I’ve realised the importance of balancing my game recently and been trying to work on taking some non-standard lines with strong hands. In particular I’m trying to balance the times I’m raising in EP and having the check/fold because I get a few LP callers and whiff the flop. Both players in this hand are regulars, MP2 is a 8/6 set miner type and the CO is a 20/11/3.5. Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 NL Hold’em Cash [...]

Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 9 Players LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter SB: $59 Hero (BB): $105.95 UTG: $17 UTG+1: $35.35 UTG+2: $19.40 MP1: $25.35 MP2: $202.35 CO: $63.90 BTN: $91.50 Pre-Flop: J J dealt to Hero (BB) 5 folds, CO calls $1, BTN folds, SB calls $0.50, Hero raises to $6, CO raises to $11, SB folds, Hero??? Villain is 49/5/4.3 over 55 hands, I have conflicting thoughts in these situations, the [...]

Villain is TheTinMan13, have him running 15/5/1.5. He is a regular, but has always seemed pretty bad when I’ve played him. Think I’ve actually logged a few hands with him at 200nl also FWIW. Just want to check that this hand is okay. I’m not quite sure what to make of his line, he essentially check/min-raises and then flat calls a large threebet out of position on a draw heavy board, seems a weird line [...]