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i'm not sure if 9max is for me. but i don't know, maybe it is. here i raised pre to capitalize on the dead money with KQ. wwyd?

Yatahay Network - $0.25 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

MP: $14.29
MP+1: $24.58
Hero (MP+2): $25.00
CO: $6.05
BTN: $26.41
SB: $32.31
BB: $21.21
UTG: $24.00
UTG+1: $34.58

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25, UTG posts penalty blind $0.25, UTG+1 posts penalty blind $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.85) Hero has Ks Qc
UTG checks, UTG+1 raises to $0.50, MP calls $0.50, MP+1 calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.45, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, MP+1 calls $1.95

Flop : ($6.50, 2 players) 4h 9d Qh
MP+1 checks, Hero bets $3.95, MP+1 calls $3.95

Turn : ($14.40, 2 players) Kc
MP+1 checks, Hero bets $7.90, MP+1 raises to $18.18 and is all-in

most of those hands went all in pre. i see only at 5nl AK jams are +ev. and my AK is also tainted by the times i thought jamming with 2 overs + a gutshot was good. i've since learned it's usually not. on this hand i was hoping villain had JT or clubs. and i figured if he had 76 the 4 changed nothing, so his # of winning combos hardly gets any bigger. should i have jammed flop? at least by the turn. jam flops seems good now that i look at it. but i figured i'd just let him bet into me and call down. i was going all in anyway, but i think calling lets him bluff too.

Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

SB: $10.22
BB: $10.15
UTG: $8.62
Hero (MP): $10.80
CO: $10.92
BTN: $10.94

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has Kd Kh
fold, Hero raises to $0.25, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.15

Flop : ($0.55, 2 players) 8s 5c 9c
BB checks, Hero bets $0.55, BB raises to $1.70, Hero calls $1.15

Turn : ($3.95, 2 players) 4d
BB bets $2.66, Hero calls $2.66

River : ($9.27, 2 players) Td
BB bets $5.54 and is all-in, Hero calls $5.54

BB shows 9d 5d (Two Pair, Nines and Fives)
(Pre 18%, Flop 74%, Turn 82%)

Hero shows Kd Kh (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 82%, Flop 26%, Turn 18%)

BB wins $19.34

yeah, i'm still learning, i hadn't even read a poker book until like a few months ago. how do you think i did on this hand? i don't know if i could fold river, or if i should have changed my sizing anywhere along the way. i thought villain had a K because of his early pfr and called cbet on the flop, but i'm pretty newb, too. that sample size was only from my 13,000 recorded hands.

Yatahay Network - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

CO: $30.53
BTN: $25.30
SB: $25.05
Hero (BB): $25.00
UTG: $38.00
MP: $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has As Ac
fold, MP raises to $0.62, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.82, MP calls $1.20

Flop : ($3.74, 2 players) 5h 6c Ks
Hero bets $1.30, MP calls $1.30

Turn : ($6.34, 2 players) 3d
Hero bets $4.18, MP calls $4.18

River : ($14.70, 2 players) 9d
Hero bets $10.05, MP raises to $17.70 and is all-in, Hero calls $7.65 and is all-in

Hero shows As Ac (One Pair, Aces)

MP shows 7d 8d (Straight, Nine High)

MP wins $47.60

on this hand it looks like betting 130-150% pot or so on turn would have been most effective for both value and protection. i should start doing that.