i thought it might be useful to post some hands that illustrate some of the concepts and ideas that have commonly come up in the microstakes videos

i was playing some 25nl at stars to build up my tiny bankroll and thought these examples might be helpful
it doesnt always work out this perfect, but these are representative of good situations to induce bluffs

example 1
shows 3 betting with what is very likely the best hand
defend your blind aggressively
the rare slowplay situation
creating a situation where opponent can overplay their hand

notice what the guy had, and yes on the turn he instashoved
obviously im calling no matter, but the point is the read if i had a weaker hand
i typically like to be able to beat the singleton card on the flop

in this ex qqj, i like to be better than a pr of jj since that is a common play
ex if it was qq7, i will typically call if i can beat 77

fyi, i had 3 bet the hand right before this one in the BB w/ JJ as well, geting Button PFR and SB caller to fold

$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, May 23, 10:52:40 ET 2010
Table Aneas IV (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: kozaroza769 ( $20.60 USD )
Seat 2: podong0 ( $33.75 USD )
Seat 3: vivianzhang ( $26.00 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyfan04 ( $52.40 USD )
Seat 5: Sedoy_sakh ( $33.75 USD )
Seat 6: imCrazyMoron ( $33.15 USD )
hockeyfan04 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
Sedoy_sakh posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyfan04 [ Jd Jc ]
imCrazyMoron folds
kozaroza769 folds
podong0 raises [$0.75 USD]
vivianzhang calls [$0.75 USD]
hockeyfan04 raises [$3.40 USD]
Sedoy_sakh folds
podong0 folds
vivianzhang calls [$2.75 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, Js, Qc ]
hockeyfan04 checks
vivianzhang bets [$5.00 USD]
hockeyfan04 calls [$5.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
hockeyfan04 checks
vivianzhang bets [$17.50 USD] instashove
hockeyfan04 calls [$17.50 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
hockeyfan04 shows [Jd, Jc ]
vivianzhang shows [9s, 7s ]
hockeyfan04 wins $50.40 USD from main pot



notice this hand
dry flop, no draws vs short stack so no need to force action w/ top pr AA, if i had top pr QQ or less i would c bet
if i cbet, will mostly fold out worse hands
i want to give him chance to spew when i have a hand that can very rarey be sucked out on

$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, May 23, 10:15:39 ET 2010
Table Megrez III (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: SebEA12 ( $5.25 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyfan04 ( $29.80 USD )
hockeyfan04 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
SebEA12 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyfan04 [ Ad 8s ]
hockeyfan04 raises [$0.90 USD]
SebEA12 calls [$0.75 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ As, 5h, 5d ]
SebEA12 checks
hockeyfan04 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
SebEA12 checks
hockeyfan04 checks
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]

instashove

SebEA12 bets [$4.25 USD]
hockeyfan04 calls [$4.25 USD]
SebEA12 shows [Qs, 7s ]
hockeyfan04 shows [Ad, 8s ]
hockeyfan04 wins $10.00 USD from main pot

by being patient got 17 more big blinds than a cbet

also his shove is horrible i wont call with worse, so no value can be gained

sometimes i will run into a bigger A, or a split, but mostly just bad bluffs

hopefully these examples are helpful to demonstate the concepts
i would be interested in feedback

hg