Just looking for some advice on some of these spots. Some of them aren’t that exciting. Some are.
1 ~ Calling jam
I open QTdi and get jammed. So my notes on this guy is that he likes to bet big on draws. I have him covered but not by much. There’s also a guy behind me that has me covered but not by much. I don’t know if this was the smartest call. Any wisdom for this type of spot?
2 ~ Bluff
I overlimp J7s and flop a gut draw. Villain bets pot. I jam (semi)-bluff and take it (betting to protect equity is called semi-bluff, right?). Should I really be doing this? I need help with bluffs.
3 ~ Raise
I open K9di (lots of diamonds today) 4x from the BT. Heads-up. Flop a K. Villain bets about 30% pot. I come over top with almost half my stack. Should I have done this without a kicker?
4 ~ Overlimp
A7o from the BT. 3-handed. Whiff the flop my A over K. It checks to me. I bet, they fold. I think this went well.
5 ~ Check River
KJo, button again. I open to 1 limper. 3-way pot. Whiff the entire board and check 3 streets. My reasoning is that big stack Villain has come over top of me big a couple of times in recent hands so best to just close it off with 2 overcards air.
6 ~ Fold
Q7o from the BB. I start the hand with 10bb and we are close to the bubble (8 left I think and top 5 pay). I flop open-ended and check because I don’t like being out of position here with the smallest stack at the table. Villain bets half-pot. I make a terrible call. I should have either jammed the flop or check-folded. I turn a Q for top pair weak kick. This smells like the second best hand here. We check it. River pairs the board. I check, Villain bets half-pot again and I lay down. JT? Probably. I think the river is a great fold, but I screwed myself on that flop.
Easily my worst played hand of the morning, probably in a few days. A couple of things. First, like I said. I should have made a clear decision to jam that flop or gtfo. My reasoning in the moment is that with good equity I will often give myself ONE street to call something larger. So my second point is that defaulting to this, I forgot about my stack size. My third point is, that one street rule that I’ve been using fairly often is probably just not a good rule.