[Sykes]

A revelation I just had. Hollywood played his Q9 (flopped full) perfectly.

Anyone please correct me if i get some details wrong.

Ramsey (seat 7 in bb), hollywood in seat 2 with Q9 limps, and george in seat 4 raises. ramsey (QJo) /hollywood calls

flop Qd 9hQc

Checked to george who bets 1/2 pot
Ramsey calls
Hollywood calls

Now, you can make a case for hollywood to bet out not to represent the Q but to represent the 9 because most of the time a bet out on a paired board usually means they paired the other card in his hand.

You could say that ramsey is slowplaying his Q but in reality, he is playing it safe.

If hollywood check-raises this flop even the minimum, ramsey could be able to release his hand because what can he beat. The only reasonable hand he beats is QT. If hollywood can make this play with Q8-Q2, then obviously ramsey should raise all-in. However, He's behind Q9/KQ/AQ and splitting with QJ.

Knowing this information it is easy to see why the flop was checked through.

What I would like to know is if a J did not fall on the river, would Ramsey lose all his chips with trips with a jack kicker?