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[Mojo1312]

Thank you Sam

Bearing the agonizing pain for nine hours while waiting for a diagnoses was life changing. Hero felt like he had been granted a second chance on life when he woke up free from any discomfort. The Doctor told Hero the best thing he could do to hasten his recovery was to move. With the exception of two days, Hero has taking a minimum of two walks a day, one in the morning and one in the evening, covering a (total) distance of six miles or more.

The liquid Nystatin and pills for the infection in his esophagus have enabled Hero to return to a normal diet. Hero has dropped 15 pounds to date and has almost fully recovered from the experience.

 

[Samuel]

Great to hear!

Hope it's not too soon to share a little Brian Regan (in case you haven't seen this):

 

[Highli99]

Yikes get well soon. Sounds like a close call

 

[Mojo1312]

Hero returns to the felt tonight with his health, hopefully extending his win streak from four games to five.

 

[CrazyEddie]

Playing cards is good for your health.

 

[Mojo1312]

Hero left the house an hour early to catch dinner at a popular locally owned restaurant. Hero's cell phone rings while he is enjoying mashed potato, haddock, and scallops accompanied with a side salad and dinner roll.

"Hi Dave."
"Hi Mojo." "There is no game tonight. We could only get seven and then one bailed at the last minute. Jared doesn't want to play six handed."
"Okay, thanks Dave."
"How are you feeling?"
"Better. Should be off the medication in a couple of days."
"That is good."
" I will see you next week."
"Yep. Have a good night."
"Thanks Dave. You too."

Gorgeous weather. 78 degrees, mild breeze. Nice night for being outdoors.

 

[LeLe]

"There is no game tonight. We could only get seven and then one bailed at the last minute. Jared doesn't want to play six handed."

I personally like to play 6 or 7 handed more than 9 or 10 or 11handed.

Much more action and you can play much more hands.

Very often, I find myself bailing out the game when the host try to squeeze 10/11 people into 1 table.

Sitting uncomfortable tight and less action is not my type of game

 

[Mojo1312]

Hero discovered how much fun short handed NLHE can be during the last year of the pandemic. We had some great times playing five handed.

Hero plans to bring that up next Tuesday.

 

[LeLe]

Hero discovered how much fun short handed NLHE can be during the last year of the pandemic. We had some great times playing five handed.

You can bring it up a notch by playing Short deck NLH in the future too, it even more crazy action than short handed NLH

 

[grebe]

"It's hard to play triple draw games with a table of 9 anyways"

 

[Mojo1312]

Lesson #4 in NLHE: Never try to steal a pot from a player that has the nuts.

In for $850, out with $1500.

 

[Mojo1312]

Our Hero was put in a an interesting spot late last night playing $1/$2 NLHE nine handed. $10 straddle in effect. Hero and four other player's stack sizes are 400 to 500+ BB's. UTG calls, $23 in the pot. Hero looks down at pocket QQ's.

Action?

 

[MrCatPants]

Our Hero was put in a an interesting spot late last night playing $1/$2 NLHE nine handed. $10 straddle in effect. Hero and four other player's stack sizes are 400 to 500+ BB's. UTG calls, $23 in the pot. Hero looks down at pocket QQ's.

Action?

Make it serious - raise to $50.

 

[LeLe]

$10 straddle in effect. Hero and four other player's stack sizes are 400 to 500+ BB's. UTG calls, $23 in the pot. Hero looks down at pocket QQ's.

It depends if the Button or Straddler will squeeze at the high % if a lot of limpers before their action.

If yes, I will just call and do a limp-raise after someone squeeze.

If no, I will just play straight forward and raise to $45 now.

 

[Mojo1312]

Straddler is about 500BB's deep and has been entering a lot of pots.

 

[JustinInMN]

Our Hero was put in a an interesting spot late last night playing $1/$2 NLHE nine handed. $10 straddle in effect. Hero and four other player's stack sizes are 400 to 500+ BB's. UTG calls, $23 in the pot. Hero looks down at pocket QQ's.

Action?

Assuming this is a button straddle yet to act?

Make it serious - raise to $50.

This sounds about right over a straddle and a limp.

Your stack is only about 100-straddles deep. Still room to maneuver, but you may end up playing for all the chips at some point in this hand.

 

[Mojo1312]

Assuming this is a button straddle yet to act?


This sounds about right over a straddle and a limp.

Your stack is only about 100-straddles deep. Still room to maneuver, but you may end up playing for all the chips at some point in this hand.

UTG Straddle. The home game allows unlimited straddles for whatever amount players like. In this case, UTG straddle for $10.

