Pocket Pairs...raise pre-flop?
Hi All,
Fairly new to the forum, but so far I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all the posts. Lots of great information here.
I have been playing poker online for about a year now, mainly SnG's on PP and PS's.
I have been trying to figure out the best plays for Pocket Pairs.....as I find myself loosing with them quite often. Here is an example of my most recent failure with Pockets...
PokerStars Game #3017053692: Tournament #14705273, Hold'em No Limit -
Level V (75/150) - 2005/11/09 - 20:59:17 (ET)
Table '14705273 52' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: pooh74 (3315 in chips)
Seat 2: mot98 (2785 in chips)
Seat 3: Cluso (3515 in chips)
Seat 4: NAGRP (1490 in chips)
Seat 5: felon (3440 in chips)
Seat 6: Danzer (2890 in chips)
Seat 7: TommyTunes71 (3240 in chips)
Seat 8: splifer01 (5730 in chips)
Seat 9: McAveragey (6095 in chips)
Cluso: posts small blind 75
NAGRP: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mot98 [Kh Ks]
felon: folds
Danzer: raises 300 to 450
TommyTunes71: folds
splifer01: folds
McAveragey: folds
pooh74: folds
mot98: calls 450
Cluso: folds
NAGRP: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qd 8h 5s]
Danzer: bets 1200
mot98: raises 1135 to 2335 and is all-in
Danzer: calls 1135
*** TURN *** [Qd 8h 5s] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 8h 5s 8d] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Danzer: shows [9d 9s] (a full house, Nines full of Eights)
mot98: shows [Kh Ks] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
Danzer collected 5795 from pot
Did I play this hand wrong??....
Fairly new to the forum, but so far I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all the posts. Lots of great information here.
I have been playing poker online for about a year now, mainly SnG's on PP and PS's.
I have been trying to figure out the best plays for Pocket Pairs.....as I find myself loosing with them quite often. Here is an example of my most recent failure with Pockets...
PokerStars Game #3017053692: Tournament #14705273, Hold'em No Limit -
Level V (75/150) - 2005/11/09 - 20:59:17 (ET)
Table '14705273 52' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: pooh74 (3315 in chips)
Seat 2: mot98 (2785 in chips)
Seat 3: Cluso (3515 in chips)
Seat 4: NAGRP (1490 in chips)
Seat 5: felon (3440 in chips)
Seat 6: Danzer (2890 in chips)
Seat 7: TommyTunes71 (3240 in chips)
Seat 8: splifer01 (5730 in chips)
Seat 9: McAveragey (6095 in chips)
Cluso: posts small blind 75
NAGRP: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mot98 [Kh Ks]
felon: folds
Danzer: raises 300 to 450
TommyTunes71: folds
splifer01: folds
McAveragey: folds
pooh74: folds
mot98: calls 450
Cluso: folds
NAGRP: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qd 8h 5s]
Danzer: bets 1200
mot98: raises 1135 to 2335 and is all-in
Danzer: calls 1135
*** TURN *** [Qd 8h 5s] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 8h 5s 8d] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Danzer: shows [9d 9s] (a full house, Nines full of Eights)
mot98: shows [Kh Ks] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
Danzer collected 5795 from pot
Did I play this hand wrong??....
Comments
Not a problem...more so just a frustration as this seems to happen all the time. Personally I thought I played the hand right, but I thought I would throw it out there to see everyones opinion.
Otherwise, the play on the flop is fine.
Suckouts happen all the time, no matter how well you play the hand.
I have no idea what you're talking about
Who won that tourney by the way?  :D
/g2
To be fair to the villain, it's hard to put his opponent on an overpair now, with the anti-villain only calling his preflop raise. To him, only a Queen beats him. I still don't like the call of the flop raise, but depending on what his level of thought is, he could be putting his opponent on a move, or a stop-and-go play and could think he's ahead when he gets his money in.
It's not great, but It's not as bad as you think.
Hopefully next time, the poker gods will look more favourably on me...lol