first hand of the night

[s4ooter]

** Game ID 662824107 starting - 2007-01-11 23:54:39
** Graz [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Grizbaz sitting in seat 1 with $22.95 [Dealer]
- intenseexpre sitting in seat 2 with $49.00
- s4ooter sitting in seat 3 with $23.50
- redrobbo sitting in seat 4 with $33.19
- dosdos sitting in seat 5 with $98.75
- vincenzo- sitting in seat 6 with $101.55

intenseexpre posted the small blind - $0.25
s4ooter posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to s4ooter: Jack of Spades, 10 of Spades
redrobbo folded
dosdos called - $0.50
vincenzo- folded
Grizbaz called - $0.50
intenseexpre folded
s4ooter checked

** Dealing the flop: Queen of Spades, 9 of Spades, 8 of Spades
s4ooter checked
dosdos bet - $0.50
Grizbaz called - $0.50
s4ooter called - $0.50

** Dealing the turn: Jack of Clubs
s4ooter checked
dosdos bet - $1.50
Grizbaz called - $1.50
s4ooter called - $1.50

** Dealing the river: 8 of Hearts
s4ooter checked
dosdos bet - $5.00
Grizbaz folded
s4ooter raised - $10.00
dosdos called - $10.00
s4ooter shows: Jack of Spades, 10 of Spades
dosdos mucks:
s4ooter wins $26.40 from the main pot

End of game 662824107

wondered if i could have extracted more out of him? maybe a bigger raise

[PokerWoody]

You gotta raise the flop.

[Prowler]

i think raising the flop here drives one of them out the pot and kills the others turn action, i think calling is the best play as it keeps both in and with a bit of luck they both call the river reraise paying you off

if the 2nd guy called you could probably raise more, as it is 10-15 should get a call any more might get you a fold

[POB666]

mmm, i dunno. a slight raise on the flop perhaps, i dunno he must have had a set to call u (a least)

[PokerWoody]

i think raising the flop here drives one of them out the pot and kills the others turn action, i think calling is the best play as it keeps both in and with a bit of luck they both call the river reraise paying you off

if the 2nd guy called you could probably raise more, as it is 10-15 should get a call any more might get you a fold

Didn't see it was a straight flush actually!! But even so, I think we need to get as much money in the pot as we can. All players have 90+bb stacks and the pot on the flop is only 3bb's. We will get value later by bloating the pot now.

Yes, it's probable that nieither player has much and we are not going to get paid off but we have to take that chance. We will get paid off by sets, straights, flushs, mabye even the naked A and two pair. Also, this pot isn't hu which helps.

[jjh]

Hmm, yeah it's sometimes hard to make a big pot with that kind of hand. You've just got to hope they have a betting hand.

Depends on what they have really, but I thin maybe you could have raised twice their bet on the river, rather than min raising?

Nice first hand of a game though, always good to get off to a great start

[PokerWoody]

I played this hand last night which is kind of similar in that we have a BIG hand and want to get value. Too many people will start either betting small or checking here on the turn and river. I like my line better, there are idiots everywhere...

Seat 1: Woody (BB) ($111.75 in chips)
Seat 2: UTG ($98.50 in chips)
Seat 3: CO ($50 in chips)
Seat 4: BTN ($112.75 in chips)
Seat 6: SB ($96.50 in chips)
SB: posts small blind $0.50
Woody (BB): posts big blind $1
CO: posts big blind $1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Woody (BB) [7 7]
UTG: folds
CO: checks
BTN: raises to $3
SB: folds
Woody (BB): calls $2
CO: folds
----- FLOP ----- [2 7 3]
Woody (BB): bets $5
BTN: calls $5
----- TURN ----- [2 7 3][7]
Woody (BB): bets $12
BTN: calls $12
----- RIVER ----- [2 7 3 7][A]
Woody (BB): bets $91.75 and is all-in
BTN: calls $91.75
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Woody (BB): shows [7 7] (Four of a kind, Sevens, Ace high)
BTN: shows [A K] (Two Pairs, Aces and Sevens, King high)
Woody (BB) collected $222 from Main pot

[PokerWoody]

Didn't see it was a straight flush actually!! But even so, I think we need to get as much money in the pot as we can. All players have 90+bb stacks and the pot on the flop is only 3bb's. We will get value later by bloating the pot now.

Yes, it's probable that nieither player has much and we are not going to get paid off but we have to take that chance. We will get paid off by sets, straights, flushs, mabye even the naked A and two pair. Also, this pot isn't hu which helps.

I also didn't see that effective stacks are only 50bb's, not '90bb's+'. Opps!

[jjh]

I played this hand last night which is kind of similar in that we have a BIG hand and want to get value. Too many people will start either betting small or checking here on the turn and river. I like my line better, there are idiots everywhere...

Seat 1: Woody (BB) ($111.75 in chips)
Seat 2: UTG ($98.50 in chips)
Seat 3: CO ($50 in chips)
Seat 4: BTN ($112.75 in chips)
Seat 6: SB ($96.50 in chips)
SB: posts small blind $0.50
Woody (BB): posts big blind $1
CO: posts big blind $1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Woody (BB) [7 7]
UTG: folds
CO: checks
BTN: raises to $3
SB: folds
Woody (BB): calls $2
CO: folds
----- FLOP ----- [2 7 3]
Woody (BB): bets $5
BTN: calls $5
----- TURN ----- [2 7 3][7]
Woody (BB): bets $12
BTN: calls $12
----- RIVER ----- [2 7 3 7][A]
Woody (BB): bets $91.75 and is all-in
BTN: calls $91.75
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Woody (BB): shows [7 7] (Four of a kind, Sevens, Ace high)
BTN: shows [A K] (Two Pairs, Aces and Sevens, King high)
Woody (BB) collected $222 from Main pot

Quality, who was he kidding!!

Some players will hold onto AK even if they know they're beat just so they can moan that their AK got busted by a weaker starting hand!!

NH Woody and even nicer pot