Just plain stupid of me?

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Hand #3667158-1577 at Turkeyfoot (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 19/Dec/04 00:57:05

DRDOOMISHERE is at seat 0 with $23.75.
Jburrell21 is at seat 1 with $53.35.
Dlilrscl is at seat 2 with $24.
erlambi is at seat 3 with $34.35.
ACE-HOLE is at seat 4 with $96.15.
sideout31 is at seat 5 with $52.65.
longshotlenny is at seat 6 with $38.85.
RedRaider23 is at seat 7 with $50.
TheMaster219 is at seat 8 with $45.20.
txholdbum is at seat 9 with $13.05.
The button is at seat 1.

Dlilrscl posts the small blind of $.25.
erlambi posts the big blind of $.50.

DRDOOMISHERE: -- --
Jburrell21: Qc Ac
Dlilrscl: -- --
erlambi: -- --
ACE-HOLE: -- --
sideout31: -- --
longshotlenny: -- --
TheMaster219: -- --
txholdbum: -- --

Pre-flop:

ACE-HOLE calls. sideout31 folds. longshotlenny
calls. TheMaster219 folds. txholdbum calls.
DRDOOMISHERE folds. Jburrell21 raises to $1.
Dlilrscl folds. erlambi calls. ACE-HOLE calls.
longshotlenny calls. txholdbum calls.

Flop (board: Qd 5s Jh):

erlambi checks. ACE-HOLE bets $1.75. longshotlenny
folds. txholdbum folds. Jburrell21 raises to $3.50.
erlambi folds. ACE-HOLE calls.

Turn (board: Qd 5s Jh 9c):

ACE-HOLE checks. Jburrell21 bets $12.25. ACE-HOLE
goes all-in for $91.65. Jburrell21 goes all-in for
$48.85. ACE-HOLE is returned $42.80 (uncalled).

River (board: Qd 5s Jh 9c 4c):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

ACE-HOLE shows Ks Td.
ACE-HOLE has Ks Td Qd Jh 9c: straight, king high.
Jburrell21 shows Qc Ac.
Jburrell21 has Qc Ac Qd Jh 9c: a pair of queens.


Hand #3667158-1577 Summary:

$2 is raked from a pot of $109.95.
ACE-HOLE wins $107.95 with straight, king high.
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In my opinion that is poor play. I don't like risking my whole stack in these kind of situations, all you had was a very beatable one pair after all. That is of course assuming that you don't have a read on this guy that he is a total maniac.

When a player suddenly comes to life on the turn, it means something more often than not. It's really important to see what draws that turn might have given him. Aside from the straight, there are two different two-pair that the 9 might have given him. I wouldn't count out Q9 or J9 given how small the preflop raise was.

Yeah, not a good play.

1. You should've raised more preflop, around 4-5xBB.

2. That player made it blatently obvious that he had caught something big on the turn, that was an easy fold right there.

Preflop was fine. You want to raise it so that it can be called. Poker is all about post flop.

What were your reads?

On the flop, you've got to raise it more. A minimum raise is almost an automatic call for low limit players and it really only tells you that he wasn't stone-cold bluffing by the fact that he called.

With the turn, you can't get too attached to TPTK or bottom two pair when a guy flies off the handle like that (A general rule of thumb).

For your future posts: don't post the results, you'll get less biased information.

-'rilla

Results or no results posted, a raise of 5 X the pot generally means opp is beating TP. Unless you have a very strong sense that opp is bluffing.

Guys,

Thanks for your input. I am brand new to FTR and I hope this site will help me fill the holes and leaks in my game. I am playing pretty tight and aggressive pre-flop but I know I have a lot to learn especially post-flop. I'm looking forward to future advice.

Merry Christmas to all.