15/30 HAND TO REMEMBER

[mikedel]

i'm early position red tens raise-button small and big call. flop qs 10c 9d. bet button fold-small calls big calls.turn 5h. bet-small raises big folds-i reraise small reraises-i call-river 5c-bet raise raise raise. Because of the preflop check by small all i could see was qt/q9 or kj and never qq. Hindsight is 20/20 and i probably could have saved a bunch but when the ten flopped i was counting the money

[DcifrThs]

i think you gave way to much up on the river here. i mean waaaay to much up. after the turn was capped i would have been looking for the board to pair to help or just call the river. nobody caps two pairs here and i'd give more weight to 99 but more likely the straight b/c of the limp. therefore after even MORE aggression on the river i'd say slowww down, pay it off, next hand
-Barron

[astroglide]

the board did pair

[Nightwish]

There are only two hands you lose to: 55 and QQ. 55 is highly improbable. QQ is less improbable, but most people would have raised with it pre-flop. I think you played it fine. I would take a lot to get me to slow down with this hand on the river.

[Clarkmeister]

I would have played it the same on every street for what that's worth. The 4-bet on the river was probabaly close, but since he didn't 5-bet despite having the 2nd nuts, I think it is correct.

[Gabe]

Might be something to this not raising QQ pre-flop in the blinds, huh?

[Clarkmeister]

Might be a difference between an unraised family pot and a 3 way raised pot too, eh? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[2005]

Clarky, did you grow up in Illinois, or just go to U of I or both?? Just wondering. BTW, I picked them to win it all the year they lost to Kansas in the Elite 8...

Gavin

[Clarkmeister]

I grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago. I graduated from UofI in 1997.

[DcifrThs]

well i take that back. you have to raise until its capped b/c the ONLY hand you really fear here is qq and given the play its more likely he has 99. BUT that likelihood decreases pretty quick with each successive raise.

thanks astro.
-Barron