AQ - two pair

[Borax]

Should I have laid this down Any other comments?

0.25/0.5$ NL 9 players
Dealt to Borax (AQ)
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OpeningBetRound
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SB : Posts small blind 0.25
BB : Posts big blind 0.50
UTG : Folds
UTG+1 : Folds
Borax : Raises for 2.00
UTG+3 : Folds
UTG+4 : Folds
Button : Calls for 2.00
SB : Folds
BB : Folds
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Flop (AJ8)
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Borax : Bets 5.00
Button : Raises for 10.00
Borax : Calls for 5.00
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Turn (Q)
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Borax : Bets 16.00
Button : Went all-in 15.65
Borax : Receives returned betting money 0.35
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River (T)
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Showdown
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Button [ JJJAQ - Three of a Kind ]
Borax [ AAQQJ - Two Pair ]
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Result
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Button Showed Cards (Winning) 53.25


I had recently lost an AKs to an A4o flopping two pairs and maybe I was thinking a bit too much on that hand to see the set here...

[wobbler]

funny...your name changes from Borax to Lendbor in the middle of the hand

I would have assumed you were beat when he reraised your pot sized bet on the flop. What could he have reraised with that you could beat? Maybe you should have folded there.

[Borax]

Mixed up my nicks there. Thanks, I fixed it.

[mcpeepants]

I agree. It smells like 2 pair or a set on the flop, either one you are losing to at that point.

[Borax]

It smells like 2 pair or a set on the flop

Yes, I guess so. I had no good read on the player either, but the table had been betting many medium hands pretty hard and I had just bagged a nice pot against a K8 flopping a K, with my KJ, based on this knowledge. I think it's easy to get too optimistic at tables like this. Need to improve on self control there

[bspahn]

i would say lacking a read in general you're better getting out of hands earlier with aggression shown against you. unless you're willing to fork out a good chunk of your stack to find out why they were raising/betting.

[Greedo017]

its always hard to play at tables where top pair will often get a lot of action, because then you can never tell the difference between someone who is playing crap and someone who isn't. its just a risk you take. that turn card was a killer. I think you did fine myself. if he had a full stack and was throwing bigger raises around, ok, but losing half a buy-in on 2 pair to a set is nothing to be ashamed of.

[Fnord]

If the money was deeper I'd tell you to fold pre-flop.

I think calling the flop raise is pretty bad. If you can't re-raise then fold.

[Borax]

ok - I should probably have folded to his raise on the flop.
but when the Q comes on the turn it's pretty hard not to play on.
His betting could indicate any two pair as well as AK besides a possible set, so i think my bet on the turn was ok.

[Cocco_Bill]

After that turn I'm losing my stack here