Is this played badly?

***** Hand History for Game 1985915388 *****
$50 NL Hold'em - Monday, May 02, 00:00:29 EDT 2005
Table Table 37248 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: vader0000 ( $29.5 )
Seat 3: pI0l232IOlp ( $71.4 )
Seat 4: rw321drop ( $109.97 )
Seat 5: mizmaniac ( $71.3 )
Seat 6: casper44 ( $54.8 )
Seat 7: sejje ( $60.2 )
Seat 8: pupfish ( $46.9 )
Seat 9: russbeverly ( $41.71 )
Seat 10: berthor ( $53.45 )
vader0000 posts small blind [$0.25].
pI0l232IOlp posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to sejje [ Qd Ah ]
rw321drop calls [$0.5].
mizmaniac folds.
casper44 folds.
sejje calls [$0.5].
pupfish folds.
russbeverly calls [$0.5].
berthor folds.
vader0000 calls [$0.25].
pI0l232IOlp checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, 8c, 5c ]
vader0000 checks.
pI0l232IOlp checks.
rw321drop checks.
>You have options at Table 37119 Table!.
sejje bets [$2.5].
russbeverly calls [$2.5].
vader0000 folds.
pI0l232IOlp folds.
rw321drop folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
sejje bets [$12].
>You have options at Table 37119 Table!.
russbeverly raises [$24].
sejje raises [$33].
russbeverly is all-In [$14.71]
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
sejje shows [ Qd, Ah ] three of a kind, queens.
russbeverly shows [ 9s, Qc ] a full house, Queens full of nines.
sejje wins $6.29 from side pot #1 with three of a kind, queens.
russbeverly wins $81.92 from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of nines.

So you bet $12 into what was something like a $6 pot, got raised, and stayed in , much less reraised with TPTK? I'm going to assume you just wanted to switch it up with slowplaying your TP on the flop.

You should have folded when you got raised.

Your bet on the turn was way too big. Bet 3/4 pot or pot-sized, and give yourself more room to maneuver. If he min-raises you when you bet $6.00, you can

a) fold
b) call and see how cheaply you can showdown
or
c) throw in one more raise to put him to the test and fold when he pushes

For some reason I don't remember doing that. (Betting so much on the turn).

I usually bet the pot.

I recall putting him on a flush draw, I guess I didn't want him to call with one.

Yeah. I shouldn't have even posted this one, now I feel foolish.

No, don't feel foolish. :cool:

You posted for advice and we gave it to you. Take it as a learning experience; that's what we're all here for, right?

When I post a bad hand history, and I was an idiot for doing some move, I want y'all to come and say "YOU'RE AN IDIOT FOR DOING blah de dee blah". That way, I can fix the problem, and it won't be one in the future.

I wasn't trying to be insulting or anything. This isn't 2+2. :P

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Originally Posted by ensign_lee

This isn't 2+2. :P

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Despite some of the jackasses on the 2+2 boards, many that post on 2+2 are exprienced and give good constructive criticizms.

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Originally Posted by AllinLife

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Originally Posted by ensign_lee

This isn't 2+2. :P

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Despite some of the jackasses on the 2+2 boards, many that post on 2+2 are exprienced and give good constructive criticizms.

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I suppose. I posted there once and got and got called an idiot. Never went back.

I didn't feel any more insulted than I should have.

Anyway, my style of play is changing a lot. I've only been playing 6 months or less, and Ifor a few months I was playing too tightly, and too passively preflop (still have a problem with the latter).

Anyway, I'm having more of a problem with TPTK now than ever before. I don't know if I've seen too many times where it would have been good or what.

The strange part now is that despite making bad plays more frequently, I have fewer losing sessions. The losing sessions are when I not only make bad plays, but also take a few bad beats.

I think the bad plays more frequently comes from playing more hands; before, it was rarely a bad move to push with an overpair, for instance. I played very weak-tight. Now I find myself in very marginal situations, and I'm doing my best to play aggressively. And I wind up with these kinds of hand histories.

If you're going to play AQ raise it preflop. Maybe the Q9 won't stay in then and you won't get beaten down.

And if he does stay in and flops a Q? Well, throw out a near-pot-sized bet and he'll probably know he's beaten.

If you're going to play AQ raise it preflop.

worth re stating, especially if you're going to play it like this when you make top pair.