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PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.50 BB (4 handed) – Poker-Stars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

BB ($50)
UTG ($68.45)
Hero (Button) ($64.20)
SB ($105.15)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, 10
1 fold, Hero bets $1.50, SB calls $1.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($3.50) J, 9, K (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, SB calls $2

Turn: ($7.50) J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($7.50) 6 (2 players)
SB bets $6, Hero calls $6

Total pot: $19.50 | Rake: $0.95

Results:
Hero had A, 10 (one pair, Jacks).
SB had Q, 5 (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won $18.55

I expect to see a 9 or K here some portion of the time. He can’t have a jack or a straight unless he either slow-played the flop and/or missed a check-raise on the turn. The reason I called is many draws missed, his preflop and flop calling ranges are super wide. He calls from the bb w/ 67% of hands, albiet on a smallish sample. This is 67%: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 94s+, 84s+, 74s+, 64s+, 54s, A2o+, K2o+, Q4o+, J6o+, T6o+, 96o+, 86o+, 76o. I’ve seen him bluff the river before and he’s probably not going to bet a hand like 77 or 88 for value or as a bluff. I need win 44% of the time to break even on this call. Raising the river would be an option if the turn was an offsuit jack but since it was a diamond, trips are never in my range because I’m always betting trips for value when the turn improves his range.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) – Poker-Stars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

MP ($13.90)
Button ($10.95)
SB ($66.20)
BB ($50)
Hero (UTG) ($68.85)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, K
Hero bets $2, 2 folds, SB raises to $6, 1 fold, Hero raises to $14, SB raises to $66.20 (All-In), Hero calls $52.20

Flop: ($132.90) 2, 6, 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($132.90) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($132.90) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $132.90 | Rake: $2

Results:
SB had A, A (one pair, Aces).
Hero had K, K (three of a kind, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $130.90

This guy is a standard tag. I expect his value 3-bets to be larger with deep stacks because I can call wider with position. Therefore I expect him to have a wide polarized range (22+, 87s+, AT+, etc…) Also, he is 3-betting too frequently (8.5 % of the time). I like a polarized 3 betting range more as stacks get deep so I don’t hate his 3-bet but since I know that its polarized, I can call wider and I don’t know that he knows that. My hand is not usually not going to flop great but calling here will develop some image so when I do pick-up a hand, he is more likely to make a mistake. As it turns out, this is an interesting flop for my hand because this flop and turn are trouble for the better part of his range but actually hit his non-4 betting range pretty well. On the turn, bet sizing is key. If I planned to fire 3 barrels, then I would make it smaller so I have enough on the river for a credible river bluff (i.e. enough where I can still get more river folds). Here I did not plan on betting the river so I wanted to bet enough to get max fold equity on the turn while making it look like I was commited on the river. In other words, leveraging my $26 bet to look like $66 in his eyes because he should not expect me to fold for $40 on the river when the pot is $92. This is why if he calls the turn I can not profitably bluff the river but if I bet smaller on the turn I can possibly shove certian river cards (non spade 4 for example) because he could call the turn with the ace of spades.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) – Poker-Stars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

Button ($25.80)
SB ($93.15)
BB ($10)
UTG ($58.65)
Hero (MP) ($86.30)
CO ($116.20)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 7, 6
1 fold, Hero bets $1.50, 2 folds, SB raises to $5, 1 fold, Hero calls $3.50

Flop: ($10.50) 2, J, 9 (2 players)
SB bets $6.50, Hero raises to $15, SB calls $8.50

Turn: ($40.50) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $26, 1 fold

Total pot: $40.50 | Rake: $2

Results:
Hero didn’t show 7, 6 (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won $38.50

I don’t expect him to fold AA here even without top set. Therefore, he is destined to win small pots and lose big ones.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) – Poker-Stars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

Button ($79.95)
SB ($65.15)
Hero (BB) ($97.10)
UTG ($54.05)
MP ($9)
CO ($44.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, Q
2 folds, CO calls $0.50, 1 fold, SB calls $0.25, Hero checks

Flop: ($1.50) 9, 6, A (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1, CO raises to $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $1

Turn: ($5.50) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $5, Hero raises to $17, CO calls $12

River: ($39.50) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $25, CO calls $25 (All-In)

Total pot: $89.50 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 8, Q (flush, Ace high).
CO mucked A, A (three of a kind, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $86.50

This guy is playing 66% of hands over a 70 hand sample and going to showdown with them 35% of the time. That’s going to showdown with 23% of the deck. From a value standpoint that range looks like 66+,A3s+,K7s+,Q8s+,J9s+,T9s,A8o+,K9o+,QTo+,JTo. But in the real world, players who have those stats play much weaker hands than this – as you can see. I min-3bet the turn so we have a pot size bet on the river, which he’s never getting away from with top pair. Given he had 2 pair, he was never folding anyway.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) – Poker-Stars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

Button ($8.35)
SB ($39.50)
BB ($145.75)
UTG ($56.15)
Hero (MP) ($50)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A, Q
1 fold, Hero bets $1.50, 2 folds, BB calls $1

Flop: ($3.25) 2, K, 10 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2, BB calls $2

Turn: ($7.25) 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB raises to $9, Hero raises to $14, BB calls $5

River: ($35.25) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $32.50 (All-In), BB calls $32.50

Total pot: $100.25 | Rake: $2

Results:
BB mucked K, 3 (two pair, Kings and threes).
Hero had A, Q (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: Hero won $98.25