Poker rookie causes aneurysm! hehe

melikebeer

I'm a very-low-limit player (max .50/1.00 limit, $10 SnG's & MTTs), still reading books, still learning pot odds, etc…soooooo much to learn yet.  I'm sorta-good enough to not be a losing player and stay 'plus' above my invested money and earned bonuses, but not a huge 'plus' - I'm just having fun for now.  So, that disclaimer aside…did I in any way misplay this hand?  Buddy was pretty upset.  I'm mostly posting this 'cuz I think it's funny, but if I misplayed the hand, I could use the edumication...

Very early in a 850+ player $5 + $1 No Limit Texas Hold'em no rebuys  MTT on Paradise, not even once around the board yet, blinds 10/20, start with 1,500
(Online poker screen names have been changed to protect the innocent & the inebriated…I'm in Seat 4)

Seat 7 the button: Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: 1,390 in chips, was dealt [ Td Ts ]
Seats 8, 9, 10, 1, 2, 3:  between 1,200 and 1,960 in chips
Seat 4: Checkie McLimpennfoulde (me) 1,400 in chips: Dealt [ Kh, Jh ]
Seat 5: 2,690 in chips, Seat 6: 590 in chips
Seat 8: Post Small Blind (10), Seat 9 : Post Big Blind (20)
Seat 10 : Call (20), Seat 1 & 2: Fold , Seat 3: Call (20)
Checkie McLimpennfoulde: Raise (80)
Seat 4: Fold , Seat 6: Call (80)
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: Call (80)
Seat 8 & 9: Fold , Seat 10  Call (60), Seat 3: Fold
*** FLOP *** : [ Tc Qs 2s ]
Seat 10 : Check
Checkie McLimpennfoulde: Bet (100)
<semi-bluff open-ended draw for the nut straight, right?>
Seat 6 : Fold
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: Call (100)
<he should have raised here right?>
Seat 10 : Fold
*** TURN *** : [ Tc Qs 2s ] [ 9h ]
Checkie McLimpennfoulde: Bet (200)
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: Raise (700)
Checkie McLimpennfoulde: Raise (1,020)
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: Call All-in (510)
*** RIVER *** : [ Tc Qs 2s 9h ] [ 4h ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 2,990 | Board: [ Tc Qs 2s 9h 4h ]
Checkie McLimpennfoulde bet 1,400, collected 3,000, net +1,600 (showed hand) [ Kh Jh ] (a straight, nine to king)
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: lost 1,390 (showed hand) [ Td Ts ] (three of a kind, tens)

Chat is now re-enabled
Checkie McLimpennfoulde shows a straight, nine to king
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: shows three of a kind, tens
Checkie McLimpennfoulde wins (2,990) with a straight, nine to king
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: finished in 809th place
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: are you kiddin\
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: : n=
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: thats bulls***
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: ass   holw
Checkie McLimpennfoulde: online poker is rigged
<OK, maybe I shouldn't have said anything>
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude:  \your an ass
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: rigged
Unhappy High-Strung Over-Caffeinated Dude: ive never been thi9s pissed

(Incidentally, I finished 135th…I was 8th out of 170 standing at one point but my AJs and AQo lost out to pocket 10's and pocket Kings <sigh>)

So, should I be chuckling, or reviewing my play?

BBC Z

Villian should be pissed, he made his hand on the flop, gave away a free card and busted out because of it.. Of course, the mirror should be the one undergoing the barrage..

Well played.

One question: What do you do if he reraises all-in on the flop ?

I was 8th out of 170 standing at one point but my AJs and AQo lost out to pocket 10's and pocket Kings <sigh>)

So, should I be chuckling, or reviewing my play?

Learn WHEN you want to take coin flips and against which opponents.. Generally, never flip the coin against a player of the same stack unless you are being consumed by the blinds..

zero

Ya I don't really find anything wrong with your play. If you were trying to buy the pot on the flop, you're bet was too small, if not you played it right. All I see is that this guy slow played his set and you burned him. Good job says I.

melikebeer

Well played.

Cool, and thanks!  <sighs relieved>
And thanks zero - my thought was a semi-bluff, hoping to either buy the pot or get one call-station caller & see the turn semi-cheap.  It worked out a lot better than I anticipated.

One question: What do you do if he reraises all-in on the flop ?

Oh I would have folded in a heart-beat...waaaay to early to bust out on a draw, even a pretty decent draw (right?). Blinds are still super low.

Learn WHEN you want to take coin flips and against which opponents.. Generally, never flip the coin against a player of the same stack unless you are being consumed by the blinds..

Good advice, and thanks - I'll take that to heart.  I enjoy the cheap MTTs, but have soooo much to learn about the ebb and flow of them.  There always seems to be one point near the end where I 'jake out', once in a while it pays off (lucky bastard), the rest of the times I sign off to play Splinter Cell.

Zithal

BBC Z wrote:

Villian should be pissed, he made his hand on the flop, gave away a free card and busted out because of it

Completely agree. Take a look at that flop. Not only is there a straight possibility, but there are two clubs on board. The tens either need to raise enough to give draws a bad price to call, or if they're going to risk slow playing, need to be ready to give up the hand or slow down if a scare card hits.

Villian was married to his trips and was probably more pissed off at his own stupidity than your play (I've been there many times myself!)

zero

melikebeer wrote:

And thanks zero - my thought was a semi-bluff, hoping to either buy the pot or get one call-station caller & see the turn semi-cheap. It worked out a lot better than I anticipated.

In case you didn't know, if you want to buy a pot you generally have to make a pot sized bet, or close to it.

BBC Z

Oh I would have folded in a heart-beat...waaaay to early to bust out on a draw, even a pretty decent draw (right?). Blinds are still super low.

+1 Good answer. Seems like yer on the good road for success..