I think it was well played, you?

#Game No : 1073670504
***** Hand History for Game 1073670504 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Monday, October 18, 15:41:10 EDT 2004
Table Table 14482 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: in2liquid ( $22.75 )
Seat 3: vanburenUCB ( $22.25 )
Seat 5: broady1980 ( $9.1 )
Seat 6: mukhicrisp ( $12 )
Seat 8: Hogimacaca ( $30 )
Seat 10: PokerFish37 ( $19.95 )
Hogimacaca posts small blind [$0.25].
PokerFish37 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hogimacaca [ Tc 9c ]
in2liquid calls [$0.5].
vanburenUCB folds.
broady1980 folds.
mukhicrisp folds.
Hogimacaca calls [$0.25].
PokerFish37 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, Js, 8h ]
Hogimacaca checks.
PokerFish37 bets [$2].
in2liquid calls [$2].
Hogimacaca raises [$4].
PokerFish37 folds.
in2liquid calls [$2].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
Hogimacaca checks.
in2liquid bets [$3].
Hogimacaca calls [$3].
** Dealing River ** [ 5h ]
Hogimacaca bets [$16].
in2liquid is all-In.
Hogimacaca shows [ Tc, 9c ] a straight, eight to queen.
in2liquid doesn't show [ 8c, Qd ] two pairs, queens and eights.
Hogimacaca wins $0.75 from side pot #1 with a straight, eight to queen.
Hogimacaca wins $46 from the main pot with a straight, eight to queen.

The flop/turn play is really bad FPS.

Try to get more money in before the river. They'll call, it's what they do...

I ended up getting the guy to go all-in...[/quote]

Welcome to the forums Triptanes,

when you post handhistories, you don't post to brag, but you post to see if you played the hand well. If you think you played well but aren't ready for the feedbacks, don't waste other people's time because this forum is for those that want feedback.

basically Fnord's suggestion says that they will call your big bets anyways with 2 pair, even a three of a kind, so you want to put the money in when you are the favorite. Checking the turn is a horrible play here since anyone with Q(Top pair) and a straight draw *AQ, KQ, 10Q* will get their free card to beat you with a higher straight, or even end up splitting the pot.

plus, if he had a set, you are giving him infinate odds to beat you (he has to call 0 to chase after his 33% shot at fullhouse on river), so why would you want that?

just remember to protect your vunerable hands, because in this situation, it's not that rare for someone to draw higher straight(4 out gut shot), 4 out fullhouse (2 pair) or a 10 out fullhouse (set) to take your stack.

I concur with fnord, and Allinlife, at least a good pot sized bet on the turn would have been better. But it did work out anyway.

Hrm, I was not bragging simply stating a fact. Yes I see he could have made a full house. He seemed very commited to his two pair so I would have to agree a pot sized bet would be in line. Just wanted to check to show weakness... In retrospect=a bad idea. Thank you for you comments.

what i will usually do here is just call the flop then check raise the turn hardd providing you still have the nuts, why check raise the flop then just check the turn, this is a horrible play in my opinion, you are lucky he was a retard and still bet the turn even after being check raised on flop. and then called an all in on river

another advantage of betting the flop is that they're more inclined to put on top pair, as opposed to a made straight or straight draw.

i'll go with maxx - bet the flop, C/R the turn, slam the river.