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saw flop|saw showdown

CO ($5.11)
Hero ($9.85)
SB ($9.80)
BB ($7.99)
UTG ($9.91)
UTG+1 ($7.19)
MP1 ($1.75)
MP2 ($2.56)
MP3 ($2)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
6 folds, Hero raises to $0.4, SB calls $0.35, BB raises to $0.7, Hero calls $0.30, SB calls $0.30.

Flop: ($2.10) , , (3 players)
SB bets $1, BB raises to $2, Hero calls $2, SB calls $1.

Turn: ($8.10) (3 players)
SB checks, BB calls $5.29 (All-In), Hero calls $7.15 (All-In), SB folds.

River: ($20.54) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $20.54

Results in white below:
BB has 8d 8s (three of a kind, eights).
Hero has 7h 7c (three of a kind, sevens).
Outcome: BB wins $18.68. Hero wins $1.86.


Then some good fortune about 5 or 6 hands later...

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saw flop|saw showdown

SB ($5.11)
Hero ($1.86)
UTG ($5.98)
MP1 ($15.45)
MP2 ($9.88)
CO ($5.39)
Button ($1.95)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
UTG raises to $0.3, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.30, 3 folds, Hero calls $1.76 (All-In), UTG calls $1.56, MP2 folds.

Flop: ($4.07) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($4.07) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($4.07) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $4.07

Results in white below:
Hero has As Ac (full house, aces full of threes).
UTG has Jd Kd (one pair, threes).
Outcome: Hero wins $4.07.


Then a turn of bad luck. Only reason I went all-in is because I had seen the 2 limpers play with ace rag so many times. Ended up that I did have a double-dominating hand preflop, but well, you know poker!

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MP3 ($5.06)
Hero ($3.82)
Button ($3.97)
SB ($15.59)
BB ($9.58)
UTG ($6.16)
UTG+1 ($5.64)
UTG+2 ($1.95)
MP1 ($1.90)
MP2 ($4.90)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , .
UTG+1 calls $0.10, 2 folds, MP2 calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero calls $3.82 (All-In), 3 folds, UTG+1 calls $3.72, MP2 calls $3.72.

Flop: ($11.61) , , (4 players, 1 all-in)
UTG+1 checks, MP2 calls $1.08 (All-In), UTG+1 calls $1.08.

Turn: ($13.77) (4 players, 2 all-in)
UTG folds.

River: ($13.77) (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $13.77

Results in white below:
UTG+1 has 8h As (one pair, fours).
MP2 has Qc Kh (two pair, queens and fours).
Hero has Ah Kc (one pair, fours).
Outcome: MP2 wins $13.77.

A couple of things from looking at the above hands:

1. Your stack size looks more like NL2~5, not NL10. Get that $20 on the table so you can swallow the fish. (unless you think you are the fish)

2. You have a tendency to over-bet when you don't have full confidence. I know donks are calling with crap, but you will lose unnecessarily much if they actually hit a good hand.

3. Dealt AA with only $1 in the stack? It is actually bad luck.