Online Poker Forum - $1/$2 HULHE

WhatASurprise · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: $1/$2 HULHE

I`ve decided to take my limit game more seriously, and I have chosen HULHE, as that is the form I play best. Here are some hands from my latest session:

My opponent is the same in all hands. He never limps, plays very aggressively, but he is also kind of a payoff wizard. He plays every pair to the river, regardless of board texture. He will also call down with ace high and king high a lot. Does not like to give up in big pots. Loves to bluff. However, he rarely(if ever) bluff- raises the river.
In this session he has called me down with Q high when I flopped quads, pretty much never folded to a raise pre or OTF, and overall doesn`t seem to know where the fold button is.

Hand 1. Do I raise this river for value? Perhaps raise the turn? He is calling me with ace high and pretty much any PP and lower pair all day here, but it also sucks to get raised.

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Pre-Flop: J

8

dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls

Flop: (6 SB) K

8

3

(2 Players)
BB bets, Hero calls

Turn: (4 BB) 4

(2 Players)
BB bets, Hero calls

River: (6 BB) 3

(2 Players)
BB bets, Hero ?

Hand 2. Is he ever rasing with anything that I beat here? Is 9-1 enough?

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Pre-Flop: A

8

A

8

dealt to Hero (BB)
[COLOR=red]SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB calls

Flop: (6 SB) A

K

4

(2 Players)
Hero bets, SB calls

Turn: (4 BB) 7

(2 Players)
Hero bets, SB calls

River: (6 BB) 2

(2 Players)
Hero bets, SB raises, Hero ?

Hand 3. Should probably go in poker stories but I`m too lazy to start going over reads and stuff. Epic check OTR imo.

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Pre-Flop: 7

6

dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises, BB calls

Flop: (4 SB) 8

5

9

(2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, BB caps, Hero calls

Turn: (6 BB) 7

(2 Players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls

River: (10 BB) Q

(2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Results: 10 BB Pot (0.25 BB Rake)
BB showed 4

3

(a flush, Queen high) and WON 9.75 BB (+4.75 BB NET)
Hero showed 7

6

(a straight, Nine high) and LOST (-5 BB NET)

Hand 4. Do I go for a check raise here, or should I lead out? Any flush and even top pair+ will bet this in position a lot. The preflop 3bet is purely opponent based, and I have had succes in doubble barreling him earlier. OTT I can`t fold the second NFD, which might even be the best hand.

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Pre-Flop: K

2

dealt to Hero (BB)
SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB calls

Flop: (6 SB) 4

5

J

(2 Players)
Hero bets, SB calls

Turn: (4 BB) Q

(2 Players)
Hero bets, SB raises, Hero calls

River: (8 BB) A

(2 Players)
Hero ?

Hand 5. He has been floating a lot of flops, and I think a lot of his range consists of Xx Xh and random air. There are obviously a lot of scare cards OTR. What to do here?

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Pre-Flop: 9

9

dealt to Hero (BB)
[COLOR=red]SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB calls

Flop: (6 SB) 4

7

J

(2 Players)
Hero bets, SB calls

Turn: (4 BB) Q

(2 Players)
Hero bets, SB raises, Hero ?

To be continued.

Pil Sung · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:20 pm Post subject:

Hand 1. The question is what kind of hands does he 3bet preflop? If you reraise the flop (you have position), you can get a free turn and river card.

Hand 2. Call since you read him as bluffing a lot. I think you lost on the river though.

Hand 3. Good check on the river. Rest is pretty standard.

Hand 4. Bet and hope he raises. You'll get called when you bet much more frequently than you'll be able to check raise.

Hand 5. Fold.

WhatASurprise · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:06 pm Post subject:

Riddim · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject:

lol, your villain seems a bit like me.

1: I raise the flop as a default and the turn instead vs. a guy like this.

2: I pretty much never fold these unless I have a pretty good read on villain since you only need to be good >10% of the time and people do weird/spazzy things.

3: Does he really not take that line with non-FD hands often enough for you to bet river?

4: I don't like pre vs. pretty much anyone. On the river I'd guess that leading is best since he probably pays off with a lot of hands he'd check back and also raises with a lot of diamonds, allowing you to b/3b.

5: Do you think he's going to be bluffing the river a lot if you 3b turn and then check to him? If not, I think this is a really clear calldown. Given how aggro he is, he probably fires the river when he misses as well as when he hits when he has hearts, and fires at least hearts when he has air.

So by calling down you'll often end up winning the same amount when you win, while losing less when you lose. You can also end up getting away cheaper vs. Qx and Jx if he checks back heart rivers, and obviously you avoid either folding the best hand or giving him 2 extra bets when he caps turn.

WhatASurprise · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:27 pm Post subject:

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