Small session

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2830899

 

Hmm. My preflop call in position is fine here, and I am looking to flop  a big hand like a straight draw or 2 pair, ie not necessarily for Top pair value (with a hand which is easily dominated) I really should have given up on the turn here.

 

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2830920

 

Standard play here. I like making my preflop raise a bit bigger than usual here so I can try and get shorty to commit on any flop.

 
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2830938

 

I love how this hand played out and it just shows the importance of position.  My preflop raise was to isolate with a hand that can flop well if called. Villain was a rock, but a passive one, so I knew he had a hand here. When he called my flop bet and the Jack came on the turn, I was pretty sure my pair of Jacks wasn’t good enough, so took the free card. Villain really tanked before calling my river bet, so I don’t think I could have bet any more and got called.

 

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2830960

 

JJ in the blinds with 2 limpers ahead of me, including 1 shorty. I like raising strongly to make them pay more than usual to have the privilege of playing the hand in position. Obviously great flop and when I saw it I just decided to check raise all-in any bet from villain.

 

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2830980

 

Villain was really passive, so I had to do the betting for him otherwise he would have just checked behind or minbet it.  I think I got close to maximum value here
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