queens early in micro sng

[Roco415]

PokerStars Game #8295479519: Tournament #42305963, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/02/05 - 16:38:21 (ET)
Table '42305963 2' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Roco415 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: !_TheJ1nx_! (1520 in chips)
Seat 3: JulieTrailer (1140 in chips)
Seat 4: Atokad62 (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: debbyad (1350 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: bullets911 (2040 in chips)
Seat 7: $ERGIO.$84 (1650 in chips)
Seat 8: tincup BOB (1460 in chips)
Seat 9: smokey1877 (1370 in chips)
smokey1877: posts small blind 10
Roco415: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Roco415 [Qc Qh]
!_TheJ1nx_!: folds
JulieTrailer: calls 20
Atokad62: folds
debbyad: folds
bullets911: calls 20
$ERGIO.$84: calls 20
tincup BOB: calls 20
smokey1877: calls 10
Roco415: raises 180 to 200
JulieTrailer: calls 180
bullets911: folds
$ERGIO.$84: folds
tincup BOB: folds
smokey1877: calls 180
*** FLOP *** [3h 4s 5d]
smokey1877: checks
Roco415: bets 400
JulieTrailer: raises 400 to 800
smokey1877: folds
Roco415: raises 420 to 1220
JulieTrailer: calls 140 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [3h 4s 5d] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [3h 4s 5d 7c] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Roco415: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
JulieTrailer: shows [4d 2d] (a straight, Ace to Five)
JulieTrailer collected 2540 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2540 | Rake 0
Board [3h 4s 5d 7c Ah]
Seat 1: Roco415 (big blind) showed [Qc Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: !_TheJ1nx_! folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: JulieTrailer showed [4d 2d] and won (2540) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 4: Atokad62 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: debbyad folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bullets911 folded before Flop
Seat 7: $ERGIO.$84 folded before Flop
Seat 8: tincup BOB (button) folded before Flop
Seat 9: smokey1877 (small blind) folded on the Flop


i raised alot preflop and i thought i played it well on the flop just trying to win the pot, the guy raises me and i just reraise because he could easily have a smaller over pair, i was correct in assuming i was ahead but still fell short on this hand.
anything i couldve done diff, or am i just a victim of probability?

[taipan168]

I think you played this fine. Nh. If these donkeys want to call such a huge raise with 42s then good luck to them, because they'll need it!

[givememyleg]

Do the same thing next time except hold up.

[MagyarSHU]

Well played,you merely got beaten by a donk . It happens to everyone. The more it happens the better you'll deal with it. Just remember that most of the time you wind up taking their stack, not vice versa (you were still the big favorite up until rivermaker hit her str8).

[Xioustic]

As played, your odds when you put your cash in were about 52% to 48% in your favor. So it was a coinflip if you knew his cards.

Board: 3h 4s 5d
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 47.828% 45.86% 01.97% 76219526 3274261.00 { 4d2d }
Hand 1: 52.172% 50.20% 01.97% 83441292 3274267.50 { QcQh }

However, he shouldn't have been playing those cards, so there's no way to know that. But if you look at it this way: if you had been dealt pocket aces, pocket kings, pocket jacks, etc. you still would have lost and you would have to play it the same way. So this is simply a case of being beaten by cards that shouldn't theoretically be there in this situation.

Don't worry about it, it's just a little buy-in. This stuff doesn't happen often when you move up to the next level ($5.50+).

[taipan168]

Don't worry about it, it's just a little buy-in. This stuff doesn't happen often when you move up to the next level ($5.50+).

I disagree.

POKERSTARS GAME #8240317013: TOURNAMENT #42030825, $25+$2 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL III (25/50) - 2007/02/02 - 06:47:57 (ET)
Table '42030825 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: sweeteuro (2115 in chips)
Seat 2: DrunkenDino (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: taipan168 (1400 in chips)
Seat 4: Bjorg009 (2575 in chips)
Seat 5: JOHN416 (1613 in chips)
Seat 6: blackdusters (1250 in chips)
Seat 7: Jdeezy22 (1257 in chips)
Seat 8: Sonia-Louise (755 in chips)
Seat 9: OliMickey (1045 in chips)
OliMickey: posts small blind 25
sweeteuro: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to taipan168 [Kh Kd]
DrunkenDino: folds
taipan168: raises 100 to 150
Bjorg009: folds
JOHN416: calls 150
blackdusters: folds
Jdeezy22: folds
Sonia-Louise: folds
OliMickey: folds
sweeteuro: folds
*** FLOP *** [9h 2s 8d]
taipan168: bets 300
JOHN416: calls 300
*** TURN *** [9h 2s 8d] [5s]
taipan168: bets 950 and is all-in
JOHN416: calls 950
*** RIVER *** [9h 2s 8d 5s] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
taipan168: shows [Kh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
JOHN416: shows [3d 2d] (three of a kind, Deuces)
JOHN416 collected 2875 from pot

[Sprayed]

This is why poker is so profitable and this is why I play.

[bigslikk]

Personally I like to raise more with QQ+ in the micro SNG's so that we're both more pot committed. You know people will have trouble getting away from AQ+ and 99-JJ no matter what the raise.

Reasoning: see the 22 every hand v. AA every hand point about preflop raising. If aces limp, then theywill always lose long run (22 waits for set, then stacks AA). I'd do 350-400. Sounds dumb, but it's a dollar SNG and people can hardly get away from what "looks pretty." Anyway, as played, you were just bad beat nothing to say really.

[Punky99]

no they shouldnt have been in that hand, but in the micro limits 1's and 5's and even some 10's they play any suited cards and most connectors.

[hitorque]

it happens in the 5.50's and 6.50's for sure. sadly.
if it makes you feel any better, sharkscope the villain daily and watch his stats get worse.

[Xioustic]

it happens in the 5.50's and 6.50's for sure. sadly.
if it makes you feel any better, sharkscope the villain daily and watch his stats get worse.

I loled. Put her at my table any day. She feeds the prize pool.