Hand 1 : 4th Feb

OK, so it was my turn to be sweat last night (Dodgy), and I was expecting it to go one of two ways. I've been running crazy hot - the best run of my poker career so far - and I thought I'd either tear it up and win a ton, or I'd start my downswing! Luckily for the sake of the sweat, it was the latter! I think this was good though as we got into more interesting and difficult spots (rather than me being on the right side of coolers all night). I played four tables of $5/10NL on Full Tilt.


Hand 1

This hand is interesting because it brings up a really good point about adjusting the size of your bets based on your opponents' stack sizes.

Stack sizes:
CO: $969
Hero: $2974

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with Jh Jc
UTG folds, CO raises to $70, Button folds, Hero raises to $230, BB folds, CO calls.

I had some history here with the CO. I'd just 3-bet him recently and check-raised him all-in on the flop (to which he folded). I 3-bet him again, and I'm almost always felting this hand with his stack size.


Flop: Js Kd 3d ($480, 2 players)
Hero bets $320, CO folds.

The flop is superb for me and I bet $320 leaving him $419 left to raise me. This is definitely a mistake. Dice made the point that a bet of $230 ish would be much better as it allows him to raise me by 3x. I totally agree with this. My bet size was fine if he had a full stack, but I failed to adjust properly to this more unique situation.


Uncalled bets:
$320 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $480