Played correctly?

[aytopper]

Alright, $10-Sng. Early in the tournament and only a few hands were played and I am now the SB. Up until now the table seemed fairly tight.

#Game No : 3452168955
***** Hand History for Game 3452168955 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:19630953 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Saturday, January 28, 14:14:34 EDT 2006
Table Table 67261 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 4: player1 ( $800 )
Seat 1: player2 ( $755 )
Seat 9: player3 ( $800 )
Seat 6: player4 ( $800 )
Seat 10: player5 ( $970 )
Seat 3: hero ( $690 )
Seat 5: villian ( $785 )
Seat 2: player6 ( $845 )
Seat 8: player7 ( $770 )
Seat 7: player8 ( $785 )
Trny:19630953 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hero [ 5c 2c ]
villian calls [15].
player4 folds.
player8 calls [15].
player7 folds.
player3 folds.
player5 folds.
player2 folds.
player6 folds.
hero calls [5].
player1 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, 2h, 5h ]
hero checks.
player1 bets [55].
villian raises [200].
player8 folds.
hero is all-In [675]
player1 folds.
villian calls [475].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
villian shows [ 8h, 8c ] two pairs, eights and sixes.
hero shows [ 5c, 2c ] two pairs, sixes and fives.
villian wins 1465 chips from the main pot with two pairs, eights and sixes.
hero finished in tenth place.


Okay, maybe some of you may be thinking that my problem was that I limped with the 2-5o, but with 11:1 pot odds isn't it a must to call here? Anyway when the "villian" raised, I was thinking that he was either on a flush draw, straight draw(doubtful), had TPGK, or had a small pair(which I was leaning most towards), which in all the cases I was winning the hand at the time. Doubt he would have raised if he flopped the straight or trips. Not complaining one bit about the outcome, just want to know if I played it right or not.

Thanks.

--aytopper

[donkbee]

Completing to play your 25s is fine.

With the flush draw and straight draw on the board (in fact, if someone likes limping 34s, it's a made straight already), I don't check this flop. Bet 3/4 of the pot and if you meet resistance, consider what you think he has. That's the danger of flopping low two pair, you can be counterfeited on the streets to come. You ended up with all your chips in on the flop anyway, so nothing you could have done about the outcome. But yeah, bet on the flop, don't give the chance for free cards.

[vqc]

everyone shoudl stop slowplaying sets and two pairs 100% of the time when the board is connected in one way or another.

theres a right time to slowplay sets on connecte boards, but its not 100% of hte time.

[boost]

everyone shoudl stop slowplaying sets and two pairs 100% of the time when the board is connected in one way or another.

theres a right time to slowplay sets on connecte boards, but its not 100% of hte time.

qft

With 2 limpers and the bb still in the hand, you are NO clue what people are holding, truthfully at a 10$ sngs I happy get my chips all in on this flop, some might not agree, but I think that any pp, TPTK (or even just TP as sad as it is..) will pay you off, possibly more hands too, draws included. So I think there are a lot more hands paying you off then there are beating you all in on this flop. None the less, you need to bet here, you cannot check, what happens whne everyone checks behind you and the turn comes a 3, a 4, or a heart? Truthfully this is probably the worst situation to try and check raise, first off there are 3 other people in the hand, second no one has raised preflop, third your hand is not strong enough. Youve flopped a nice hand after getting in almost for free, be happy to take down the pot now, if someone wants to give you more, take it. Lucky for you someone did bet the flop and let you check raise, also it was nice that you ended up with your chips in ahead, this is always good. You got sucked out on, oh well.

[aleksandr]

I'll just note from experience that 11:1 pot odds doesn't mean jack if you'll occasionally get yourself knocked out by playing too aggressively. 11:1 means that when you occasionally hit that coveted 52x flop, you can bet the pot and make a profit directly on the flop. Early tournament I'm playing to get to 1900 and not fall below 1000, and if the aces come and double me up, they come, and if not, I'm not bad off. Small pots, big raises to find out where I stand.

[aleksandr]

On revision, you did not play the hand poorly, and you got your chips in with the best of it, and I'd certainly fold 88 to that all-in bet. Also you're playing on Party which dictates aggression, all good reasons for pushing here. Still though, if you figure at least one of the limpers for a higher PP than you here, you should know that they're drawing to 6 outs and 10 outs respectively against your 2 pair, but take into account where you'll be sitting if you win and lose. 1600 chips isn't terrible, but it's not a sure victory; 0 chips is you're toast.

[vqc]

On revision, you did not play the hand poorly, and you got your chips in with the best of it, and I'd certainly fold 88 to that all-in bet.

just to nitpick, i disagree.
he did play it poorly becuase he did not lead. That will definitely lose u some sklansky bucks when u dont force draws to pay.

just nitpicking tho, u cant go wrong with getting all ur chips in on the flop, its just the method getting u there that can be disputed.

[Trikflow77]

lead with pot size bet all day with bottom 2...........

[swiggidy]

Don't forget the important question in analysis:
Would you have played it the same way if you could see his cards?

[aytopper]

Wow, thanks for all the responses. Didn't think there would be so many. To answer your question swiggidy, if I could see his cards on the flop I think the hand would have played out just about the same. Maybe just a reraise to about 450 or so and im sure he would have went all-in.

Thanks again for all the help guys/gals.


--aytopper

[Sprayed]

I would get all of my chips in on the flop with two pair on a coordinated board. Although, I wouldn't have completed the small blind.

[badandy519]

If you aren't completing your SB for 5 chips in a limped pot with suited gappers, you are probably missing out on some value.