PS $22 180 hand
 

Should I be raising more preflop here? Even though the big stacks are pretty loose, I'm not sure if I could have gotten more value with a bigger raise preflop or if it would scare them off.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (8 handed) converter

Button (t2755)
SB (t5220)
BB (t5285)
UTG (t795)
UTG+1 (t3178)
Hero (t2645)
MP2 (t11745)
CO (t14753)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t600</font>, MP2 calls t600, CO calls t600, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (t2100) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

Turn: (t2100) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

River: (t2100) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

Final Pot: t2100

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has 5s Qs (one pair, queens).
MP2 has Ac 9c (one pair, nines).
CO doesn't show.
Outcome: Hero wins t2100. </font>

Re: PS $22 180 hand
 

Wrong forum. But I bet you've noticed that by now.

Re: PS $22 180 hand
 

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I love comments like this.

Probably could have raised more if the 12k stack was loose. It's not like you're going to lose the hand or anything.

EDIT: Definitely should have pushed at some point.

Re: PS $22 180 hand
 

Isn't this a preflop limp? You really don't want to raise here and scare off the fish who are drawing dead. Sure you give up your edge preflop, but with hands like this your edge is almost as big post flop where you'll be able to get in far more money due to your preflop deception.

Re: PS $22 180 hand
 

Am I misreading something? Are we really playing Q5s?

Re: PS $22 180 hand
 

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Am I misreading something? Are we really playing Q5s?

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It's pretty obvious we're playing it, the question is should I have raised more? Perhaps limped?

Jared

Re: PS $22 180 hand
 

What about limp-reraising all-in? If MP2 is the initial raiser and is aggressive, he's gotta be calling your push with a 12k stack.

Re: PS $22 180 hand
 

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Looked like a clear pre-flop fold to me too.

Re: PS $22 180 hand
 

What happened on the flop and other streets? Don't tell me you checked it down. You can't afford to check strong hands like this. I like the raise preflop, but a limp/raise might have also worked if you felt the table was being somewhat aggressive.

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Am I misreading something? Are we really playing Q5s?

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Looked like a clear pre-flop fold to me too.

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this is obviously incorrect