Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (7 handed) converter

CO ($1.97)
Button ($0.35)
SB ($3.07)
BB ($1.98)
DONKFATHER ($1.07)
MP1 ($1.81)
MP2 ($1.08)

Preflop: DONKFATHER is UTG with , . SB posts a blind of $0.01.
DONKFATHER raises to $0.06, MP1 calls $0.06, 2 folds, Button calls $0.06, SB (poster) calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04.

Flop: ($0.30) , , (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, DONKFATHER bets $0.15, MP1 calls $0.15, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls $0.15.

Turn: ($0.75) (3 players)
BB checks, DONKFATHER bets $0.4, MP1 calls $0.40, BB calls $0.40.

River: ($1.95) (3 players)

Final Pot: $1.95

Results in white below:
BB has Kc 4c (flush, ace high).
DONKFATHER has Ks Qd (straight, ace high).
MP1 doesn't show.
Outcome: BB wins $1.95.

This is my dad's hand.

DonkFather isn't his name but it's what I call him.

He's such a fish...

lol

I know that this was a penny NL game, and most people aren't too careful about what hands they play at those stakes. If you put aside the stakes for a moment, I think that the play of this hand was very poor from a basic strategy perspective.

First, KQo should be mucked, in most full ring games, from UTG. It is not a strong enough hand to raise with, and you would probably have to throw it away against a re-raise from any respectable opponent because it could easily be dominated under those circumstances by AK or AQ (I list those hands only because you'd probably find out before the flop if you had run into AA, KK, or QQ). I think most of the solid players who post here and who play a lot of NL cash games will agree that they would love to find a player in their games who plays KQo strongly from an EP.

That leads to the problems on this flop. Any respectable opponent who calls an UTG raise from a solid player should have a hand. On this flop, the hero could already be up against a made straight (someone who has AK) or TPTK (AQ).

Now, it's fortunate that the hero did not run into one of these hands, and I like his strong play on the flop and the turn if he thought he was in the lead.

Having said that, however, it's hard to fault the player who called the flop with K4. He was getting to 4:1 on his money to call the flop bet with an OESD and backdoor flush draw. When implied odds are considered, it was certainly reasonable for him to take another card off the deck, and on the turn he picked up a full flush draw to increase his outs considerably.

Thus, our hero may have been outdrawn here, but I don't think that he should have ever been in the hand.

That's wierd.

BBHC does wierd stuff with paradise HHs.

Here is the original HH

GAME #1304180956 - (BLINDS $0.01/$0.02) NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM - 2006/02/22-12:11:28.1 (CST)
Table "Nanumanga" (real money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: boonka ($1.97 in chips)
Seat 2: deathcar ($0.35 in chips)
Seat 3: aztom ($3.07 in chips)
Seat 4: Slicks73 ($1.98 in chips)
Seat 6: CornScobbins ($1.07 in chips)
Seat 7: Starrider00 ($1.81 in chips)
Seat 9: poelpaso ($1.08 in chips)
aztom : Post Small Blind ($0.01)
Slicks73: Post Big Blind ($0.02)
Dealing...
Dealt to CornScobbins [ Ks ]
Dealt to CornScobbins [ Qd ]
CornScobbins: Raise ($0.06)
Starrider00: Call ($0.06)
poelpaso: Fold
boonka : Fold
deathcar: Call ($0.06)
aztom : Call ($0.05)
Slicks73: Call ($0.04)
*** FLOP *** : [ Qc Th Jd ]
aztom : Check
Slicks73: Check
CornScobbins: Bet ($0.15)
Starrider00: Call ($0.15)
deathcar: Fold
aztom : Fold
Slicks73: Call ($0.15)
*** TURN *** : [ Qc Th Jd ] [ Tc ]
Slicks73: Check
CornScobbins: Bet ($0.40)
Starrider00: Call ($0.40)
Slicks73: Call ($0.40)
*** RIVER *** : [ Qc Th Jd Tc ] [ Ac ]
Slicks73: Bet ($0.50)
CornScobbins: Call All-in ($0.46)
Starrider00: Fold
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $2.77 | Rake: $0.10
Board: [ Qc Th Jd Tc Ac ]
boonka didn't bet (folded)
deathcar lost $0.06 (folded)
aztom lost $0.06 (folded)
Slicks73 bet $1.11, collected $2.81, net +$1.70 (showed hand) [ Kc 4c ] (a flush, ace high)
JoMo43 didn't bet
CornScobbins lost $1.07 (showed hand) [ Ks Qd ] (a straight, ten to ace)
Starrider00 lost $0.61 (folded)
Anth84 didn't bet
poelpaso didn't bet (folded)
ToyTacoma01 didn't bet
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