 

[JustinInMN]

UTG Straddle. The home game allows unlimited straddles for whatever amount players like. In this case, UTG straddle for $10.

Okay, then I guess I was a little confused by "UTG calls" in the action. Would this mean player following the UTG straddle has called? (I have to assume that someone other than the straddle has called if the pot has $23 in it at this point.)

 

[Mojo1312]

Our Hero was put in a an interesting spot late last night playing $1/$2 NLHE nine handed. $10 straddle in effect. Hero and four other player's stack sizes are 400 to 500+ BB's. UTG calls, $23 in the pot. Hero looks down at pocket QQ's.

Action?

Stack sizes and the late stage of the game effected hero's decision making process. Hero is in for $250 and is sitting on $1065 with 25 to 30 minutes left to play. UTG straddled for $10, UTG+1 called. Action falls to Hero who has pocket Queens.

Hero decides to take control of the situation by raising instead of slow playing in hopes that the straddler or another player will raise for him. He wants to avoid sizing his bet too small, thereby inviting a call that may then encourage others to follow suit this close to the end of the session with stacks this deep. Hero doesn't mind a caller or two, at the same time, he is perfectly fine with picking up $23 without having to go to the flop. Hero bets $50 on top.

Button calls. The blinds and the straddler fold. UTG+1 calls. Pot: $190 rounded down. Flop:

UTG+1 checks. Hero?

 

[Mojo1312]

Button covers Hero. UTG+1 has $800 behind.

Edit: Hero has the . UTG is known for playing low connectors.

 

[JustinInMN]

Stack sizes and the late stage of the game effected hero's decision making process. Hero is in for $250 and is sitting on $1065 with 25 to 30 minutes left to play. UTG straddled for $10, UTG+1 called. Action falls to Hero who has pocket Queens.

Hero decides to take control of the situation by raising instead of slow playing in hopes that the straddler or another player will raise for him. He wants to avoid sizing his bet too small, thereby inviting a call that may then encourage others to follow suit this close to the end of the session with stacks this deep. Hero doesn't mind a caller or two, at the same time, he is perfectly fine with picking up $23 without having to go to the flop. Hero bets $50 on top.

Button calls. The blinds and the straddler fold. UTG+1 calls. Pot: $190 rounded down. Flop:

UTG+1 checks. Hero?

This is hero's flop. Button cold-calling $60 seems pretty limiting, I would expect to be 4-bet by anything better than QQ. It's hard to put button on a set mine either, but I suppose it's possible. But I would think button's most likely candidates are -xc, or any combo of . (It would be interesting to know if hero has at this point.). UTG +1 can have a somewhat wider range than button having already limped $10. Certainly could be on a set mine here, but I wouldn't be too cautious as sets are possible on just about every single flop in the world. I would certainly put more clubs in this villain's range though and maybe even some combos like QT, or T9. I could see some Jx hands too like KJ or QJ.

Hero raised the pot and got a favorable flop, but I wouldn't be slow playing it. I'm figuring button for a check behind too much unless he has a draw we as hero should charge him for. I would be betting half pot or more here. Say $90-$100 or whatever a consistent post flop sizing would be for this game.

 

[MrCatPants]

This is hero's flop. Button cold-calling $60 seems pretty limiting, I would expect to be 4-bet by anything better than QQ. It's hard to put button on a set mine either, but I suppose it's possible. But I would think button's most likely candidates are -xc, or any combo of . (It would be interesting to know if hero has at this point.). UTG +1 can have a somewhat wider range than button having already limped $10. Certainly could be on a set mine here, but I wouldn't be too cautious as sets are possible on just about every single flop in the world. I would certainly put more clubs in this villain's range though and maybe even some combos like QT, or T9. I could see some Jx hands too like KJ or QJ.

Hero raised the pot and got a favorable flop, but I wouldn't be slow playing it. I'm figuring button for a check behind too much unless he has a draw we as hero should charge him for. I would be betting half pot or more here. Say $90-$100 or whatever a consistent post flop sizing would be for this game.

ditto.

 

[Mojo1312]

Stack sizes and the late stage of the game effected hero's decision making process. Hero is in for $250 and is sitting on $1065 with 25 to 30 minutes left to play. UTG straddled for $10, UTG+1 called. Action falls to Hero who has pocket Queens.

Hero decides to take control of the situation by raising instead of slow playing in hopes that the straddler or another player will raise for him. He wants to avoid sizing his bet too small, thereby inviting a call that may then encourage others to follow suit this close to the end of the session with stacks this deep. Hero doesn't mind a caller or two, at the same time, he is perfectly fine with picking up $23 without having to go to the flop. Hero bets $50 on top.

