QQ

[Cerril]

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button 3-bets</font>, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero caps</font>, Button calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button caps</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (8.75 BB) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises</font>, Hero calls.

River: (12.75 BB) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 16.75 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 16.75 BB, between Hero and Button.</font>

I felt like I had the worst aspects of a LAG and a calling station here. I can pick out a couple mistakes but I'm also not sure which direction I should have leaned.

[sluttysteve]

Why would you bet the river after calling his turn raise?

[Cerril]

Was folding the turn raise ever an option? I think the river bet was somewhere between value and just being fed up with the absolute junk I've been shown down against. I was thinking maybe two aces or two kings without the diamond. If I was reading a broad spectrum of hands that might have 3-bet PF and capped the flop I should have figured most of the time I'd be beat.

Can I ever release this hand, or do I just call down from a point? I'm guessing that point is the turn raise, if so, meaning I only lost one bet here.

[milesdyson]

You really should check call the river.

In fact, I would be tempted to check call the turn as well.