thanks to all who have helped me out with your opinions /advise, i havent really posted hands here other than some on a previous thread regarding increasing aggression and playing from the blinds, sinse i have really got a lot out of posting and discussing i thought i would post some losing hands that i have played recently.

Sinse i have really worked hard and being tighter and more aggressive i have found that when i lose a hand i am losing more chips than if i had played the hand my old passive way, however when i win i am winning way bigger pots which definately compensates. this morning on Stars $1/$2 my $50 buy-in when down to $25 after i lost
a few aggressive hands however at the end of the session i was up to $96.00
before i had to leave for work in just a few aggressive winning hands .

here are some losers , how could i have redused my losses, or (reaching here) did i play them as well as i could?

Dealt to hero [Ad As]
xx: folds
xxt: folds
vil calls $1
xxx: folds
xxx: folds
xxx: folds
xxx: folds
hero: calls $1 Mistake i know, i wanted action.
vil2: calls $0.50
vil3: checks
*** FLOP *** [9c Jc 7h]
vil: checks
vil2: bets $1
vil3: raises $1 to $2
hero: raises $1 to $3
xxx: folds
vil: calls $2 cold ...that was odd
vil: calls $1
*** TURN *** [9c Jc 7h]
vil: bets $2
xx: folds
hero: raises $2 to $4
vil: raises $2 to $6
hero: raises $2 to $8
Betting is capped
vil: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [9c Jc 7h 8d]
vil: bets $2 and is all-in
hero: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vil: shows [Tc 6c] (a flush, Jack high)
hero: mucks hand
vil collected $32 from pot

the guy got lucky chasin' a gunshot and back door flush.


hero: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [Ks Kc]
xxx: folds
vil1: calls $1
vil2: calls $1
xx: folds
xx: folds
xx: folds
vil2: calls $1
xx: folds
vil3: calls $0.50
hero: raises $1 to $2
vil1: calls $1
vil2: calls $1
vil3r: calls $1
vil4: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [8h 3d 2d]
xx: checks
hero: bets $1
vil1: folds
vil2: calls $1
SmokeJumper: calls $1
vil3: calls $1
*** TURN *** [8h 3d 2d]
vil: checks
hero: bets $2
vil2: calls $2
xxr: folds
vil3: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [8h 3d 2d Tc]
vil: bets $2
hero: raises $2 to $4
xx: folds
vil3: raises $2 to $6
hero: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vil3: shows [6h 4h] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
hero: mucks hand
vil collected $31 from pot

could i have protected my hand any better?


here's a winner ... think i did well here

HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [Kc Ks]
vil1: raises $1 to $2
xx: folds
xx: folds
xx: folds
xxr: folds
xx: folds
xx: folds
xx: folds
xx: folds
hero: raises $1 to $3
vil: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Jh 7h Qc]
hero: bets $1
vil: raises $1 to $2
hero: raises $1 to $3
vil: calls $1
*** TURN *** [Jh 7h Qc]
hero: bets $2
vil: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [Jh 7h Qc 4c]
hero: bets $2
vil: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hero: shows [Kc Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
vil: mucks hand
hero collected $19.75 from pot


how do you avoid this .

HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mat0714 [7d Kd]
xx: folds
xx: folds
xx: folds
xxl: folds
xx: folds
xx: folds
vil: raises $1 to $2
xx: folds
hero: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [9c 7h 7s]
hero: bets $1
vil: raises $1 to $2 he's on a steal is what i think
hero: calls $1
*** TURN *** [9c 7h 7s]
hero: checks
vil: bets $2
hero: raises $2 to $4 mistake??
vil: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [9c 7h 7s Td]
hero: bets $2
vil: raises $2 to $4
hero: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vil: shows [8c 8d] (a full house, Eights full of Sevens)
hero: shows [7d Kd] (three of a kind, Sevens)
vil collected $23.50 from pot

well i have been on the other end of this scenario a few times, should i have backed off?


anyway all opinions welcome and apppreciated.


Craz

Ok you added a few more hands,
Hand 3.
pre,flop, turn and river fine. You must raise incase he is on a heart draw or he probably has the Q, so you did well.

Hand 4
Maybe fold preflop, against a weak player go ahead and call, against a TAG toss it.
Flop - a late position raiser might like this flop too, i probably would continue fireing out. But i don't mind calling for a check raise either.
Turn - Ok you check rose, i have no problems with that.
River - CHECK CALL... I can't stress that enough. You are not going to make him fold a better hand. If he is aggresive enough to steal blinds he is aggressive enough to try to steal the pot with a river bluff. Check, let him bluff and call. If you bet he is going to raise with a better hand or fold with a worse!

"you gain nothing if he is bluffing because he won't call and if he has you beat you are going to get called or reraised which happened."

need to learn to think this way in the heat of battle.

Craz