Sets only from now on please, overpairs give me heart palpatations

Michaelson · #1 02-03-2007, 03:02 AM

Villain is 17/12/4 after 250 hands or so. We haven't tangled much. I'm 26/19 on his table, and I've been playing pretty aggressively. I am absolutely lost in this hand.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (5 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter

MP ($920.40)
Button ($394)
SB ($555.85)
Hero ($739.20)
UTG ($390)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $2.
1 fold, MP raises to $8, 1 fold, SB (poster) calls $6, Hero raises to $32, MP folds, SB calls $28.

Flop: ($80) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)

villain checks, hero bets $60, villain raises to $200 total, hero wonders what to do...

[By the way, if anyone could fill me in about exactly what I'm doing wrong with the converter (I can't seem to ever get them to convert hands in full) that's be great]

Michaelson · #2 02-03-2007, 03:03 AM

Oh yeah, and raise more preflop, obv. Not sure what I was thinking.

PeeWee · #3 02-03-2007, 04:00 AM

I would fold, QQ is not good enough to risk almost 2 buyins unimproved.

goofyballer · #4 02-03-2007, 04:03 AM

pal·pi·tate /&#712;pælp&#618;&#716;te&#618;t/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pal-pi-teyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -tat·ed, -tat·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter: His heart palpitated wildly.

Thought this might help others like it helped me!

Marwan · #5 02-03-2007, 04:20 AM

Im gonna make an effort to use palpatation in a sentence next time I talk to someone..

crappy spot, I think I fold against a TAG/Nit like that.. I was in 2 similar spots today w/AA against looser opponents.. lost both to sets.. not saying that everytime someone c/raises you should fold an overpair, but, I think it's correct here.. fact is, most people tell you how strong their hand is, it's hard to listen sometimes cuz nobody likes folding overpairs, so we ignore or try to rationalize.. "he could have this, I could beat this".. when in fact, he's prolly not c/ring with much we beat.. 100BB stacks would be tougher for me though

Michaelson · #6 02-03-2007, 06:46 AM

I can't believe 'palpitation' is considered an obscure word.

I'm glad people advocate folding. The more I think of it the more obvious it seems. And I was leaning towards fold before I timed out.

Really, though, I lose all control of the hand by calling, and shoving seems a total spew. Villain smooth called a raise then a re-raise out of the small blind and it screams a small pair. I really need to make an effort to be more dispassionate in these spots in the future, though, because usually I get the chips in.

goofyballer · #7 02-03-2007, 06:52 AM

To at least 2 SSNLers (me and someone I just asked) it is. However, we are now all educated!

Djeorge · #8 02-03-2007, 06:53 AM

I fold QQ here. What do people do with AA?

Michaelson · #9 02-03-2007, 07:09 AM

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To at least 2 SSNLers (me and someone I just asked) it is. However, we are now all educated!

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And I thought I didn't have anything to offer this forum.

I fold AA if I fold QQ here. I'm not really worried about an overpair to mine from this opponent. Maybe he's trickier than I'm giving him credit for, but I really don't see him playing so slowly preflop out of the SB in this spot with a big pair.