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Villain is 39/20/3.5 over 143 hands, we are $281 deep. Didn’t particularly feel sexy about raising and stacking off on the flop, but thoughts on that would be appreciated.

Hadn’t seen the villain take a line like this and the couple of pots I played against him I iso’d his limp and he folded to a c-bet.

So anyway I need like 42% equity here…

Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold’em – 7 players
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MP: $119.35
CO: $175.35
BTN: $200.00
SB: $354.10
BB: $128.80
Hero (UTG): $281.00
UTG+1: $98.95

MP posts a big blind ($2)

Pre Flop: ($5.00) Hero is UTG with K A
Hero raises to $10, 1 fold, MP calls $8, 2 folds, SB calls $9, 1 fold

Flop: ($32.00) 6 4 5 (3 players)
SB bets $30, Hero calls $30, MP folds

Turn: ($92.00) A (2 players)
SB bets $314.10 all in, Hero has to call $241…

I’ve got a number of different responses from various regulars I’ve asked about this hand, so I thought I’d post it here and try and get some consensus. I haven’t seen either of these guys at 400nl (or anywhere) before this session. I didn’t see the hand that MP1 got his stack with and haven’t seen him showdown in any big pots. Anyway… what range are you putting him on here and what action do you proceed with mindful that there is another guy in the hand too?

Poker Stars $2/$4 No Limit Hold’em – 9 players
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CO: $606.50
BTN: $412.80
SB: $400.00
BB: $403.40
UTG: $718.10
Hero (UTG+1): $429.50
UTG+2: $400.00 – 19/10 over 70 hands
MP1: $901.20 50/16/1.7 over 70 hands
MP2: $400.00

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is UTG+1 with A A
UTG calls $4, Hero raises to $20, UTG+2 calls $20, MP1 calls $20, 6 folds

Flop: ($70.00) T J J (3 players)
Hero bets $52, UTG+2 calls $52, MP1 raises to $104, Hero??

This hand was shared with me by WCGRider, UTG is 27/20 over a few hundred hands and the caller in the small blind is a fish.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q, A
Pipedreamzz raises to $35, 3 folds, WCGRider calls $35, 2 folds, Put up ur Dukes calls $30, 1 fold
This seems like a fairly standard course of action. Folding is out of the question and 3-betting for value doesn’t really fly against and UTG raiser because he probably isn’t putting more money in with much worse given the situation.

Flop: ($115) 7, J, 3 (3 players)
Put up ur Dukes checks, Pipedreamzz bets $66, WCGRider calls $66, 1 fold
Raising is definitely a viable option and I think it would be clsoer if the pot were heads -up. However, given that we wouldn’t mind the fish tagging along and that we can outplay Pipedreamzz on alter streets if we miss, I like a call.

Turn: ($247) A (2 players)
Pipedreamzz bets $144, WCGRider calls $144
A great card, but I don’t see how we can raise here. Not many worse hands will be playing for stacks given our line and the board, better just to under represent our hand and call for value. Important to note the ace represents a pretty good barrel card for him, whether he has one or not.

River: ($535) K (2 players)
Pipedreamzz bets $400, WCGRider???
Doesn’t change too much and the villain has fired a pretty solid bet at us. Given the stats we have on him over a limited sample and the passive nature of our play this is pretty awkward. Hands that he would three barrel for value like AJ/AK/KJ and sets are certainly a decent portion of his range, but I jsut feel like our hand looks like its so weak. In his mind we can never really have a set or aces up here, so its a pretty good opportunity for him to turn a hand into a bluff on the river. Not fist-pumping by any means, but I like a call here. Thoughts?

So this hand was pretty sick… I mean I have no idea what the guy was doing pre-flop, but a pretty nice river card for my obviously. My second royal flush for the year that I can remember.

Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold’em – 9 players
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UTG: $251.05
Hero (UTG+1): $215.55
UTG+2: $442.80
MP1: $107.00
MP2: $121.80
CO: $200.00
BTN: $40.00
SB: $98.00
BB: $50.00

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is UTG+1 with A K
UTG raises to $8, Hero raises to $28, 7 folds, UTG calls $20

Flop: ($59.00) J 8 T (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($59.00) 6 (2 players)
UTG bets $56, Hero calls $56

River: ($171.00) Q (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $131.55 all in, UTG calls $131.55

Final Pot: $434.10
UTG mucks A 9
Hero shows A K (a Royal Flush)
Hero wins $431.10

Just finished up playing a $1000nl full ring session at Party Poker with Rohan. There weren’t very many games running in the afternoon Australian time so it was a pretty uneventful session. The only big hand we played was below against a half stacker. I love the limp/call pre-flop UTG with pocket kings… expert.

Party Poker $1,000 No Limit Hold’em – 8 players
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UTG+1: $1739.50
MP1: $1947.25
MP2: $1184.00
CO: $1428.00
BTN: $689.00
Hero (SB): $1034.00
BB: $1000.00
UTG: $572.49

Pre Flop: ($15.00) Hero is SB with A A
UTG calls $10, 2 folds, MP2 calls $10, 1 fold, BTN calls $10, Hero raises to $80, 1 fold, UTG calls $70, 2 folds

Flop: ($190.00) J 2 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $130, UTG raises to $260, Hero raises to $954 all in, UTG calls $232.49 all in

Turn: ($1174.98) 7 (2 players – 2 are all in)

River: ($1174.98) 9 (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $1174.98
Hero shows A A (a pair of Aces)
UTG shows K K (a pair of Kings)
Hero wins $1171.98
(Rake: $3.00)