Hi!

This is the first hand history I've posted, so I hope I format everything properly. I read some of the other QQ topics, too.

This tournament was a .10 cent buy-in, so small stakes, with blinds going up every five minutes. I had just been moved to this table three or four hands earlier, so no good reads. On my first hand at this table, I managed to steal the blinds with a big bet. I'd didn't show my hole cards after this steal, so no reason for the table to think I'm particularly loose.

Blinds were at 300/600. I had the second biggest stack on the table. I'd appreciate any criticism or suggestions on where I went wrong.

PokerStars Game #5616915698: Tournament #28151424, $0.10+$0.00 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2006/07/19 - 23:49:12 (ET)

Table '28151424 20' 9-max Seat #8 is the button

Seat 2: Barnew1 (5641 in chips)
Seat 3: AJSuited73 (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: AL-TMR (4590 in chips)
Seat 5: wash (2715 in chips)
Seat 6: dan999 (17025 in chips)
Seat 7: notoriousuli (8415 in chips)
Seat 8: ALRIC17 (1830 in chips)
Seat 9: marnin (2430 in chips)

Barnew1: posts the ante 50
AJSuited73: posts the ante 50
AL-TMR: posts the ante 50
wash: posts the ante 50
dan999: posts the ante 50
notoriousuli: posts the ante 50
ALRIC17: posts the ante 50
marnin: posts the ante 50
marnin: posts small blind 300
Barnew1: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to notoriousuli [Q Q]
I like the look of this, especially since I'm in late position. No question I will raise, and I typically raise between 3xBB and 4xBB.

AJSuited73: folds
AL-TMR: calls 600
wash: folds
Capt. Stone is connected
dan999: folds
notoriousuli: raises 1200 to 1800
ALRIC17: folds
marnin: calls 1500 This actually concerns me more than Barnew1's subsequent call, since it pretty much pot commits him.
Barnew1: calls 1200
AL-TMR: calls 1200

*** FLOP *** [J 5 J]
marnin: bets 580 and is all-in
Barnew1: raises 580 to 1160
AL-TMR: folds
notoriousuli: calls 1160 I'm thinking I may be making a mistake here by not raising, not that I would have pushed him off a set . . .

*** TURN *** [J 5 J] [4]
Barnew1: bets 2631 and is all-in
notoriousuli: calls 2631 This was my chance to get out. I didn't take it. Was Barnew1's all-in an obvious signal he had a set?

*** RIVER *** [J 5 J 4] [6]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Barnew1: shows [K J] (three of a kind, Jacks)
notoriousuli: shows [Q Q] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
Barnew1 collected 6422 from side pot
marnin: shows [8 8] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
Barnew1 collected 9340 from main pot

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15762 Main pot 9340. Side pot 6422. | Rake 0
Board [J 5 J 4 6]
Seat 2: Barnew1 (big blind) showed [K J] and won (15762) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 3: AJSuited73 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: AL-TMR folded on the Flop
Seat 5: wash folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: dan999 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: notoriousuli showed [Q Q] and lost with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 8: ALRIC17 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: marnin (small blind) showed [8 8] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Eights