Getting frustrated with this game... can't win the big pots
Online, I just can't seem to win the big pots... I can plug away and win my share of the small pots, but I seem to lose the odd large pot that keeps me in the negative from a cash game perspective.
Sample below with some comments...
PokerStars - $1 NL (9 max) - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
Hero (MP+1): $89.15
LP: $104.50
CO: $139.45
BTN: $60.50
SB: $40.50
BB: $111.20
UTG: $123.85
UTG+1: $97.25
MP: $57.00
SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00
Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero has A:spade: A
[woohoo]
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $3.00, fold, fold, BTN calls $3.00, fold, fold
Flop: ($7.50, 2 players) 6:club: 9 7:diamond:
[drawy board, but still feel ahead, but bet to make draws pay]
Hero bets $4.00, BTN calls $4.00
Turn: ($15.50, 2 players) T:diamond:
Hero checks, BTN bets $10.00, Hero calls $10.00
[similar situation as the flop... straight draws out there... if Villain has an 8 I am in trouble, but hard to put them on 8 x...]
River: ($35.50, 2 players) A:diamond:
Hero bets $15.00, BTN calls $15.00
[I am now ahead of someone who flopped a set... If villain had a smaller pair and had put me on AJ+, then this card scares them... so I only bet $15 into the $35 pot....]
Hero shows A:spade: A (Three of a Kind, Aces) (PreFlop 80%, Flop 61%, Turn 2%)
BTN shows 8:club: 8 (Straight, Ten High) (PreFlop 20%, Flop 39%, Turn 98%)
BTN wins $62.50
Anyways, I posted this less about this specific hand, but more just being frustrated at losing many of the larger pots. Hard to try to grind away only to see profits gone in the larger pots.
I don't get much time to play online, so perhaps I am playing some semi-marginal hands out of position. I will spend some time going through PT3 to see if I am playing some of these poorly and will post some questionable ones for advice.
Sample below with some comments...
PokerStars - $1 NL (9 max) - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
Hero (MP+1): $89.15
LP: $104.50
CO: $139.45
BTN: $60.50
SB: $40.50
BB: $111.20
UTG: $123.85
UTG+1: $97.25
MP: $57.00
SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00
Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero has A:spade: A
[woohoo]
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $3.00, fold, fold, BTN calls $3.00, fold, fold
Flop: ($7.50, 2 players) 6:club: 9
7:diamond:[drawy board, but still feel ahead, but bet to make draws pay]
Hero bets $4.00, BTN calls $4.00
Turn: ($15.50, 2 players) T:diamond:
Hero checks, BTN bets $10.00, Hero calls $10.00
[similar situation as the flop... straight draws out there... if Villain has an 8 I am in trouble, but hard to put them on 8 x...]
River: ($35.50, 2 players) A:diamond:
Hero bets $15.00, BTN calls $15.00
[I am now ahead of someone who flopped a set... If villain had a smaller pair and had put me on AJ+, then this card scares them... so I only bet $15 into the $35 pot....]
Hero shows A:spade: A
(Three of a Kind, Aces) (PreFlop 80%, Flop 61%, Turn 2%)BTN shows 8:club: 8
(Straight, Ten High) (PreFlop 20%, Flop 39%, Turn 98%)BTN wins $62.50
Anyways, I posted this less about this specific hand, but more just being frustrated at losing many of the larger pots. Hard to try to grind away only to see profits gone in the larger pots.
I don't get much time to play online, so perhaps I am playing some semi-marginal hands out of position. I will spend some time going through PT3 to see if I am playing some of these poorly and will post some questionable ones for advice.
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