spamuell
10-02-2003, 02:18 PM
This happened in a LL hold'em game on pacific poker. I wasn't concentrating on the game at all, I was surfing the web and switching back to the game when it was my turn to act. This usually works well for me at a full handed table, but I don't notice how people play.
When I switched back, however, I noticed that the table had dwindled to about 5 people. I had KQ os 2 off the button, and because there were hardly any people at the table, I decided that I could raise and it could be the best hand. If I was reraised, I felt I could fold with ease. Everyone else at the table called (not surprising at LLHE). The flop comes
K J 8
with two clubs. The BB bets one caller before I raise (I don't put him on AK obviously because I suspect he would have raised pre-flop), everyone folds to the BB who reraises. I decide here that his most likely holding is KJ. The caller between the BB and me folds. The pot here is about 16 small bets and it's one more for me to call, so I decide to see a turn card and fold if he bets out again,
especially because I could easily be wrong about KJ. I call and the turn card is an offsuit Q making the board:
K J 8 Q
with two clubs. He bets, I raise, he reraises and I cap it. We see a river - a J (not a club). So the board is
K J 8 Q J
He bets and I just call. He shows KJ for the boat. I throw my mouse at the screen and shout something about two outs.
Should I have mucked my hand pre flop or only limped?
Should I have folded to his reraise for one more SB? Or was my mistake not watching the game? I usually find just playing solid cards is enough in Low Limit ($1/2 and less).
Any feedback is much appreciated
When I switched back, however, I noticed that the table had dwindled to about 5 people. I had KQ os 2 off the button, and because there were hardly any people at the table, I decided that I could raise and it could be the best hand. If I was reraised, I felt I could fold with ease. Everyone else at the table called (not surprising at LLHE). The flop comes
K J 8
with two clubs. The BB bets one caller before I raise (I don't put him on AK obviously because I suspect he would have raised pre-flop), everyone folds to the BB who reraises. I decide here that his most likely holding is KJ. The caller between the BB and me folds. The pot here is about 16 small bets and it's one more for me to call, so I decide to see a turn card and fold if he bets out again,
especially because I could easily be wrong about KJ. I call and the turn card is an offsuit Q making the board:
K J 8 Q
with two clubs. He bets, I raise, he reraises and I cap it. We see a river - a J (not a club). So the board is
K J 8 Q J
He bets and I just call. He shows KJ for the boat. I throw my mouse at the screen and shout something about two outs.
Should I have mucked my hand pre flop or only limped?
Should I have folded to his reraise for one more SB? Or was my mistake not watching the game? I usually find just playing solid cards is enough in Low Limit ($1/2 and less).
Any feedback is much appreciated