I lost money again today... -$225... August is not starting well at all :p

here are a couple hands that gave me trouble - a 3way KK hand, a 3 way 2pair hand in an unraised pot, and a typical 3bet pot with JJ

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In this hand, btn and BB were tag's - not the best tags but tags nonetheless...

my thinking on the turn went a little something like this - i'm gonna check cuz btn prob gonna bluff/bet, and i'm gonna CRAI - well the BB straight cold calling that raise put a little kink in the plan.

my 3 options are as follows:
fold: weak as hell, since i underrepresented my hand by checking the turn there, though i may very well be beat... i really have no idea what BB is calling with, but the board is relatively dry (mebbe a gutter hit that turn but it's unlikely) so it doesn't seem like he's drawing to anything. therefore, he can be slowplaying a good amount of stuff that beats me (set 2pr etc) or can he really be drawing to an OESD on river?... doesn't seem likely considering my read

call: this is an ok option... i can call and evaluate on river... but prob is it leaves such awkward stack sizes... if i call that, pot is 105 or so on river, and i've got about 60ish on river... really not sure here and i think i may end up getting stack in a lot on river anyways...

raise: not sure what this does but fold out worse hands, prob any draws, and i get called by hands that beat me

from talking to people, it seems that first of all i should have bet more on the flop - closer to pot, and i should lead that turn... i think it's a bit of a pickle no matter how u look at it...

BB ($249.95)
UTG ($208.50)
Hero ($104.50)
Button ($133.90)
SB ($160.65)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Kc, Kd.
1 fold, MP raises to $4, Button calls $4, 1 fold, BB calls $3.

Flop: ($12.50) Td, 7c, 4s (3 players)
BB checks, MP bets $8, Button calls $8, BB calls $8.

Turn: ($36.50) 9h (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, Button bets $23, BB calls $23, MP raises to $92.5, Button folds, BB calls $69.50.

River: ($244.50) Qs (2 players)

Final Pot: $244.50

Results in white below:
BB has 9d 7d (two pair, nines and sevens).
Hero has Kc Kd (one pair, kings).
Outcome: BB wins $244.50.


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Ok so heres another tricky one... i wasn't quite sure what to do on the river bc 1) i think i need to valuebet my hand but 2) stack sizes are weird (the guy behind me has only 57 left)

if i check i think i miss out on a lot of value from one pair hands and worse 2pair (though theres not all that many combinations of 2pair like 45 and J4) - so i just pushed

Button ($287.25)
SB ($195.50)
Hero ($101.50)
UTG ($88.50)
MP ($135.30)
CO ($100)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5s, Jd.
UTG calls $1, 3 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($3) 4c, 5c, Jh (3 players)
SB bets $2, BB raises to $8.5, UTG calls $8.50, SB calls $6.50.

Turn: ($28.50) 8h (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $22, UTG calls $22, SB calls $22.

River: ($94.50) 9d (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $70 (All-In), UTG calls $57 (All-In), SB folds.

Final Pot: $208.50

Results in white below:
Hero has 5s Jd (two pair, jacks and fives).
UTG has 4d 4s (three of a kind, fours).

Outcome: UTG wins $208.50. Hero wins $13.


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Here's the last hand - villain is dumb, agro, and bluffy - there was a hand before where i PFR and he called, i checked a Kxx flop behind, and he instamincheckraised my turn bet on a blank...

i think i played this well

SB ($69.25)
BB ($101.90)
UTG ($105.45)
Hero ($105.75)
Button ($79.70)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Jh, Jd.
UTG raises to $4, MP raises to $14, 1 fold, SB calls $13.50, 1 fold, UTG folds.

Flop: ($33) Ks, 4c, 5d (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($33) 6h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($33) 2h (2 players)
SB checks, MP bets $19, SB folds.

Final Pot: $33

Results in white below:
Hero has Jh Jd (one pair, jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins $33.