Hole in my game???

[Cloud]

Hi guys/girls I wanna show you a couple of cash hands I've had recently. I'm struggling to see what I'm doing wrong - but I'm losing a lot of money doing it. Advice would be much appreciated. Hand 1 PokerStars Game #7986088610: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/01/17 - 15:53:26 (ET) Table 'Umbriel IV' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: The Voelks ($35.10 in chips) Seat 2: fredriq ($50 in chips) Seat 3: TYPHOON439 ($36.05 in chips) Seat 4: Varelas ($41.75 in chips) Seat 5: plours12 ($29.50 in chips) Seat 6: USMCRightway ($32.65 in chips) Seat 7: superwandl44 ($37.30 in chips) Seat 8: the_cloud71 ($49.85 in chips) Seat 9: jkpickett ($49.25 in chips) fredriq: posts small blind $0.25 TYPHOON439: posts big blind $0.50 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to the_cloud71 [Ks Kh] Varelas: calls $0.50 plours12: calls $0.50 USMCRightway: calls $0.50 Varelas said, "??" superwandl44: folds fredriq said, "you told me so" the_cloud71: raises $2 to $2.50 (standard raise to get down to 1 opponent hopefully - doesn't actually work) jkpickett: folds The Voelks: folds fredriq: calls $2.25 TYPHOON439: folds Varelas: calls $2 plours12: calls $2 USMCRightway: calls $2 *** FLOP *** [5c 4h Th] (Straight and flush possibilities - want to win it straight away against 4 opponents) fredriq: checks Varelas: checks plours12: checks USMCRightway: checks the_cloud71: bets $15 (Bet out strongly - all shown weakness) fredriq: calls $15 Varelas: calls $15 plours12: calls $15 USMCRightway: folds *** TURN *** [5c 4h Th] [9c] fredriq: bets $32.50 and is all-in Varelas: calls $24.25 and is all-in plours12: calls $12 and is all-in the_cloud71: calls $32.35 and is all-in (I called because there are no straight or flush's made still, and I've got a great hand looking at the board) *** RIVER *** [5c 4h Th 9c] [Jd] *** SHOW DOWN *** fredriq: shows [4s 4d] (three of a kind, Fours) the_cloud71: mucks hand fredriq collected $16.20 from side pot-2 Varelas: shows [Jh 3h] (a pair of Jacks) fredriq collected $36.75 from side pot-1 plours12: mucks hand fredriq collected $118 from main pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot $173.95 Main pot $118. Side pot-1 $36.75. Side pot-2 $16.20. | Rake $3 Board [5c 4h Th 9c Jd] Seat 1: The Voelks (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: fredriq (small blind) showed [4s 4d] and won ($170.95) with three of a kind, Fours Seat 3: TYPHOON439 (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 4: Varelas showed [Jh 3h] and lost with a pair of Jacks Seat 5: plours12 mucked [Ah 7h] Seat 6: USMCRightway folded on the Flop Seat 7: superwandl44 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: the_cloud71 mucked [Ks Kh] Seat 9: jkpickett folded before Flop (didn't bet) Hand 2 (No hand history - playing on other PC) I'm in small blind - with KK. All fold to button - very aggressive with a big stack. He raises to $1.50 (3 x BB) I re-raise to $3.50 BB calls. Button calls. Flop 2 4 7 Rainbow. I bet $9 BB goes all-in. Button folds. I call (I consider a set, but would anyone call 7XBB raise and reraise with 22,44 or 77 - the only hand that worries me is AA - but any overpair is a possibility) I lose to 44. Again :wall

[mrmuzeman]

Re: Hole in my game??? Ok Cloud, the doctor is in the house. Shit that sounded rubbish :lol Er anyway ill comment as I scroll down your HH... Hand 1 Ok preflop raise should be a bit stronger. 5bb aint the worst preflop bet ive ever seen BUT with 3 limpers to you in low limit net cash games, you really wana bet making that a bigger raise, I wouldnt be suprised if they all call you (if the UTG calls, the others likely will). Make it 7-11bb there and expect 1 caller as wished. You HAVE to bet the flop you are correct and you are thinking about draws correctly. $15 is ok, doesnt do anything $10 doesnt tbh but its neither here nor there. Wow all 3 flatcalled you :lol Err thats sick, youre almost certainly behind. Any more than 1 player flatcalls a BIG flop bet, its always very dodgy, with 3 doing it you are almost certainly behind. Its a key point to remember, any more than 1 caller of a BIG bet and you MUST proceed with caution and be prepared to lay down. They all go all in, well nows the time to fold, all evidence points to that there is better than 1 pair out there, 1 of them must have a set, so you are drawing to 2 outs, not enough to call the 4/1 odds with only 1 river to come. Sick theres the set, had to be though it was spelled out. Theres a reasonable amount you can learn from this hand though there. Basically you could have saved yourself about $30 on this particular hand. Hand 2 Ok well you reraise which is 100% correct BUT I hate the raise. Its little more than a minreraise out of position, dont like it at all. Whenever you make a reraise preflop you should always make it at least 3X the original raise imo. So in this instance I would make it between $4.50 and $6.50. Get some decent amount of BB in right now to form a big pot on the flop hopefully. Ok total raggy offsuit board, not an action board for you unfortunately but every single right to believe you are infront still of course. You should bet here and hope 1 of 3 things. He has picked up top pair or a straight draw. He has an overpair (or 66, 55 is ok), an overpair is great though and a lot of players will reraise and do their cash against you here. Or he reraises you on total air. How much to bet? You actually overbet the pot very slightly here, not a problem just a little weird but doesnt really matter. As long as you bet anywhere 1/2 pot and upwards youre ok here. Im calling every time to the all in, A LOT of the time you will see the situations I described above and youll double through. Id expect to see 88, 99 1010 a lot there. This time he has a set, wouldnt usually be the case at all so nothing wrong with the call there at all, its a very profitable call in the long run for sure.

I call (I consider a set, but would anyone call 7XBB raise and reraise with 22,44 or 77 - the only hand that worries me is AA - but any overpair is a possibility)

Btw nothing wrong with his call at all, it was only another 4bb to him id call everytime with any pocket pair there as long as the stacks are relatively deep. Any way mate, hope that helps.