Villain is 24/17/5 over 101 hands at this point, he seems very active. I don’t like any of my options pre-flop really… Based on his stats his 3-bet range vs UTG is wider than most tags, calling and playing out of position sucks and 4-betting turns the hand into a bluff really. That said, what is your default play pre-flop. And now that I’ve called out of position, what is the plan against this opponent [...]

Emmy’s birthday present to me back in December was tickets to last night’s Foo Fighters concert at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. Foo Fighters are my favourite band of all time and this was the third time I’d seem them live. Their newest album is already one of my favourites, so it was good to get to see them perform tracks from that, as well as all their other timeless classics. I think my highlight would [...]

UTG+1 is 36/8/2.1 over 100 hands. Check/calling three streets after raising pre-flop feels donkish, where did I go wrong? Thought it better to c/c flop didn’t want to get raised off the hand or get called and be in no mans land out of position on a blank turn. I think at the time my thought process was that I probably have the best hand, being raised would suck, I’ll just let him bluff worse [...]

Villain is 22/0/0.5 over not many hands. I’m assuming raise the river, given that he can call with trips/other worse hands. What raise size do you like and fold to shove?? Poker Stars, $1/$2 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 9 Players LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter CO: $124.15 Hero (BTN): $522.40 SB: $146.85 BB: $109 UTG: $28 UTG+1: $200 UTG+2: $272 MP1: $72.05 MP2: $185.40 Pre-Flop: Q T dealt to Hero (BTN) 6 folds, Hero raises [...]

This is a standard move up session for me. Sorry just venting Poker Stars, $1/$2 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 7 Players LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter UTG+1: $319.95 Hero (MP): $387.30 CO: $206 BTN: $41.30 SB: $121 BB: $239.15 UTG: $219.15 Pre-Flop: 8 8 dealt to Hero (MP) UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $2, Hero raises to $10, 2 folds, SB calls $9, BB folds, UTG+1 calls $8 Flop: ($32) 8 T T (3 Players) SB [...]