POKERROOM FREEROLL HAND QUESTION

ok me and another guy where chip leaders with about the same stack.
I'm really bothered by the way I played this hand, but I would like to know your pro opinion on how would you have played the hand perhaps or advise me on betting habits, which I believe is my main weakness.

I know I f* it up but being a noob at poker (playing only a month) I appreciate any advise. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


Seat 1: charbroil23 ($7,090 in chips)
Seat 2: RACEFAN25 ($15,928 in chips)
Seat 3: mimik2005 [JD,KS] ($25,540 in chips)
Seat 4: ATrain86 ($11,122 in chips)
Seat 5: KurtCobainAA ($16,701 in chips)
Seat 6: JohnUtah29 ($8,960 in chips)
Seat 8: oneyedwebber ($7,655 in chips)
Seat 9: ACES-R-US1 ($225 in chips)
Seat 10: djn1105 ($25,802 in chips)



ANTES/BLINDS
JohnUtah29 posts blind ($200), oneyedwebber posts blind ($400).

PRE-FLOP
ACES-R-US1 folds, djn1105 bets $800, charbroil23 folds, RACEFAN25 folds, mimik2005 calls $800, ATrain86 folds, KurtCobainAA folds, JohnUtah29 folds, oneyedwebber folds.

FLOP [board cards 4C,KH,4H ]
djn1105 bets $500, mimik2005 bets $2,000, djn1105 bets $3,000, mimik2005 calls $1,500.

TURN [board cards 4C,KH,4H,7C ]
djn1105 bets $800, mimik2005 bets $6,000, djn1105 bets $20,702 and is all-in, mimik2005 calls $15,240 and is all-in.

RIVER [board cards 4C,KH,4H,7C,JS ]

[Juff]

Ignore me, tired garbage.

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Your hole cards were?

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K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

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Let me guess this is a bad beat post. You lost to trips or a boat?

I've looked at your post several times and don't see anything, lol..... which one are you? What were your hole cards and what was the final outcome and who had what?

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sorry guys

this was my hand
Seat 3: mimik2005 [JD,KS] ($25,540 in chips)

On a river I made KKJJ and I lost to pocket AA44

SHOWDOWN
djn1105 shows [ AH,AD ]
mimik2005 shows [ JD,KS ]
djn1105 wins $262, djn1105 wins $51,680.

[beenben]

You must be DJN1105. pre-flop- min. raises are bad news. they don't entice enough people to fold, especially the big blind, although it mostly worked this time.

flop- too small a bet. the pot is 2200- there's two hearts out there so you want to bet at least half the size of the pot, if not the size of the pot to avoid someone drawing out on you.

his re-raise - he says he has a hand. are you sure you want to tangle with the one stack that can knock you out (or double you up?).

your-re - raise; again too small a bet. he's bound to call it. you should've raised to about 6k. also, I hope you had a hand to back that up.

the turn-0 way way way too small of a bet. the pot is around 9k and you bet less than 10% of it- a very weak bet.
His
your all-in re-raise - difficult to evaluate without knowing your hole cards. but you could've folded and had plenty of chips to work with at this blind level. It was pretty clear he really liked his hand with all those re-raises. did you really like yours well enough to put your tournament life at risk?

(I'm guessing you had AK and he had A4).

just to clarify my post one more time.. I was mimik2005

sorry guys

this was my hand
Seat 3: mimik2005 [JD,KS] ($25,540 in chips)

On a river I made KKJJ and I lost to pocket AA44

SHOWDOWN
djn1105 shows [ AH,AD ]
mimik2005 shows [ JD,KS ]
djn1105 wins $262, djn1105 wins $51,680.

[beenben]

You had top pair, OK kicker. you were behind to a lot of stuff, not just aces (sets, two pair, king, bigger kicker, 4 anything and possibly two hearts). you got all of your chips in before the second pair came.

[runout_mick]

When you get reraised on the flop you've really got to re-evaluate the strength of your hand. His patterns suggest he has a hand, freeroll or no. Your flop raise asks him: "Do you really have a hand?", and his re-raise replys: "Yeah I got a hand punk, whaddya gonna do about it...". At this point you've got to be looking to get to as cheap a showdown as possible, or fold if it gets too hairy (unless you drastically improve).

There's no shame in folding top pair, especially when it meets resistance like this. If he DOES manage to bluff you off the best hand, so be it. Next time he tries it hopefully you have a real hand and get your stolen chips back plus some extras.

Just because you're invested here, don't think you have to go down with top pair 3rd kicker. There's a lot of hands ahead of you, so pick a spot where you're more in the driver's seat.

Hope this 4 am rambling helps a little... and welcome to the forum.