Carl Sagan

4 months ago

$1/$2 NL Three quick hands: AK we hit. AK we miss, do we fire turn vs 2? And weak combo draw from the SB in limped pot

I've been thinking more about hand #2. The turn card gives us a lot of equity. If we bet the turn and get called by a jack, we will only be about a 2-1 dog, and so if we can get through on the t...

4 months ago

$1/$2 NL Three quick hands: AK we hit. AK we miss, do we fire turn vs 2? And weak combo draw from the SB in limped pot

Game is $1/$2 blind, $2-$100 spread limit hold'em (AZ state law bans 'no-limit' betting) at a local casino. The game is playing typically passive, and fairly loose.

Hand 1:
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4 months ago

$1/$2 NL: 125BB, JJ in EP, we get 3-bet shoved on by a shortstack, with two other deep stacks involved, help please

$1/$2 NL. The game is playing typically passive, and fairly loose.

Playing 8 handed, I start the hand with about $250 and open UTG+1 with JJ to $8. Guy with $350 on my immediate lef...

4 months ago

$1/$2 NL To bluff catch, or not to bluff catch. Two quick hands I played last night

Game is $1/$2 blind, $2-$100 spread limit hold'em (AZ state law bans 'no-limit' betting) at a local casino. The game is playing typically passive, and fairly loose.

First hand:

5 months ago

Theory from Practice: Villain removes one-pair hands from range after check back low-coordinated flop against preflop-raiser, with real hand example

Passive players are probably not going nuts w/ an underpair, for example.... Did he show or tell you what he had?



I agree, that's why I said, "... whe...

5 months ago

Theory from Practice: Villain removes one-pair hands from range after check back low-coordinated flop against preflop-raiser, with real hand example

I played a hand a recently that got me thinking about the kind of range typical low-stakes live players will check back against the preflop-raiser on low, coordinated, flops in a heads up pot. I...

9 months ago

$1/$2 NL, TPTK, 3bet pot, ?????

Luke00016:

Thanks for your thoughts but I guess you didn't read the end of my post because I said, "The guy seemed like he might be a decent player, so I guess it is possible he is ca...

10 months ago

$1/$2 NL, TPTK, 3bet pot, ?????

Yea as i wrote up the post I was thinking it might just be a fold pre but during the hand I hadn't really settled into the game and just looked at the stacks and called the 3-bet as a reflex wit...

10 months ago

$1/$2 NL, TPTK, 3bet pot, ?????

Game is at a small local card room. My first time in the room. All of the players were unknowns to me. I had just bought in for $200, this was one of my first hands.

Seven handed.