How do I poker?

Up early, playing some pokers. Nice way to start my day off. I'll try to post more interesting hands but I can't get much action and when I do it's usually like this:

Submitted by : adeny

***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** Poker Stars
$2.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, November 27, 01:52:39 ET 2010
Table Almeisan III Real Money
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 $2.09 USD - VPIP: 50, PFR: 6, 3B: 0, AF: 2.2, Hands: 34
Seat 2: Player2 $1.92 USD - VPIP: 17, PFR: 1, 3B: 0, AF: 6.7, Hands: 217
Seat 3: Player3 $2.68 USD - VPIP: 24, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.8, Hands: 34
Seat 4: Player4 $0.74 USD - VPIP: 12, PFR: 5, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 95
Seat 5: Player5 $0.61 USD - VPIP: 35, PFR: 15, 3B: 0, AF: 1.7, Hands: 34
Seat 6: Player6 $2.02 USD - VPIP: 21, PFR: 6, 3B: 0, AF: 6.5, Hands: 34
Seat 7: Player7 $2.00 USD - VPIP: 17, PFR: 5, 3B: 2, AF: 1.4, Hands: 179
Seat 8: Hero $4.74 USD - VPIP: 8, PFR: 6, 3B: 3, AF: 4.3, Hands: 25180
Seat 9: Player9 $0.68 USD - VPIP: 43, PFR: 29, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 7
Player4 posts small blind [$0.01 USD].
Player5 posts big blind [$0.02 USD].

Holecards
Dealt to Hero [ ]
Player6 folds
Player7 folds
Hero raises [$0.08 USD]
Player9 calls [$0.08 USD]
Player1 folds
Player2 folds
Player3 folds
Player4 folds
Player5 folds

Flop (Pot : $0.19)

   
Hero bets [$0.20 USD]
Player9 calls [$0.20 USD]

Turn (Pot : $0.59)

   
Hero bets [$0.60 USD]
Player9 calls [$0.40 USD]
Hero wins $0.20 USD

River (Pot : $1.39)

   
Hero shows
Player9 shows
Player9 wins $1.33 USD from main pot

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Shall we?

From rags to riches? Well, I'm hoping to at least go from terrible to bad.

The battle plan:
- $50 bankroll
- NL 2 FR
- 2-4 tables
- post every losing (or weird) hand here. (not EVERY hand but y'know.)

The goal:
- NL 5 (i know right, so sad.)

Hopefully you fine folks will find the kindness in you to help me! Or at the very least not flame me.. :3

See you when I'm done eating and have played some hands!

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Comments (11)

... My leaks, that is. Or is it even a leak? Maybe just bad luck.

Hi, I'm trying to learn to not suck, so I've been playing a lot. There's this one thing I keep losing to over and over. It's when I have overpair or top pair top kicker on a seemingly blank board.

I'm just going to post a couple of examples, there's 10+ of these over ~7k hands, I don't know if I'm supposed to be a master hand-reader or if I should just play the odds... Or something in between I don't know.

Maybe I just bet too weakly to maximize gain when I should be trying to protect my hand?

Anyways here you go, feel free to call me terrible etc.

Submitted by : adeny

PokerStars Game #53032978137: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2010/11/21 12:00:44 CET [2010/11/21 6:00:44 ET]
Table Zerlina 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Mctwist09 ($2.79 in chips)
Seat 3: willsonnn ($0.83 in chips)
Seat 4: fucanto ($2.98 in chips)
Seat 6: Mix3rr ($1.09 in chips)
Seat 7: Valega :-D ($6.27 in chips)
Seat 8: HamsterXL ($2 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero ($1.51 in chips)
Mctwist09: posts small blind $0.01
willsonnn: posts big blind $0.02

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
MihoRedd joins the table at seat #2
fucanto: raises $0.06 to $0.08
Mix3rr: folds
Valega :-D: folds
HamsterXL: folds
Hero: calls $0.08
Mctwist09: folds
willsonnn: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $0.19)

   
willsonnn leaves the table
fucanto: bets $0.16
Denis Riv joins the table at seat #3
Hero: calls $0.16

