Bad beat x2

Im going to add this one as well.. awful call on the flop I know but I was tilted and knew this guy had missed the flop.. Was probably losing to AA,KK,QQ etc but the cards he turned over have just sent me over the age.. man I hate micro limits.

888 Poker - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 39 BB (VPIP: 14.02, PFR: 10.85, 3Bet Preflop: 8.97, Hands: 215)
UTG: 104 BB (VPIP: 14.42, PFR: 11.54, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 105)
UTG+1: 86 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 6.25, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
MP: 46.5 BB (VPIP: 17.03, PFR: 11.79, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 229)
MP+1: 138 BB (VPIP: 18.45, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 5.00, Hands: 169)
CO: 200 BB (VPIP: 11.52, PFR: 5.58, 3Bet Preflop: 3.26, Hands: 273)
BTN: 94.5 BB (VPIP: 7.83, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 115)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♣ K♥

fold, UTG+1 raises to 5 BB, fold, MP+1 calls 5 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 20 BB, fold, UTG+1 calls 15 BB, fold

Flop: (46 BB, 2 players) 3♠ 5♥ 3♦
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets 46 BB, Hero calls 46 BB

Turn: (138 BB, 2 players) 6♠
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets 20 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 20 BB

River: (178 BB, 2 players) 3♣

Hand 1 nothing to do, your played well.
Hand 2 with AK i would prefer a reraise pre and try to get it in, overcall from CO seems weak and with AK you do block AA/KK. So you will not be in worst shape more of the times.

hand 1 great played, the other player who call 37bb with 3-4 s its another game lol just got unlucky on river

Hi,

for the third hand I would have considered a c-bet OTF. You have got an uncapped range and he is very likely to have missed the flop so there is definitely some fold-equity. As he shouldn't have AA and KK in his range you most likely have got 6 outs to the best hand + a backdoor gutshot which sums up to decent equity even if he doesn't fold. As played I think calling the bets OTF and OTT was the right choice.

For the second hand I also vote for a 4bet preflop trying to set him all-in.

I'd definitely take notes for the guys in the first and in the third hand. I think they really shouldn't have these hands in their ranges at these spots.

Thanks guys, I was really just posting these to vent my frustrations but yes I see how a 4bet would have been good in hand 2.

Does anybody have some nice guides for 4betting? I feel that this is something that I do not do enough and when I do I have no idea why or how large to bet.

Does anybody have some nice guides for 4betting? I feel that this is something that I do not do enough and when I do I have no idea why or how large to bet.

ip size ~2.3x oop size ~2.5x. Do a basic range like this ----> AKs/AKo 100% oop 50% ip (you can add some AK to your call 3bet range ip) 50% AA but at this stakes you can go 100% AA you dont need to balace hard, KK, QQ and add some bluf hand with blockers like A5s or QKo etc. I prefer to add 1 or 2 combo sc oop when people start defending more ip vs 4b with a call. The reason is to my range able to hit a lot more board, but at this stakes you don't need this. Anyway make a standard 77% value 33% bluff 4bet range as standard and work with this (if you start getting info you can add more %bluff 4bet vs players who 3bet fold a lot, you can go less bluff vs tight 3betters and vs a guy who call a lot of 4bet you can start add "thin value 4bets" mostly oop like AQs JJ etc...

Don't care about the frustrations too much. Keep on going 😊

If you use Equilab, you will find that you have in all these hands less than 100% Equity. That means: occassionally you WILL loose against a weak, bad played hand. You cannot avoid it. And those wins keep the fishes playing. Be glad instead of complaining. (Note to myself: remember this at the next bad beat!).

QQ: nh

AK vs. AQ: On NL2 i would push preflop QQ+, AK whenever possible. Otf you have to call.

AK vs. 76: A Cbet otf would have solved your problems. Your calls are tilt.

Thanks guys and thanks for the 4betting advice Zotyibacsi97