First ever real money poker session while studying From the Ground Up. BB (me) vs. BU
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First ever real money poker session while studying From the Ground Up. BB (me) vs. BU
BN: $1.67
SB: $3.98
BN wins $0.94
Rake is $0.03
So this was yesterday during my first ever real money poker session, so I have less than 500 hands under my belt and just started learning about poker. I actually came out winning with double what I entered with ($2 buy-in, left with $4)! Not much but I expected losses. I was really excited to see that some of the stuff that I thought was really complicated from the course was starting to click.
Anyways, this hand bothered me a bit because while I was playing I thought I was doing things correctly, getting value for what I thought was a good hand post-flop.
But then I lost to A7s that the BU had.
Was there any way I should have seen that coming? Where did I make mistakes? How should I have played it in retrospect?
I think I struggle to put Villains within a range, but I don't know what clues should have told me to fold. So any tips on that would be amazing.
Any feedback appreciated!
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I think the call pre is fine. I would check the flop, donking isn't really covered in the course. On the turn with the betting lead bet bigger as there are 2 flush draws. On the river I would bet/fold, at these limits without reads players aren't bluffing often enough.
Hey! I also play .01/.02cent and have been studying with From the Ground Up.
I agree with anotherdonk check call the flop and overbet the turn.
The river seems like one of those spots you could overfold especially if he jammed but for another 12cents I think the call is fine. I run into alot of A8 A9 K9 J9 but again as anotherdonk said players are not bluffing this spot enough.
Anyway good luck!
J7o is a pretty marginal call you are always folding J6o, with rake and you being a new player I would advise you to just fold all these marginal hands pre. You still want to play wide in BB facing BU min raise but that might be too wide.
Donk leading is always a bad idea. a funny quote I heard about this is it is called DONK leading for a reason. I would much rather prefer a x/r with this hand. Although without a club to barrel later streets and the reduced fold equity of 2nl maybe it is not. Having said that I still like a x/r to fold out J-K high and folding out A high on the turn as well as underpairs and perhaps a pair of 5s.
On the turn I would bet much bigger w a 7 and no club 55%+ to make drawing unprofitable and to get value from worse value hands sticky top pairs and 2 pairs.
On the river I think a 50% pot bet or maybe a little smaller is good as T7 is an unlikely holding and you can still get value from worse at 2nl. However due to you not having a club in your hand maybe a x/call or fold is better depending on sizing. However let me make this abselutly clear a river raise in 2nl is 90% of the time the nuts 9% the second nuts and maybe 1% a bluff probably less, just fold to river raises unless you have the nuts or second nuts. I say call with the second nuts not because I think it is profitable but because I think if I fold the second nuts I cannot live with myself so I pay that money to sleep at night. GL at 2nl get out as fast as you can.
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