Chastise me

[ngericl]

I was trying to be cute not raising pre-flop. Flog me. Ridicule me. Show no mercy.
CARDSON
***** Hand History for Game 1483481112 *****
400/800 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 8947666) - Mon Jan 24 01:03:29 EST 2005
Table Table 12359 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 5: bigal987 (4518)
Seat 7: ngericl (3482)
ngericl posts small blind (200)
bigal987 posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ngericl [ Qs, As ]
ngericl calls (200)
bigal987 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9d, 8d, Jc ]
bigal987 checks.
ngericl checks.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Qh ]
bigal987 bets (600)
ngericl raises (1200) to 1200
bigal987 raises (1200) to 1800
ngericl calls (600)
** Dealing River ** : [ 3c ]
bigal987 bets (2318)
bigal987 is all-In.
ngericl calls (1282)
ngericl is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $6964 with ngericl
Creating Side Pot 1 with $1036 with bigal987
** Summary **
Main Pot: 6964 | Side Pot 1: 1036
Board: [ 9d 8d Jc Qh 3c ]
bigal987 balance 8000, bet 4518, collected 8000, net +3482 [ 2s Td ] [ a straight, eight to queen -- Qh,Jc,Td,9d,8d ]
ngericl balance 0, lost 3482 [ Qs As ] [ a pair of queens -- As,Qs,Qh,Jc,9d ]

[aleksandr]

Chastised! Bet the pot on the flop when it's checked to you unless this guy is a slowplaying fiend!

[TylerK]

Well, you don't ALWAYS want to raise preflop, even with your big cards. It makes you too predictable. A limp here and there is acceptable. However, when he reraises you on the turn, you HAVE to think he has a ten and let it go. TPTK is not for calling all-ins, especially not on a board like this in an unraised pot.

[ngericl]

Well, you don't ALWAYS want to raise preflop, even with your big cards. It makes you too predictable. A limp here and there is acceptable. However, when he reraises you on the turn, you HAVE to think he has a ten and let it go. TPTK is not for calling all-ins, especially not on a board like this in an unraised pot.

I just did everything wrong. Since, I didn't raise pre-flop, at least raise post-flop to see where I am. Failing that, I should have let it go with the big raise on the turn.

Well, I got what I deserved.