Flopping Quads, with someone betting into you...

Hand #191712663 at table: Table TH 794
Started: Tue Jan 31 02:57:37 2006

X_X_X is at seat 1 with 78.84
Mr. Frank is at seat 3 with 44.40
kosynier1 is at seat 4 with 53.45
skunk38 is at seat 5 with 25.96
kudlaty is at seat 6 with 45.93
hammer100 is at seat 7 with 78.49
zorrona is at seat 8 with 11.76
Roger is at seat 9 with 198.07
xzem is at seat 10 with 22.08

kudlaty posts the large blind 0.50
skunk38 posts the small blind 0.25
X_X_X posts all blind 0.75

skunk38: --, --
kudlaty: --, --
hammer100: --, --
zorrona: --, --
Roger: Qs, Qc
xzem: --, --
X_X_X: --, --
Mr. Frank: --, --
kosynier1: --, --

Pre-flop:

hammer100: Call 0.50
zorrona: Call 0.50
Roger: Raise 4.00
xzem: Fold
X_X_X: Fold
Mr. Frank: Fold
kosynier1: Fold
skunk38: Fold
kudlaty: Fold
hammer100: Call 4.00
zorrona: Fold

Flop (Board: 8h, Qh, Qd):

hammer100: Bet 9.00
Roger: Call 9.00

Turn (Board: 8h, Qh, Qd, Ad):

hammer100: Bet 11.50
Roger: Call 11.50

River (Board: 8h, Qh, Qd, Ad, 2h):

hammer100: Bet 15.50
Roger: Raise 31.00
hammer100: Fold

Showdown:

Roger shows: Qs, Qc (four of a kind, Queens)

Roger wins the pot of 79.00 by default

(3.00 rake were taken for this hand)

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Should I just continue to call his bets, or do a raise earlier to maximize the pot... thanks.[/b]

I think you played it fine. When you hit these kinds of hands you really can't expect to win a monster pot. Only hand that pays you off here is 88 and AA or rivered flush. Any other hands instafold to a raise. I dunno. Push river? If he has 88, AA, or flush, he's not folding to a push. If he's calling $15 more he's calling a push. Either way I think you got the max out of him. NH.

PS: Do you always raise 8xBB preflop? Seems a bit excessive.

yeah, after reading the hh away from the hand. I don't think I could have played it any differently.... So it was actually a silly post...

8x BB ... i was raising consistantly 6x-8x all night long....

6x usually got 2-4 callers
8x usually got 1-2 callers

So yeah, I stay consistant... this table was very loose.

Push the river and make it look like you're trying to buy the pot

You're probably right, pushing would have been a better play, but i think he was bluffing the whole time,.... so he wouldn't call any raise. but you are correct the better play is push the river.

I say well played, but push the river, hes not gona call a raise, but he might think you are trying to buy the pot and call you if you push, small chance put big payoff if it works.

Roger shows: Qs, Qc (four of a kind, Queens)

Don't do that. You just gave away some vital betting info with that show. Take a screen capture and show it to your mother if you must show someone.