A few hands in NL4 I would like opinions on. Winning and losing

tapeworm

Hi All,

So im back after a few months break as I was getting a little down and felt like the poker gods were against me all the time......basically permatilt. Which was pretty detrimental to my BR to say the least.

Anyway, im back and refreshed and determined to get the **** out of NL4 for good. LOL. Im going to post a few hands each session here, both winning and losing to get your expert opinions on.

Reason being I tend to win fairly slowly and loose real fast. Which would suggest, now that Ive thought about it a bit, that a) im overvaluing certain hands and/or playing them wrong and b) not getting the maximum out of my winning ones. So thats my first mission to Iron out. So here are a few from my last 2 sessions that stand out:

won this one but want to know if I was right to call pre in the BB and if my bet sizing on the turn was as bad as I think it is. What should I have bet here to keep him in, but still get maximum value?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
x	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.78
tapeworm	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.90
	Your hole cards	8 7
DadandLad	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£1.65
Dugman	Raise		£0.12	£0.22	£1.44
x	Call		£0.10	£0.32	£2.68
tapeworm	Call		£0.08	£0.40	£3.82
DadandLad	Call		£0.08	£0.48	£1.57
Flop
		8 2 7
x	Check
tapeworm	Bet		£0.36	£0.84	£3.46
DadandLad	Fold
Dugman	Fold
x	Call		£0.36	£1.20	£2.32
Turn
		7
x	Check
tapeworm	Bet		£0.40	£1.60	£3.06
x	Call		£0.40	£2.00	£1.92
River
		8
x	All-in		£1.92	£3.92	£0.00
tapeworm	Call		£1.92	£5.84	£1.14
x	Show	J 9
tapeworm	Show	8 7
tapeworm	Win	Full House, 8s and 7s	£5.40		£6.54

Another winning one but was interesting/ lucky. I had been called pre by a variety of oppos very wide and there was a lot of reraising. Felt I had to call the reraise for the amount and Jamming the flop was my only option with the stacks. Correct move?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
toolofski	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£10.81
EVERTONACE	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£2.61
	Your hole cards	A J
scs_sam	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£4.69
joemissipi	Raise		£0.16	£0.26	£4.41
tapeworm	Raise		£0.40	£0.66	£3.10
k1ngstu	Fold
toolofski	Fold
EVERTONACE	Call		£0.36	£1.02	£2.25
scs_sam	Raise		£0.60	£1.62	£4.09
joemissipi	Call		£0.48	£2.10	£3.93
tapeworm	Call		£0.24	£2.34	£2.86
EVERTONACE	Call		£0.24	£2.58	£2.01
Flop
		A 3 2
EVERTONACE	Check
scs_sam	Check
joemissipi	Check
tapeworm	All-in		£2.86	£5.44	£0.00
EVERTONACE	Fold
scs_sam	Fold
joemissipi	Fold
tapeworm	Muck
tapeworm	Win		£2.38		£2.38
tapeworm	Return		£2.86	£0.20	£5.24

Loss. Should I have seen this? Was I stupid to bet that strong in an unopened pot?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
J	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£1.13
tapeworm	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.96
	Your hole cards	5 6
duxrs	Fold
mum26	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£0.86
kbasc	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£0.75
J	Call		£0.02	£0.16	£1.11
tapeworm	Check
Flop
		6 5 8
J	Bet		£0.04	£0.20	£1.07
tapeworm	Raise		£0.22	£0.42	£3.74
mum26	Fold
kbasc	Call		£0.22	£0.64	£0.53
J	Call		£0.18	£0.82	£0.89
Turn
		2
J	Check
tapeworm	Bet		£0.82	£1.64	£2.92
kbasc	Fold
J	All-in		£0.89	£2.53	£0.00
tapeworm	Call		£0.07	£2.60	£2.85
J	Show	7 4
tapeworm	Show	5 6
River
		Q
J	Win	Straight to the 8	£2.40		£2.40

And is there anything I could have done to avoid this, or just one of those things? Should I have shoved the Turn? he was playing everyhand and calling everyones raise!

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
x	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.01
frankban09	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£1.84
	Your hole cards	K Q
Countess13	Fold
chapman02	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£1.68
tapeworm	Raise		£0.20	£0.30	£4.17
macer	Fold
x	Call		£0.18	£0.48	£2.83
frankban09	Fold
chapman02	Call		£0.16	£0.64	£1.52
Flop
		Q 2 A
x	Check
chapman02	Check
tapeworm	Bet		£0.48	£1.12	£3.69
x	Call		£0.48	£1.60	£2.35
chapman02	Fold
Turn
		8
x	Check
tapeworm	Bet		£1.20	£2.80	£2.49
x	Call		£1.20	£4.00	£1.15
River
		9
x	All-in		£1.15	£5.15	£0.00
tapeworm	Call		£1.15	£6.30	£1.34
x	Show	J 10
tapeworm	Show	K Q
x	Win	Straight to the Queen	£5.82		£5.82

grantorino

1. fine
2. I'd need a reason to 3bet pre, I suppose you can flat the 4bet getting those odds. I much prefer checking flop
3 looks fine, just stick him in on turn
4 shove turn if hes that bad