Wed 30 Jan 2008
Set Mining 101
Posted by DrawFlush under Hand Histories, Online Cash
Set Mining 101
Full Tilt Poker Game #5055471104: Table Lendrum (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold’em - 15:06:51 ET - 2008/01/30
Seat 1: mikec7809 ($102.85)
Seat 2: drawflush1 ($53.20)
Seat 3: pokergirl1982 ($100)
Seat 4: pfrancin ($104.35)
Seat 5: ShoesRDurrty ($187.90)
Seat 6: BongoLaw ($51.15)
BongoLaw posts the small blind of $0.50
mikec7809 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to drawflush1 [9s 9c]
drawflush1 calls $1 - ( No need to get crazy out of position, even 6-handed, by calling it keeps it a suprise if i hit on a cheap flop )
pokergirl1982 folds
pfrancin calls $1
ShoesRDurrty folds
BongoLaw folds
mikec7809 checks
*** FLOP *** [Qs 9h Ah] - ( Bingo ! Just what I wanted )
mikec7809 checks
drawflush1 checks - ( I take a chance with the flush draw hoping the position caught a piece and stabs )
pfrancin checks
*** TURN *** [Qs 9h Ah] [4h]
mikec7809 checks
drawflush1 bets $3 - ( Not what I wanted to see, But I have to bet at this point to see where I am )
pfrancin calls $3 - ( You definately don’t have a flush….thank you sir…I put him on Ace weak kicker…Maybe AJ with a heart at best. )
mikec7809 folds
*** RIVER *** [Qs 9h Ah 4h] [Jd]
drawflush1 bets $7 - ( I hope you do have AJ….lets find out )
pfrancin calls $7
*** SHOW DOWN ***
drawflush1 shows [9s 9c] three of a kind, Nines
pfrancin mucks
drawflush1 wins the pot ($22.35) with three of a kind, Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $23.50 | Rake $1.15
Board: [Qs 9h Ah 4h Jd]
Seat 1: mikec7809 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Board: [Qs 9h Ah 4h Jd]
Seat 1: mikec7809 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: drawflush1 showed [9s 9c] and won ($22.35) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 3: pokergirl1982 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 4: pfrancin mucked [2s Ad] - a pair of Aces - ( At this level, calling off chips like this just seems stupid to me, keep it up pfrancin!)
Seat 5: ShoesRDurrty (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: BongoLaw (small blind) folded before the Flop
I just wanted to post this to re-iterate to myself why set mining is so valuable. Had this player of had 2 pair, Id be sure to stack him. I also do not see the value in raising hands like this when you are way out of position and your table is hyper-aggressive. Let them do your bidding and try and hit your set.
My thoughts on playing pocket pairs preflop online:
9’s to A’s I will raise out of position at 6 handed play 85-95% of the time , any pair from 8’s to 2’s , I typically call.
If Im playing full ring ( 9 or 10 player ), I’ll wait for J’s or higher to open raise in an early position, varying from a 4x to 6x raise, almost 100% of the time.
Playing live is different, I’ll be more inclined to raise more often with lower pair.
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January 30th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
If stacks are deep (100BB+) then you should be open raising ALL pairs.
January 30th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
I looked up an old blog post by a similar name and here is what I wrote:
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Set Mining
Sets are the most profitable and easiest hands to play in NL holdem. There I said it. Too many players just fail to maximize their set mining opportunites and the resultant value that comes from hitting a set. Most of your profit in poker will come from sets.
My rules are simple: Raise ANY pair from ANY position and call ANY reraise if the reraised quantity is less than 10% of both your own and your opponent’s stack.
Many of you play smaller games where reraising is rare but at $3/6NL and up at least 30% of pots are reraised preflop. As such set mining becomes more and more profitable as the games get bigger.
I don’t care if you are in position or out of position, sets play the same the way. Sure it sucks to be reraised if you hold pockets 3’s but if you think you opponent has a big pair and he has 10x the bet you need to call behind why wouldn’t you call the reraise in every situation? Simply put you must call these reraises.
January 30th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Fuel55,
I appreciate your feedback on my hand postings, this is exactly what i was looking for. Ive been a long term reader of your blog and really enjoy your insight. I do have another question though, I understand the concept of opening any pocket pair as the article states, however it does mention ‘ more typical of a higher stake game ‘ at the micro levels that I am playing at, do you find this rule should still apply? Im assuming also in the 10% raise ratio, this would apply directly to your odds of flopping a set.