The ignorant end

Mitch has been playing very aggressively when this hand comes up. I get a free ride in the big blind. Can someone critique my play on this? Am I stupid for betting out and then calling the raise on the turn and then check calling on the river?


***** Hand History for Game 1075437 *****

30/60 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (Tournament #20018) - Tue Oct 30 21:50:06 EST 2001

Table PartyPokerMillion 21 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button

Total number of players : 10

Seat 1: PocketRocket (650)

Seat 2: mitch (865)

Seat 3: Big_Bird (280)!

Seat 4: Venom (730)

Seat 5: josey (1630)

Seat 6: jjmobley (595)

Seat 7: Wiscer (770)

Seat 8: TANSTAAFL (650)

Seat 9: aggie63 (925)

Seat 10: Dorie (905)

jjmobley posts small blind (15)

Wiscer posts big blind (30)

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to Wiscer [ Th, 8h ]

TANSTAAFL folds.

aggie63 folds.

Dorie folds.

PocketRocket folds.

mitch calls (30)

Big_Bird folds.

Venom folds.

josey folds.

jjmobley folds.

Wiscer checks.

** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ts, Jc, Qs ]

Wiscer bets (30)

mitch calls (30)

** Dealing Turn ** : [ 9d ]

Wiscer bets (60)

mitch raises (120)

Wiscer calls (60)

** Dealing River ** : [ 4d ]

Wiscer checks.

mitch bets (60)

Wiscer calls (60)

** Summary **

Main Pot: 495

Board: [ Ts Jc Qs 9d 4d ]

PocketRocket didn't bet (folded)

mitch bet 240, collected 495, net +255 [ 4s Ks ] [ a straight, nine to king ]

Big_Bird didn't bet (folded)

Venom didn't bet (! folded)

josey didn't bet (folded)

jjmobley lost 15 (folded)

Wiscer lost 240 [ Th 8h ] [ a straight, eight to queen ]

TANSTAAFL didn't bet (folded)

aggie63 didn't bet (folded)

Dorie didn't bet (folded)

Since I have posted a number of messages here which have gotten no response, can someone give me some advice as to what I am doing wrong? Do I need to spice up the posts somehow? Or am I asking questions that are so basic and obvious to others that they don't deserve a response? Or what?


Thanks

I personally would rather not have a full hand history and just a brief discription of the hand. I can't specifically say why I didn't post a response. I tend to respond to most of the NL hands and only some of the limit hands.


I am not sure if I lead out on the flop with bottom pair and a gutshot. It probably is correct against 1 limper. When he calls he could have any pair or a King or a 9 for an open-ender. Would he raise with a Jack or Queen?


On the turn once you bet and you are raised you are in a tough spot. If the guy is aggressive then you may be tied so a fold is not necessarily correct. You know if you plan to call the raise you are going to call the river bet as well.


Ken Poklitar

As soon as I start to see the cut-and-paste of the hand history, I hit the "back" button on my browser. Maybe if you edited out all of the extraneous information, it would be more user-friendly.


Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)