98 from the main pot
mulyatina wins €2.13 from side pot 1
3) I can NEVER put someone on a set with board structure as follows. Even if I had, it would be a tough fold..
slayde sitting in seat 1 with €6.67[Dealer]
7upsss sitting in seat 2 with €6.10
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 3 with €8.27
CantBeTouch sitting in seat 4 with €11
KaMaZas24 sitting in seat 5 with €10.69
luckysomeone sitting in seat 6 with €22.02
7upsss posted the small blind - €0.05
RihardsBelinskis posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Ah, As
CantBeTouch folded
KaMaZas24 folded
luckysomeone raised to €0.20
slayde folded
7upsss called - €0.15
RihardsBelinskis raised to €0.70
luckysomeone called - €0.60
7upsss called - €0.60
** Dealing the flop: 7h, 6h, 10c
7upsss checked
RihardsBelinskis bet - €1.40
luckysomeone folded
7upsss called - €1.40
** Dealing the turn: 3s
7upsss checked
RihardsBelinskis bet - €2.70
7upsss went all-in - €3.90
RihardsBelinskis called - €1.20
7upsss shows: 7d, 7s
RihardsBelinskis shows: Ah, As
** Dealing the river: 4c
7upsss wins €12.35 from the main pot
4) Unlucky I guess..(?) But what could have I done differently?
efpampalli sitting in seat 1 with €20.72[Dealer]
Samopomi4 sitting in seat 2 with €12.46
9tekergo9 sitting in seat 3 with €10
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 4 with €8.28
philthebear sitting in seat 5 with €30.81
naiton61rus sitting in seat 6 with €9.78
Samopomi4 posted the small blind - €0.05
9tekergo9 posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Kh, Ac
RihardsBelinskis raised to €0.25
philthebear called - €0.25
naiton61rus folded
efpampalli called - €0.25
Samopomi4 folded
9tekergo9 folded
** Dealing the flop: Jc, Kd, 9s
RihardsBelinskis bet - €0.45
philthebear called - €0.45
efpampalli called - €0.45
** Dealing the turn: 6h
RihardsBelinskis bet - €1.10
philthebear folded
efpampalli raised to €5.55
RihardsBelinskis went all-in - €6.49
efpampalli called - €2.04
efpampalli shows: Js, 6s
RihardsBelinskis shows: Kh, Ac
** Dealing the river: 4h
efpampalli wins €16.55 from the main pot
5) Damn you, Jack! Should have I folded after the flop here? It seems that THAT would be the only spot for me to get away from this...
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 1 with €13.83[Dealer]
lineup sitting in seat 2 with €8.16
Bot18 sitting in seat 3 with €3
Nidaros sitting in seat 4 with €9.85
Invencible35 sitting in seat 5 with €11.55
pa4ka sitting in seat 6 with €10.73
lineup posted the small blind - €0.05
Bot18 posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Jd, Jh
Nidaros raised to €0.30
Invencible35 folded
pa4ka folded
RihardsBelinskis called - €0.30
lineup called - €0.25
Bot18 folded
** Dealing the flop: Qd, 2d, 9s
lineup checked
Nidaros bet - €0.65
RihardsBelinskis called - €0.65
lineup called - €0.65
** Dealing the turn: Js
lineup checked
Nidaros checked
RihardsBelinskis bet - €1.45
lineup called - €1.45
Nidaros called - €1.45
** Dealing the river: Ah
lineup checked
Nidaros checked
RihardsBelinskis bet - €3.65
lineup called - €3.65
Nidaros folded
RihardsBelinskis shows: Jd, Jh
lineup shows: 10s, 8h
lineup wins €13.87 from the main pot
6) Once again, is my 2.5x raise too small preflop? Had I made it bigger, he most likely would have folded. Although, a guy who calls raises with T7s doesn't really care about bet sizing. Now, the 2.5x is my standard preflop raise (if there hasn't been any action in front of me), and I don't wanna give myself away by altering it.
FishPoacher sitting in seat 1 with €18.48[Dealer]
steplton298 sitting in seat 2 with €3
jduDOTA2 sitting in seat 3 with €10
bRuNoVsKy sitting in seat 4 with €12.22
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 5 with €11
Mishiko3 sitting in seat 6 with €16.47
steplton298 posted the small blind - €0.05
jduDOTA2 posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Ks, Ad
bRuNoVsKy folded
RihardsBelinskis raised to €0.25
Mishiko3 folded
FishPoacher called - €0.25
steplton298 folded
jduDOTA2 folded
** Dealing the flop: Qh, 8h, 10s
RihardsBelinskis bet - €0.30
FishPoacher called - €0.30
** Dealing the turn: Js
RihardsBelinskis bet - €0.60
FishPoacher called - €0.60
** Dealing the river: 9h
RihardsBelinskis bet - €1.40
FishPoacher raised to €4
RihardsBelinskis called - €2.60
FishPoacher shows: 7h, 10h
RihardsBelinskis mucks: Ks, Ad
FishPoacher wins €9.93 from the main pot
7) Just a simple question about this hand: should I fold the shove? The board seems quite dry, plus my kicker is okay. I don't know...
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 1 with €7.26[Dealer]
slayde sitting in seat 2 with €9.19
Monica85 sitting in seat 3 with €9.61
Chai_Zho sitting in seat 4 with €1.07
tiki-talk_ sitting in seat 5 with €0.69
d33a19 sitting in seat 6 with €16.11
slayde posted the small blind - €0.05
Monica85 posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Qh, Kd
Chai_Zho raised to €0.30
tiki-talk_ folded
d33a19 folded
RihardsBelinskis called - €0.30
slayde folded
Monica85 folded
** Dealing the flop: 3d, Qs, 10h
Chai_Zho went all-in - €0.77
RihardsBelinskis called - €0.77
RihardsBelinskis shows: Qh, Kd
Chai_Zho shows: Jh, Ks
** Dealing the turn: 3s
** Dealing the river: Ac
Chai_Zho wins €2.18 from the main pot
8) I am not much of a bluffer, but when I bluff, I try to make it believable. Now, obviously the turn helped him, but should I just shut it down after the river comes? Checking would give him a green light to bet anyhow. Plus, there was no way for me to win this one without pulling off a three-barrel bluff, after missing out on that flush. P.S. His re-raise preflop still makes my brain boil.
freekman sitting in seat 1 with €9.75[Dealer]
pvvnz sitting in seat 2 with €34.44
bohumill sitting in seat 3 with €10
labby16 sitting in seat 4 with €4.63
RihardsBelinskis sitting in seat 5 with €9.59
steplton298 sitting in seat 6 with €3
pvvnz posted the small blind - €0.05
bohumill posted the big blind - €0.10
** Dealing cards to RihardsBelinskis: Ac, 10c
labby16 folded
RihardsBelinskis raised to €0.25
steplton298 folded
freekman raised to €0.80 - what the f##k, you piece of s##t?!
pvvnz folded
bohumill folded
RihardsBelinskis called - €0.55
** Dealing the flop: 8c, 3s, 2c
RihardsBelinskis checked
freekman checked
** Dealing the turn: Ks
RihardsBelinskis bet - €0.85
freekman called - €0.85
** Dealing the river: Qd
RihardsBelinskis bet - €2.20
freekman called - €2.20
RihardsBelinskis shows: Ac, 10c
freekman shows: 4d, Kd
freekman wins €7.46 from the main pot
ANY kind of feedback would be greatly appreciated, as I know there are some great poker minds on this forums. I am just a noobie, who wants to get better. I love criticism too!
Hope someone takes the time to get through any of these...
Best regards,
Ian