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Hand 2: It's possible he has QJ or JT that he's calling with. You bet the turn again, but he check-raises. That's not good. He could even have a 9T for a straight. I think this hand is very easy to get away from once he pushes.

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Straight possibility didn't arrive till the river...does that pretty much exclusively make his holdings a set, or 76 for two pair?

The fact that both of these players were shortstack factored into it. And, the horrible quality of play I've encountered recently at PR has desensitized my poker-playing (versus card-playing...if that makes sense) abilities...last night I had too many hands like the following, which I think is making me feel like I'm playing NL $25 again rather than $100. Hopefully these two hands were enough of a wake-up call.

Texas Hold'em $1-$1 PL (real money)

Seat 1: MP1 ($259.40 in chips)
Seat 2: MP2 ($37.40 in chips)
Seat 3: MP3 ($105 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($163.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Button ($127.90 in chips)
Seat 7: SB ($101 in chips)
Seat 9: BB ($203.15 in chips)
Seat 10: UTG ($168.15 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
SB posts blind ($1), BB posts blind ($1).

PRE-FLOP
Hero is CO with [ Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ]
UTG folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls $1, Hero calls $1, Button folds, SB checks, BB checks.

FLOP [board cards 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ]
SB checks, BB checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks.

TURN [board cards 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
SB checks, BB checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks.

RIVER [board cards 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],10[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ]
SB checks, BB bets $1.50, MP3 bets $7, Hero bets $25, SB folds, BB folds, MP3 calls $18.

SHOWDOWN
Hero shows [ Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ]
MP3 mucks cards [ 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ] are you serious????
Hero wins $53.50.

So yeah, I think donkeys like that are causing me to not give other players enough credit.