The beauty of slowplay

[Biff M.]

Hi there,

I had just sat down at the table, won a pot from AK and mucked anything else. Game is as usual, loose passive. Check-call. Then comes this one

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

CO ($247.82)
Button ($87.2)
SB ($353.85)
BB ($119.15)
UTG ($109.4)
UTG+1 ($90)
UTG+2 ($64.25)
Hero ($138.15)
MP2 ($80)
MP3 ($115.75)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls $2, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $6</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button calls $6, SB (poster) folds, BB calls $4, UTG calls $4.

Flop: ($25) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets $2</font>, BB calls $2, UTG folds, Hero calls $2.

Turn: ($31) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets $6</font>, BB folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $12</font>, Button calls $6.

River: ($55) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets $20</font>, Hero calls $20.

Final Pot: $95

Tell me baby, where did I go wrong? Bet out on that flop? Check-raise instead of that stupid check-call I did? I figured the button would bet that flop, but I really shouldnt have let him get away with that bet. I pretty much gave him odds to draw to anything. Got a little scared when the second ten came, and when he called the raise and the third fell I knew I was dead. The fact that he showed a hand I wouldnt touch for a discount doesn't really change anything.