Button calls. The blinds and the straddler fold. UTG+1 calls. Pot: $190 rounded down. Flop:

UTG+1 checks. Hero?

The next street is where this hand takes a turn, literally.

The board is somewhat wet. However, Hero does have an overpair and is holding the . Hero bets $100. Button calls, the remaining villain folds. $390 in the pot.

The turn card is the .

1) What considerations should our Hero take in when determining how to proceed? 2) Did Hero make his bet size too small on the flop?

 

[JustinInMN]

The next street is where this hand takes a turn, literally.

The board is somewhat wet. However, Hero does have an overpair and is holding the . Hero bets $100. Button calls, the remaining villain folds. $390 in the pot.

The turn card is the .

1) What considerations should our Hero take in when determining how to proceed? 2) Did Hero make his bet size too small on the flop?

I think the flop sizing is fine if it's the same sizing you would use with some misses and combo draws as well.

This card is a disaster for just about anything button could hold though. You do have a redraw for the flush and since you can account for the and it does limit how many club combos villian can have.

The jack combos however I think villian can still have plenty, but that would me hero's flush draw is live unless villain happens to have

If herois somehow ahead, I would guess villian has TT or 99. It is hard to see villain with many flop floats, a call most likely means Jx or clubs that just got there, and probably higher than the

Sometimes the single worst card comes, I am probably looking to check and fold here.

 

[Mojo1312]

Of all the cards in the deck, the on the turn is the sickest.

 

[Mojo1312]

Hero is heads up with against the button, who called Hero's c-bet on the flop. $390 in the pot.

The four community cards are: . Action is on Hero who checks.

Button bets $150. Hero?

 

[MrCatPants]

Hero is heads up with against the button, who called Hero's c-bet on the flop. $390 in the pot.

The four community cards are: . Action is on Hero who checks.

Button bets $150. Hero?

Other than a Q or the ace of clubs on the river, I don't think there's a single card we feel good about. If we call this, we'd also have to be willing to call the river bet that is very likely coming.

I get vocally huffy and fold.

 

[ngmcs8203]

What's the button flatting with preflop that floats the flop? 55, 77, 99? 54cc, 65cc, 76cc, 87c, 89cc, 9Tcc? Maybe A3cc-A9cc and AcQx or AcKx? I assume he 3! ATs+, TT+ too, right? Eventhough he's capped on the flop to flush draws, big jacks and AcXx he has just hit gin on the turn, and you have removal to AQcc and QcJx and a few combos of straights, I still feel like his preflop flat makes his range so happy to see this turn, that I am with @MrCatPants on this one and would begrudgingly fold.

 

[JustinInMN]

What's the button flatting with preflop that floats the flop? 55, 77, 99? 54cc, 65cc, 76cc, 87c, 89cc, 9Tcc? Maybe A3cc-A9cc and AcQx or AcKx? I assume he 3! ATs+, TT+ too, right? Eventhough he's capped on the flop to flush draws, big jacks and AcXx he has just hit gin on the turn, and you have removal to AQcc and QcJx and a few combos of straights, I still feel like his preflop flat makes his range so happy to see this turn, that I am with @MrCatPants on this one and would begrudgingly fold.

I think as far as hands the hero can beat, it's TT and 99, end of list. FWIW, I don't think villain has a TON of clubs either, maybe only , , . However, I think villain can have all the all day here.

I might be making an error of over-narrowing villains' holding here. But cold-calling $60 pre and then flatting this flop with only one Broadway card on seems to limit the possibilities here.

So assuming villian "has it" (trips or a flush) our prospects of drawing out are this
1) If villain has trips, 75% of the time improving to a flush is good. (It is not good the 25% of the time villain has , 2 of the 8 available AJ combos contain ) (LATE EDIT: Additionally, make a flush isn't good even if villian does not have a club but draws a club on the river that hits his kicker, so fair to adjust the 75% downward for that.)
2) If villain has trips with the we only have the two queens to improve
3) If villain has the flush, we only have two queens and two jacks to improve to a full house, assuming he never has a smaller flush than queen-high. (Which I think is a safe assumption, unless we think he can cold call with mid low connectors, even at that, we can account for the , , and so maybe at best add like or to that list?)

The other possibility to consider here is villain has decided the board pairing is good for TT or 99 that he holds after hero checks. He might be trying to get hero to fold an overcard hand or at least pay to draw at a single club here.

But really, I don't think there's enough here to make chasing appealing. The is a particularly bad card, I think I can live with folding this, even if it means I will occasionally fold the best hand because of some weird unforeseen bluff on villains' part. I can live with that working on this single bad card.