Hand the Third

[PhatTBoll]

Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (12.50 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(6 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 folds, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB raises</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (11.25 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds, <font color="CC3333">MP2 raises</font>, Hero folds, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

River: (17.25 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="CC3333">MP2 bets</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Final Pot: 20.25 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 20.25 BB, between BB, UTG+1 and MP2.</font>

Not crazy about just calling the flop raise. Was this too weak?

[Transference]

I 3bet the flop, might make the turn easier to play. Given how you played it I think the turn fold is fine.

[Sidekick]

I think I would have raised again on the flop. At this point I would figure that I've got the best hand so I'm going to make them pay to catch up to me. Capping the betting after the flop with this board with the QQ isn't going to bother me at all.

At the turn I would call instead of fold. My read from the hand as shown would be that MP2 probably has T9 and just made top pair on the board.

At the river I would just call MP2's bet. To me the QQ still looks like the hand to beat with that board.

I will be interested to see what MP2 actually had. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[PhatTBoll]

BB shows A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG+1 shows 9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
MP2 shows J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]T [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] for the turned nut straight

BB's checkraise on the flop had me thinking set. When I was facing a raise on the turn with a 3-straight on the board I was pretty sure I was beat.