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $0.51)

   
fucanto: checks
Hero: bets $0.10
fucanto: calls $0.10

River (Pot : $0.71)

   
fucanto: bets $0.64
Hero: raises $0.53 to $1.17 and is all-in
fucanto: calls $0.53

Showdown
Hero: shows (two pair, Kings and Eights)
fucanto: shows (a full house, Sixes full of Eights)
fucanto collected $2.90 from pot

Summary
Total pot $3.05 | Rake $0.15
Board  
Seat 1: Mctwist09 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: willsonnn (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: fucanto showed and won ($2.90) with a full house, Sixes full of Eights
Seat 6: Mix3rr folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 7: Valega :-D folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: HamsterXL folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: Hero (button) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights

PokerStars Game #53029850267: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2010/11/21 9:33:44 CET [2010/11/21 3:33:44 ET]
Table Fredegundis V 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: twocut ($3.04 in chips)
Seat 2: bazsanszki ($0.82 in chips)
Seat 4: nammax ($2 in chips)
Seat 5: BratWu ($5 in chips)
Seat 6: dodge321 ($3.94 in chips)
Seat 7: NaDTriNa ($6.13 in chips)
Seat 8: Hero ($1.70 in chips)
Seat 9: kslacker2 ($1.84 in chips)
BratWu: posts small blind $0.01
dodge321: posts big blind $0.02
Yahan588: sits out

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
NaDTriNa: folds
Hero: raises $0.06 to $0.08
kslacker2: folds
twocut: calls $0.08
bazsanszki: calls $0.08
nammax: folds
BratWu: folds
dodge321: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $0.27)

   
Hero: bets $0.06
twocut: raises $0.26 to $0.32
bazsanszki: folds
Hero: calls $0.26

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $0.91)

   
Hero: bets $0.30
twocut: raises $1.34 to $1.64
Hero: calls $1 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.34) returned to twocut

River (Pot : $3.51)

   

Showdown
Hero: shows (a pair of Aces)
twocut: shows (two pair, Queens and Nines)
twocut collected $3.34 from pot

Summary
Total pot $3.51 | Rake $0.17
Board  
Seat 1: twocut showed and won ($3.34) with two pair, Queens and Nines
Seat 2: bazsanszki folded on the Flop
Seat 4: nammax (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: BratWu (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: dodge321 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: NaDTriNa folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 8: Hero showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 9: kslacker2 folded before Flop (didnt bet)

PokerStars Game #53029759976: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2010/11/21 9:29:00 CET [2010/11/21 3:29:00 ET]
Table Kalypso II 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: MillieMutt ($1.85 in chips)
Seat 4: Emby59 ($4.96 in chips)
Seat 5: ktire1982 ($1.87 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($1.52 in chips)
Seat 7: TheBigChees1 ($0.87 in chips)
Seat 8: O`Capuchina ($2 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.01
TheBigChees1: posts big blind $0.02

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
O`Capuchina: folds
MillieMutt: folds
Emby59: folds
Trader820 joins the table at seat #2
ktire1982: raises $0.08 to $0.10
Hero: calls $0.09
TheBigChees1: calls $0.08

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $0.30)

   
Hero: bets $0.10
TheBigChees1: folds
ktire1982: raises $0.18 to $0.28
Hero: calls $0.18

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $0.86)

   
Hero: bets $0.20
ktire1982: raises $0.78 to $0.98
Hero: raises $0.16 to $1.14 and is all-in
ktire1982: calls $0.16

River (Pot : $3.14)

   

Showdown
Hero: shows (a pair of Queens)
ktire1982: shows (a pair of Kings)
ktire1982 collected $2.99 from pot

Summary
Total pot $3.14 | Rake $0.15
Board  
Seat 1: MillieMutt folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Emby59 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: ktire1982 (button) showed and won ($2.99) with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: Hero (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 7: TheBigChees1 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: O`Capuchina folded before Flop (didnt bet)

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