Poor play, bad luck, both?
 

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (10 handed) converter

Being a newbie, and even more so at NL, please help me out! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Only notes I have on my opponent in this hand is the following "NL: AA = 2BB? CR other PFR all in w/ AA HU?".

Hero ($42)
MP2 ($72.24)
MP3 ($66.90)
CO ($48.50)
Button ($67.75)
SB ($84.05)
BB ($237.23)
UTG ($38.35)
UTG+1 ($62.65)
UTG+2 ($53.45)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls $1, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $4</font>, MP2 calls $4, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls $3, UTG+2 calls $3.

Flop: ($16.50) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players) </font>
BB checks, UTG+2 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets $15</font>, MP2 folds, BB folds, UTG+2 calls $15.

Turn: ($46.50) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players) </font>
UTG+2 checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets $23 (All-In)</font>, UTG+2 calls $23.

River: ($92.50) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in) </font>

Final Pot: $92.50
<font color="#990066">Main Pot: $92.50, between Hero and UTG+2.</font>

Re: Poor play, bad luck, both?
 

I'm a newbie too. Been playing for a couple oh months. First post online...

I'm thinking maybe it takes more than trips to go all in on Party Poker... It seems at least 4 people see every flop.

I'd put your opponent on either Ax hearts or slow played pocket kings. Either way, your aggression paid into his strategy.

It would have been mathematically incorrect for him to see that flop for ane extra 3$ with a draw, but he sucked out with the flush... Am I right?

I think you might have been a bit too aggressive with the all in bet, but if he already had the nuts, he woulda put you all in anyway...

With his check on the turn, I'm ruling out KK and thinking flush...

Re: Poor play, bad luck, both?
 

I can't really see any other way of playing it. He made a bad call on the flop if he did have a flush draw and he could easily be calling here with KQ, AQ, QJ, ie loads of stuff you still beat.