Played 2000 hands and ended up down $40....I feel like I am playing well but I must have some leaks somewhere that need to be fixed because I just am not winning lately. I need to watch a few videos and review alot more hands to try and get back into my winning ways. I feel like I am losing way too many small $5-$10 pots and not winning enough big pots and it is jut spewing my money away. I think I need help with C-betting and playing low-mid pocket pairs.
Hand 1
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1233856
I have read many place to never lay KK down pre flop at these stakes but lately it seems like everytime I get it in preflop with KK it is against AA. I think the old saying that the fourth raise means aces, needs to be incorporated into my game again.
Hand 2
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1233871
Everything worked out well here, but is this line the right one.
Hand 3
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1233880
I felt bad after this hand, I went against my instincts and it cost me
2 comments:
Hand 1: yeah, this is tough. People secretly fold KK all the time, it's just that it's a bad habit to get into because then you start seeing folds all over the place. This is one of the situations where you can fold once he shoves though, but you almost have the odds to call. You need 4:1 to break even, and you're getting 3:1. I don't think this is hugely -ev. If you actually make his range KK+, AKs (2 AK hands, since you have 2 of the kings), this is an easy call as you're 32% equity. So maybe this is a call afterall.
Hand 2: I like this personally. You get to move in the money slowly but surely, and there aren't a whole lot of draws out besides T9. It's better than getting raise-happy and pushing out TP.
Hand 3: This is an extremely easy fold on the flop, and quite possibly pre. I'm thinking after the guy 3-bets, you're kinda set mining with QQ, but you're not even getting 7:1 implied odds on your call, and the UTG raiser is still behind you. I think this may actually be a fold PF.
When I said "people secretly fold KK all the time", I didn't mean that they do it a lot, I just mean most of the good SSNL players have done it. They just don't post it on the forums because there are already enough KK fold situations out there.
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