I'm not a great player, but I like to think I'm getting better. With your help maybe I can. My Queens get shafted heavy here, and perhaps its just inexperience, but I had no way to put him on his hand.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 ($2.39)
Hero ($4.90)
Button ($2.94)
SB ($0.98)
BB ($1.26)
UTG ($0.97)
MP1 ($9.09)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q, Q.
1 fold, MP1 raises to $0.08, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.08, 3 folds.

Flop: ($0.19) A, J, Q (2 players)
MP1 bets $0.06, Hero calls $0.06.

Turn: ($0.31) 6 (2 players)
MP1 bets $0.32, Hero calls $0.32.

River: ($0.95) A (2 players)
MP1 bets $0.88, Hero raises to $4.44, MP1 calls $3.56.

Final Pot: $9.83

Results in white below:
MP1 has Ac Jd (full house, aces full of jacks).
Hero has Qh Qd (full house, queens full of aces).
Outcome: MP1 wins $9.83.


I had him on Ax at best, even at the river. I figured he'd probably made trips, and that my Queens full was good. You can see how that went.

I'm thinking that I should have probably played this differently at some point. Should I have reraised on the flop? Maybe a reraise on the turn? Or just a call on the river instead of a shove?

I'm thinking that my Flop call was a mistake, but I guess I was a bit scared that he'd flopped a straight (Yeah, played scared, my bad). I don't know, I'm having trouble deciding if this was simply bad play or just a bad beat.

Lend me your wisdom.