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  1. #1
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    Default I hate the way I played this.

    PokerStars Game #3534831418: Tournament #17356631, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/01/04 - 20:28:14 (ET)
    Table '17356631 88' Seat #7 is the button
    Seat 1: Ringo22er (1845 in chips)
    Seat 2: clarkinatarr (1185 in chips)
    Seat 3: SamQc (2345 in chips)
    Seat 4: dakota08 (700 in chips)
    Seat 5: covenah (2080 in chips)
    Seat 6: Still_Bill3 (1525 in chips)
    Seat 7: HoboJaws (3740 in chips)
    Seat 8: rdesch (750 in chips)
    Seat 9: llabenin (1870 in chips)
    rdesch: posts small blind 15
    llabenin: posts big blind 30
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to HoboJaws [Qd Qh]
    Ringo22er: raises 30 to 60
    clarkinatarr: raises 120 to 180
    SamQc: folds
    dakota08: calls 180
    covenah: folds
    Still_Bill3 said, "fumble"
    Still_Bill3: folds
    HoboJaws: calls 180
    rdesch: folds
    Still_Bill3 said, "on the bALL"
    llabenin: folds
    Ringo22er: calls 120
    *** FLOP *** [7s Jh 5c]
    Ringo22er: checks
    Still_Bill3 said, "he got jacked up!"
    clarkinatarr: checks
    dakota08: checks
    HoboJaws: bets 3560 and is all-in
    Ringo22er: folds
    clarkinatarr: folds
    dakota08: folds
    HoboJaws collected 765 from pot

    Preflop I couple have raised over but with a raise and a call I didnt really want to commit to too much. I was basically looking for my queens to be a set or a cautious overpair.

    On the flop someone could have been slowplaying a set or even AA. I didnt really know what to do though seeing as I wanted to protect my ladeis from a turn or river K or A.
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  2. #2
    Well, at least you won.

    I think you have to re-raise pre-flop here, 4 way is too many. If someone pushes... you decided they have AA/KK and give up.

    That's an awesome flop with no draws. Only a set calls yours ridiculous overbet. This is a perfect 1/2 pot situation, sets up probe and c-bets. EXTRACT CHIPS!
  3. #3
    I don't mind the call preflop.

    Postflop, pushing to avoid a K/A on the turn is overly scared aggro play. It'll happen sometimes. You're not really that scared of a K IMO, so long as you bet something semi-significant on the flop. I agree that 1/2 pot sounds good here. Show it if you get folds and you can later use 1/2 as a continuation bet in position with decent knowledge of what playback may mean.
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