River call at PS NL400 with deep stacks

r3vbr · #1 07-26-2005, 06:26 PM

This guy was overly agressive and acumulated a very big stack. I wasnt very worried about a straight, only about a set, and i thought he wouldnt bet so much with a set so I felt he maybe had TJ and missed or just some lower pair wich he knew couldnt win.

Could I have called this?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (6 handed) converter

SB ($2116.20)
Hero ($987.10)
UTG ($394)
MP ($999.50)
CO ($417.80)
Button ($400)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
4 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to $12, SB calls $8.

Flop: ($24) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets $15, Hero calls $15.

Turn: ($54) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $48, SB raises to $150, Hero calls $102.

River: ($354) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets $300, Hero calls $300.

Final Pot: $954

Results in white below: 
SB has Jh Qh (straight, queen high).
Hero has Qs Qc (one pair, queens).
Outcome: SB wins $954.

not_da_nizzles · #2 07-26-2005, 07:30 PM

So he limp-called your small raise pre-flop from the blinds, lead into you on a raggy flop, check-raised turn and then nearly potted the river. One pair isn't usually good with that action - even in a blind war.

Reading the hand history, I had him on 67, 89, 9Tc or a set. I'd have [censored] myself when he tabled THAT straight though.

mj

jonnyUCB · #3 07-26-2005, 10:46 PM

First, raise more preflop. I've seen you muscle bigger steals than that and I'm sure he has as well so get more in now.

Why did you flat-call the flop? Were you afraid of a three-bet? It doesn't seem like it as you weren't afraid of a turn check/raise. At what point did you decide you were ahead? I felt that once you made the turn call in the hand you were comitted to call the river bet, before he even threw it out. Why else would you flat-call on the turn as well?

Bad beat but I think you played it too passively. When you flat-called the turn I think you made your decision to play it through.

r3vbr · #4 07-27-2005, 01:30 AM

yeah on the turn I said to myself that I'd call the river if a really scarry card didnt appear.

I played it passively on the flop/turn to mix it up I guess. I dont know exactly. i dont make my decisions based on a structured hand analisys, it's more like an instinct/gut decision

#5 07-27-2005, 02:38 PM

Was I the big stack in this hand?

#6 07-27-2005, 02:41 PM

Oh woops. AKA AlexeiMartov

lol I run so good

Spladle Master · #7 10-05-2005, 06:02 PM

This is a thinly-veiled bad beat post. Maybe if you sucked less at poker things like this wouldn't happen to you. Consider re-raising or folding the turn next time, or perhaps even killing yourself.