Bad play or bad beat?

[Wendylady31]

Not new to poker but still consider myself a newbie. Below is a t i played this morning on fulltilt $1 +.25 table (trying to build up HH to see where i'm weakest)


Full Tilt Poker Game #1100940773: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (Turbo) (7481517), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:13:01 ET - 2006/10/14
Seat 1: cj148 (1,260)
Seat 2: pogipogi (1,350)
Seat 3: jennyjenj (2,060)
Seat 4: Canibus Maximus (1,635)
Seat 5: Ima Doofus (2,455)
Seat 6: Gr8_White_Ace (1,280)
Seat 7: WendyLady31 (1,380)
Seat 8: catch87 (1,100)
Seat 9: Hoedog (980)
Gr8_White_Ace posts the small blind of 20
WendyLady31 posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WendyLady31 [9h 9c]
catch87 raises to 80
Hoedog calls 80
cj148 calls 80
pogipogi folds
jennyjenj folds
Canibus Maximus folds
Ima Doofus folds
Gr8_White_Ace folds
WendyLady31 calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Ks 6h 9s]
WendyLady31 bets 40
catch87 raises to 80
Hoedog raises to 120
cj148 folds
WendyLady31 calls 80
catch87 raises to 1,020, and is all in
Hoedog calls 780, and is all in
WendyLady31 calls 900
catch87 shows [7c 8c]
Hoedog shows [Ad Ah]
WendyLady31 shows [9h 9c]
*** TURN *** [Ks 6h 9s] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 6h 9s Jh] [Ts]
catch87 shows a straight, Jack high
WendyLady31 shows three of a kind, Nines
Hoedog: toast
catch87 wins the side pot (240) with a straight, Jack high
Hoedog shows a pair of Aces
catch87 wins the main pot (3,040) with a straight, Jack high
pogipogi: wow
Hoedog stands up
The blinds are now 25/50
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,280 Main pot 3,040. Side pot 240. | Rake 0
Board: [Ks 6h 9s Jh Ts]
Seat 1: cj148 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: pogipogi didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: jennyjenj didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Canibus Maximus didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Ima Doofus (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Gr8_White_Ace (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: WendyLady31 (big blind) showed [9h 9c] and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 8: catch87 showed [7c 8c] and won (3,280) with a straight, Jack high
Seat 9: Hoedog showed [Ad Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces

Should i have bet more preflop? The players in the hand had been agressive from the start but i wasn't able to pick up any really good reads on ppl at this point.

[scarface737]

You played it perfectly; the problem is when you play at such low stakes with the blinds moving fast everybody has to gamble, u got unlucky, but you couldnt have played it much better then u did.

[ShowMeAtlas]

Preflop is fine.

Flop bet is horrible. What are you trying to achieve by betting 40 into a 320 pot? I would lead here for about 200 or so.

As played, I think I would probably call. But this is really just a bad beat post.

[Wendylady31]

Preflop is fine.

Flop bet is horrible. What are you trying to achieve by betting 40 into a 320 pot? I would lead here for about 200 or so.

As played, I think I would probably call. But this is really just a bad beat post.

It was quite early into the t and i didn't have any good reads on ppl..........but yes reading over the HH i should have bet way more into the pot from the beginning............i was hoping to trap someone but ended up getting spanked.

[Da GOAT]

i was hoping to trap someone but ended up getting spanked.

a trap is 40 into a 320 pot

[GatorJH]

Preflop is fine.

Flop bet is horrible. What are you trying to achieve by betting 40 into a 320 pot? I would lead here for about 200 or so.

As played, I think I would probably call. But this is really just a bad beat post.

It was quite early into the t and i didn't have any good reads on ppl..........but yes reading over the HH i should have bet way more into the pot from the beginning............i was hoping to trap someone but ended up getting spanked.

If you really wanted to trap you would have been better off with a check/raise. A bet of only 40 into a pot that big is only inviting everyone else into the pot.

[A10Chief]

Trapping is best when the villain has shown aggression preflop. Sometimes they will donk their whole stack off to you. It's hard to say if a minimum raise constitutes aggression without reads, whether you're playing a $1.25 or a $215. Since there are four people in the pot and one of them was a preflop raiser, you should probably check this flop. Chances are someone will bet, and you can raise and hopefully isolate that person. Then, with a strong hand like a set of nines, you can generally stack them, especially at low limits like this.

[Wendylady31]

Thanks to everyone for the helpful advice with this.........as i said in the first post i still consider myself a newbie and i have a lot to learn yet....sorry Da Goat but sarcasm doesn't help ppl learn when they've come right out and admited they are new and learning.....but hey at least i have a lot of good advice from others to work with.

Thanks again.

[ShowMeAtlas]

Trapping is best when the villain has shown aggression preflop. Sometimes they will donk their whole stack off to you. It's hard to say if a minimum raise constitutes aggression without reads, whether you're playing a $1.25 or a $215. Since there are four people in the pot and one of them was a preflop raiser, you should probably check this flop. Chances are someone will bet, and you can raise and hopefully isolate that person. Then, with a strong hand like a set of nines, you can generally stack them, especially at low limits like this.

I don't like a check raise at all. Why not lead into the preflop raiser since there is a good chance of a reraise? By checkraising we are giving him a chance to get away cheaper.