Looking for some differing views on this hand - $4/180

[Tre976]

I left chips on the table and I was hoping for some input on how others would have played this.


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PokerStars Game #7330025469: Tournament #37484991, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/12/06 - 20:10:01 (ET)
Table '37484991 11' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: badlilmonkey (1590 in chips)
Seat 2: Shippy_ship (1420 in chips)
Seat 3: usamgt (1430 in chips)
Seat 4: hfxsurveyor (920 in chips)
Seat 5: moose2l (2410 in chips)
Seat 6: squigg_23 (2510 in chips)
Seat 7: mojo --muff (1420 in chips)
Seat 8: cddrjd (1430 in chips)
Seat 9: irishgyrl (1840 in chips)
irishgyrl: posts small blind 10
badlilmonkey: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to badlilmonkey [Jd Jc]
Shippy_ship: folds
usamgt: folds
hfxsurveyor: folds
moose2l: calls 20
squigg_23: folds
mojo --muff: folds
cddrjd: calls 20
irishgyrl: raises 60 to 80
badlilmonkey: raises 120 to 200
moose2l: folds
cddrjd: folds
irishgyrl: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [Jh 7h 5s]
irishgyrl: checks
badlilmonkey: bets 120
irishgyrl: calls 120
*** TURN *** [Jh 7h 5s] [Th]
irishgyrl: checks
badlilmonkey: bets 200
irishgyrl: raises 200 to 400
badlilmonkey: calls 200
*** RIVER *** [Jh 7h 5s Th] [6c]
irishgyrl: bets 300
badlilmonkey: calls 300
*** SHOW DOWN ***
irishgyrl: shows [7c 7s] (three of a kind, Sevens)
badlilmonkey: shows [Jd Jc] (three of a kind, Jacks)
badlilmonkey collected 2080 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2080 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 7h 5s Th 6c]
Seat 1: badlilmonkey (big blind) showed [Jd Jc] and won (2080) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 2: Shippy_ship folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: usamgt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: hfxsurveyor folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: moose2l folded before Flop
Seat 6: squigg_23 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: mojo --muff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: cddrjd (button) folded before Flop
Seat 9: irishgyrl (small blind) showed [7c 7s] and lost with three of a kind, Sevens

[Tre976]

I think my biggest flaw was not thinking thru her hand ranges pf and then assigning them to her (based on the flop) once I saw 2 hearts and a 3rd on the turn.

[zoobird]

Please use the hand converter next time.

Not really sure of the purpose of your small pre-flop re-raise. If you think you're ahead of villain's raising range, then do a bigger re-raise. Otherwise just call.

On the flop, I'd make a bigger raise specifically to make calling with a flush draw a mistake for villain.

Once the third heart falls I'd suspect I'm likely behind and check behind on the turn and check/call on the river.

[imdreaming]

I agree with the above post. I really don't see how you would want to commit a lot of chips to this pot. Yes you flopped top set, but the way the villian played could have made it possible that he/she was on a flush draw. I think you got almost maximum value from this hand in this situation. At the 4/180 level people will chase that flush so in my opinion, this play was OK. But like the above poster wrote, a bigger raise after the flop will discourage many from chasing that flush.

[BigAlK]

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I agree with the above post. I really don't see how you would want to commit a lot of chips to this pot. Yes you flopped top set, but the way the villian played could have made it possible that he/she was on a flush draw. I think you got almost maximum value from this hand in this situation. At the 4/180 level people will chase that flush so in my opinion, this play was OK. But like the above poster wrote, a bigger raise after the flop will discourage many from chasing that flush.

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The bigger re-raise pre-flop if you're going to re-raise this would build a bigger pot. Then appropriate sized bets to make chasing the flush a mistake would have built it proportinately more. It seems to me the re-raise size pre-flop was where chips were left on the table.

[Tre976]

any general rule of thumb you use for a pf re-raise? X amount times the raise?