Bad luck or bad play?

[Maura]

Haven't posted hands for a while, so thought I'd ask about these two

did I play badly (not protect my hand) or was I just unlucky?

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (8 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls, UTG+1 calls, Button folds.
Thought I'd let the pot build and bang the turn assuming at least one opponent has a Q, taking a chance on no turn [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Turn: (3.50 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 caps</font>, Hero calls.

River: (11.50 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 15.50 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has 5c 5h (three of a kind, fives).
UTG+1 has Ah As (three of a kind, aces).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins 15.50 BB. </font>

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Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

UTG is 37% VPIP after 30 hand and not aggessive

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, Hero checks.
Again a small pot... let it build

Flop: (3.50 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, MP2 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets</font>, MP2 folds, Hero calls.

River: (5.25 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG caps</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 13.25 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has 9d Kd (flush, king high).
UTG has 3c 4c (full house, fours full of threes).
Outcome: UTG wins 13.25 BB. </font>

Flame away
~Maura