The Good & The Bad

The Good
$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
iPoker
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

UTG		($103.90)
UTG+1		($89.00)
CO		($73.10)
BTN		($99.15)
SB		($19.50)
Hero		($103.65)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is BB

3 folds, BTN calls $1, 1 fold, Hero checks
(Villain's first mistake. Never repeat, Never open limp on the button)

Flop: ($2.50, 2 players)
Hero bets $2, BTN calls $2
(Bingo Bango. Such a dry flop, I continue with my aggro post flop play and bet out.)

Turn: ($6.50, 2 players)
Hero bets $4, BTN raises to $10, Hero calls $6
(I pull a muscle while i fist pump the air. I make another bet to try and build a pot. If he put me on a Jack then im now behind to any K. his small reraise seems like hes testing the water. Now with 2 flush draws on the table I call. This should send the message to him that ive not made my hand yet and im still chasing.)

River: ($26.50, 2 players)
Hero bets $90.65, BTN goes all-in $86.15
(This is the perfect card for me. It helps no-one. It misses all draws I may have had. I pushed rather quickly trying to act like a missed flush draw. He almost timed out while thinking then called with his paired King.)

Final Pot: $200.30
BTN shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $200.30 ( won +$96.65 )
BTN lost -$99.15

This ovebetting for value works when you have repped a flushdraw and missed yet have a higher hand. It also helps when you have players like this numpty who open limp on the button with K9o. If you take anything from my blog please take this. DO NOT OPEN LIMP FROM THE BUTTON EVER. Thanks


The Bad

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
iPoker
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

Hero		($97.50)
UTG+1		($108.95)
CO		($19.50)
BTN		($136.90)
SB		($19.50)
BB		($97.54)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is UTG

Hero raises to $4, UTG+1 calls $4, 4 folds
(Villain is playing 11 $vpip 7 pfr over 52 hands. Ive been reasonably active.)

Flop: ($9.50, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks
(great flop. no flush draw. I go for a check raise without looking at his flop aggression. he checks)

Turn: ($9.50, 2 players)
Hero bets $6, UTG+1 raises to $16, Hero raises to $47, UTG+1 goes all-in $104.95, Hero goes all-in $52.50
(I start to build the pot. yuck!)

River: ($229.95, 2 players)

Final Pot: $204.95
Hero shows:
UTG+1 shows:

UTG+1 wins $204.95 ( won +$80.00 )
Hero lost -$103.50

Well played villian. My first thought on this was fair enough. big hand vs big hand. Just a cooler. But lets look at the picture here. The first thing is that he is 11/7. He is Tighty McNuts. When i rereraise him and he pushes all in what am i beating. He is saying he has a boat or a Qx.

Hands that fit in that I am losing to are 22, TT, AQ, QT.
Hands that fit in that I am beating are QJ
Hands that split pot KQ

I AM ONLY BEATING QJ

The sizes of the rereraise is not enough to be a bluff.

The call at the end was $52.50 into a $177 pot. just over 3-1. I think I need 5-1 here to call, maybe more with such a tight player.

I consider myself a student at this game still when I cannot lay down this hand. We can all play our good cards but to make real cash at this game I need to be able to lay down BIG hands like this byt hinking what am I beating and taking into account their style and tightness of their game.