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links_slayer · #71 (**permalink**) 01-12-2008, 08:57 AM

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TheMightyJim2k · #72 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 06:29 AM

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Irish Se7en · #73 (**permalink**) 01-22-2008, 03:51 AM

Watched a few of your hands that you played on Full Tilt (free lesson

). On this particular hand you led out with a raise ($7) and a call. Flop comes with a King (K32), you bet almost the pot ($16) and he calls. Turn 7, you check he bets $15, you call. River King, you check he bets $75. You call and take a nice pot.

So my question is, if he bets the turn a little more aggressively, are you dumping your Tens? That $15 turn bet on his behalf, was one of two things, he's sweetening the pot if he has any King (KQ,KJ, KT ect.) or it's a total bluff. His river bet was good but it may have been too late. Nice call.

Now knowing that you were multi-tabling, do you have that much time to put him on a range of hands or did you just make a brief but good read.

Lastly, no I'm not paying for this lesson.

Hand in question:

TheMightyJim2k · #74 (**permalink**) 01-30-2008, 01:11 AM

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TheMightyJim2k · #75 (**permalink**) 01-30-2008, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Irish Se7en

Watched a few of your hands that you played on Full Tilt (free lesson

). On this particular hand you led out with a raise ($7) and a call. Flop comes with a King (K32), you bet almost the pot ($16) and he calls. Turn 7, you check he bets $15, you call. River King, you check he bets $75. You call and take a nice pot.

So my question is, if he bets the turn a little more aggressively, are you dumping your Tens? That $15 turn bet on his behalf, was one of two things, he's sweetening the pot if he has any King (KQ,KJ, KT ect.) or it's a total bluff. His river bet was good but it may have been too late. Nice call.

Now knowing that you were multi-tabling, do you have that much time to put him on a range of hands or did you just make a brief but good read.

Lastly, no I'm not paying for this lesson.

Hand in question:

I was probably going to call a 3/4th pot or less bet on the turn. Its tough thought because he can bet pot here as both a bluff or for value and I can't really call if I think he'll fire again on the next street.

To me his bet seemed like he was testing the waters to see if I really liked my hand hoping that if I call it shows some weakness while building the pot. He would do this so he could either make a big value bet on the river if he hits his hand or make a big bluff. With the turn card being what it was there were certainly a lot of draws available, and I think if he has Kx or a set he's going to bet bigger to protect his hand.

The bet small on the turn and then mash pot on the river line looks very suspicious. And the second K coming makes the call easier since it greatly limits the combos of Kx he could have. Plus the K on the river makes it less likely that he is value betting QQ or JJ since he has to fear the river c/r. So when he mashes pot on the river he either has a monster or a bluff. His flop call and small bet on the turn really looked like a draw, so I thought he was definitely bluffing greater than 33% of the time which is what I needed to call.

So if he did want to run a big bluff he should have bet 3/4 of the pot or so on the turn, and then shoved the river K. I probably couldn't have called and his hand would have definitely looked like Kx.

TheMightyJim2k · #76 (**permalink**) 02-08-2008, 12:10 PM

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PFunk · #77 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 11:34 PM

hey Jim, Do you play with rakeback?...No offense, but seems pretty crazy if you dont, considering the amount of hands you put in and you are playing for a living......Im about to give Cake a shot here soon just for that reason as I can't get it anywhere else since I've already got accounts registered before I even knew what rakeback was...I dont get to play a whole lot for it to be of huge significance, but hope to change that soon.

Anyways....Enjoying reading your blog while im messing around on some tables tonight...Also, ever considered getting in any omaha hi sessions in?...you should give it a whirl...lots of action, lots of variance and lots of Hold em players (at the lower stakes) who have no idea what they are doing

TheMightyJim2k · #78 (**permalink**) 02-10-2008, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by PFunk

hey Jim, Do you play with rakeback?...No offense, but seems pretty crazy if you dont, considering the amount of hands you put in and you are playing for a living......Im about to give Cake a shot here soon just for that reason as I can't get it anywhere else since I've already got accounts registered before I even knew what rakeback was...I dont get to play a whole lot for it to be of huge significance, but hope to change that soon.

Anyways....Enjoying reading your blog while im messing around on some tables tonight...Also, ever considered getting in any omaha hi sessions in?...you should give it a whirl...lots of action, lots of variance and lots of Hold em players (at the lower stakes) who have no idea what they are doing

yep I've always had RB. Don't leave home with out it. Its probably about 15% of my monthly profits. Its also one of the best things to have as you are building a bankroll.

I also am an affiliate/ do referrals for a rakeback site, so if you need info on any RB sites let me know and I can probably help you out. or just check out the banners on my blog.