Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

.25-.5 NL on pokerroom.com. Its folded to me in late position with Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]Q [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. I raise to $1.25 and two people call. Flop comes out Q [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Sb checks bb bets $3 into a $3.9 pot. I figure that this is a protective bet, maybe a set of Tens or two pair. I call(?), knowing the bb has a hand and will pay me off. Then the sb calls. Turn is 9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (damn!), checked around. River is 2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and sb goes all in for $14.

Should I have pushed on the flop, shutting out the sb and isolating the bb who I know has a hand? Then, when it was checked on the turn, was a nice size bet called for?

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

with 3 to the semi drawheavy flop, I raise this flop.

I think river is easy call.

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

Raise more preflop, and raise on flop. There are two high cards and two of the same suit. Very bad slowplayflop as I see it. If BB is short raise him all in. If SB has a draw or no hand then he will fold and BB will prolly call and you are a big favorite.

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

No need to smooth call the flop here. You don't want to give a card cause there are many that will scare you. You need to raise IMO unless you are against bluffers that you can count on bluffing at the river with big bets. There is probably no need to be so fancy here - you won't scare too many 25NL players off a hand or a draw with a medium sized raise.

Whats your pokerroom name? Thats my backyard too.

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

think ur preflop play was ok. The Postflop was Very bad, I quote "I figure that this is a protective bet," why didnt u reraise him then ?.
u just gave him a free card that could make him Flush/straight or maybe 4T whatever.
Every money won is a profit. big profit doesnt come from AA KK QQ & AKs only. and 3Q yeah nice hand but still easy beat by straight or flush.
i would rather Fold here than call.

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

You also have to keep in mind that by smooth calling BB you are giving SB nicer pot odds to call the original raise. On such a draw heavy board, you want to isolate against the person with the hand and far fewer outs to beat you (unless he is raising with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img])

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

Raise more? There's no need to raise more than 5bb with no limpers.

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

He raised to 2.5 bb.

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

You have to raise the flop here.

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

my name on pokerroom is trigeek08

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

Preflop: At the very minimum, pls raise to $2. here - don't let garbage hands see this flop when you've got such a good holding.

Flop: There are about a thousand differen draws on this flop. If the original bettor is coming out swinging with a 3 dollar bet, odds are he's gonna call your raise, or even come over the top which is excactly what you want. I say at the VERY minimum raise this pot to 7.

The turn gets tough dependent on what your opponent does, but at this point, I think you have get your money in.

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

.25-.50 NL on pokerroom is .1/.25 blinds. For some reason they describe their NL games like limit games, so 1.25 is indeed 5BB

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

Oh well, ".25-.5 NL" I thought that actually ment 0.25/0.50.

Re: Set o\' ladies, how bad was the play
 

Still, with the players on PokerRoom a $2 or even $3 will get you some callers. Even though the blinds are .10/.25, I treat my raises like they are .25/.50. I would make it either $2 or $3 depending on what you are comfortable with as a standard raise. $3 is my standard at this level.

Oh and my Pokerroom name is Ruso329. Maybe when they introduce private SNGs we can have us a 2+2 game, eh?