Crouchie's Poker Thread

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Continuing on from my post in the novices' thread, I thought I'd stick a couple of hands and decisions that I thought were the key moments of my what was ultimately wasteful sesssion. With each hand I'll probably have a couple of questions, so any advice would be great :ok First hand is the first significant pot that was won. Calling UTG with this hand probably wasn't a very good idea in hindsight (well, unless that hindsight included the cards that'd come, but anywho...). Speaking of UTG, what's the best course of action there? Should I fold basically everything, and if I play less than premium hands, is calling or raising best at lower limits? ------------ Game #3636058343: Hold'em NL ($0.15/$0.25) - 2007/03/29 - 12:35:32 (UK) Table "Sadko" Seat 1 is the button. Seat 1: jatypc ($21.34 in chips) Seat 2: gAmBLEkiD ($19.04 in chips) Seat 3: tidyrose sits out Seat 4: jlh777 ($7.10 in chips) Seat 5: Mr_qld ($23.80 in chips) Seat 6: Drobert sits out Seat 7: chopchop ($19.85 in chips) Seat 8: Big_and_s ($7.10 in chips) Seat 9: derikstew ($15.55 in chips) Seat 10: circa138 ($24.59 in chips) gAmBLEkiD: posts small blind $0.15 jlh777: posts big blind $0.25 circa138: posts big blind $0.25 + posts small blind $0.15 ----- HOLE CARDS ----- dealt to Mr_qld [Jh Qs] Mr_qld: calls $0.25 chopchop: folds Big_and_s: folds derikstew: folds circa138: checks jatypc: folds gAmBLEkiD: folds jlh777: raises to $1 Mr_qld: calls $0.75 circa138: folds ----- FLOP ----- [2h Qh 5c] jlh777: bets $6.10 and is all-in Mr_qld: calls $6.10 ----- TURN ----- [2h Qh 5c][3h] ----- RIVER ----- [2h Qh 5c 3h][Qc] ----- SHOW DOWN ----- jlh777: shows [Kh Jc] (A Pair of Queens, King high) Mr_qld: shows [Jh Qs] (Three of a kind, Queens, Jack high) Mr_qld collected $14.05 from Main pot

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Re: Some Hands from my first Cash Game The next pertinent hand I also won (believe me, the bad ones come :lol). Type of hand that I expect I could get into a LOT of trouble with. Knowing when I'm beat in this situation is something I find very difficult, though fortunately here I wasn't. Other thing I consider is that perhaps I should have raised more pre flop? ------------ Game #3636059963: Hold'em NL ($0.15/$0.25) - 2007/03/29 - 13:04:37 (UK) Table "Sadko" Seat 1 is the button. Seat 1: jatypc ($20.34 in chips) Seat 2: dvdmand ($23.95 in chips) Seat 4: NiteMagic ($3.95 in chips) Seat 5: Mr_qld ($26.25 in chips) Seat 6: vonKleist ($24.25 in chips) Seat 7: calin86 ($12.70 in chips) Seat 8: flexnes ($24.75 in chips) Seat 9: derikstew ($33 in chips) Seat 10: the_Wall ($25.25 in chips) dvdmand: posts small blind $0.15 NiteMagic: posts big blind $0.25 ----- HOLE CARDS ----- dealt to Mr_qld [Kc Kh] Lepisto1 joins the table at seat #3 Mr_qld: raises to $0.75 vonKleist: folds calin86: folds flexnes: calls $0.75 derikstew: calls $0.75 the_Wall: folds jatypc: folds dvdmand: folds NiteMagic: folds ----- FLOP ----- [2h Ah 2c] Mr_qld: checks flexnes: checks derikstew: bets $0.75 Mr_qld: calls $0.75 flexnes: folds ----- TURN ----- [2h Ah 2c][5d] Mr_qld: checks derikstew: bets $1 Mr_qld: raises to $3 derikstew: calls $2 ----- RIVER ----- [2h Ah 2c 5d][Ac] Mr_qld: bets $3.50 derikstew: calls $3.50 ----- SHOW DOWN ----- Mr_qld: shows [Kc Kh] (Two Pairs, Aces and Kings, Five high) derikstew: mucks hand [Qs Qd]