Do you guys like my blog ? QQ in SB -- help
 

I need some opinions. If you read my blog, you'd know that I'm in a downswing or something. Or I'm playing bad.

I posted this on another site but I'm not getting very many answers.


Did I play this OK ?
.50/1 NL

I have $100
Villain has about $60

2 or 3 limpers

I'm in SB with QQ

I raise to $4.50 preflop

one caller

MP who is 75/20 who has called every raise I ever made

Flop: Jh Th Tc pot = 10
I bet $10
MP calls

Turn: 5c
villain has $46 left
I bet $50 putting him all-in

Villain calls

Villain shows J T


Did I play that ok ? I have written on villain's notes that he calls off his whole stack on flush draws so I've seen it so I decide to put him all-in.

Re: Do you guys like my blog ? QQ in SB -- help
 

Ok, here is another QQ hand that I played tonight.


QQ again

This time in SB

Villain is 75/20

MP calls
Villain in LP raises to $2

I raise to $6 in SB

MP calls
LP calls

Flop: Ts 8c 3c pot=$17

I bet $10
MP folds
LP raises to $20

What do you do here ?
Old me would have just called here.

New me decided to raise to $40

What do you think ?
Villain had a set of 6's about 1 hour ago and sets don't grow on trees so I think he's raising a draw. His AF is 2.14 which suggests that he could be raising a draw or raising AK or something. AF of 2.00 is about normal. He could also be raising a pair of tens.

Re: Do you guys like my blog ? QQ in SB -- help
 

i think it's fine. Nothing wrong at all.

My read on the hand is villain has a pp (v often a min raise = pp). You bet half the pot on a low flop, standard continuation bet. Villain min raises , standard "I have a pair and I think you have AK". Your reraise tells him you have what you're repping.

If Villain stays in the hand then he's got a set and you can slow it down.

If he has AKs for the flush draw and overs then you either end up all in on the flop (depending on stack sizes) or he takes it on the flop (depending on stack sizes). But I think pp is way more likely than AK.

Re: Do you guys like my blog ? QQ in SB -- help
 

Both look fine to me. Its difficult to give villians at 75/20 credit for anything. Youjust have to accept that playing them is going to be high varience.

Re: Do you guys like my blog ? QQ in SB -- help
 

Oh also, if poker is making you as angry/upset as your blog suggest, stop playing.

Re: Do you guys like my blog ? QQ in SB -- help
 

man these are both tough spots. hand one is fine, hand two you're probablyy good but I don't see how you can avoid playing for your stack if you call. this is pokerroom?

Re: Do you guys like my blog ? QQ in SB -- help
 

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Worst beat of my entire poker career

I just had the worst beat of my life. At the start of the week, I had 2040 in my account. After all the losing that had been happening, I started winning and my account was back to 1940. Then I got AA. I was happy. After this hand, I was done for the day. Finish on a winning note, right ?

MP raises to $4

I raise to $20

MP calls

Flop: Q X X

I'm all-in for $184
MP calls .

Turn and river are no help. I lose $200 on one hand. MP had QQ. I should have been more cautious. I shouldn't have even been playing if I was going to be that careless.

I [censored] hate life right now. I has a huge favorite. He was 17 % to win that preflop. He said nothing afterward. That's the most money I've ever lost on any hand of poker ever. I'm done for the day and maybe done for next week. I just can't take this [censored]. I was supposed to have another winning week this week but every hand I got, I lost.

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Re: Do you guys like my blog ? QQ in SB -- help
 

yvesaint, just rubbing salt right in that wound [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Re: Do you guys like my blog ? QQ in SB -- help
 

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Villain had a set of 6's about 1 hour ago and sets don't grow on trees so I think he's raising a draw.

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This has absolutely no bearing on the current hand.

Hand 1 you played well given your read (any idea how she would play a lone T in that spot?).
Hand 2 you clearly decided that you would be playing for your stack. By raising you are letting her know that. So, what's different between old you and new you?