FT $5.50 - QQ 2nd Hand

ronbo1964 · #1 04-15-2007, 11:39 PM

Second hand ... No reads ... QQ in the SB ... Feedback for play on all streets appreciated ... Biggest question is playing this big of a pot on the 2nd hand ...

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t15/t30
9 players
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Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
7 folds, Hero raises to t90, BB calls t60 (pot was t105).

Flop: 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t180, 2 players)
Hero bets t390, BB calls t390 (pot was t570).

Turn: J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t960, 2 players)
Hero is all-in t990, BB calls t990 (pot was t1950).

River: : (t2940, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t2940)

Results:
Final pot: t2940

Jago · #2 04-15-2007, 11:43 PM

why did you bet so much on the flop? 150-180 is the standard bet here.
As played you have to push the turn

mrmrdan · #3 04-15-2007, 11:50 PM

Raise more preflop. ????Flop bet???? Check or shove turn.

ronbo1964 · #4 04-16-2007, 09:56 AM

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why did you bet so much on the flop? 150-180 is the standard bet here.
As played you have to push the turn

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At this level, I like to play my strong hands strongly ... The bet is designed to efine his hand ... I put enough in the pot to give him incentive to come over the top with Aces or Kings, but enough so that I could possibly get away with it ... It's also designed to price out the flush draw, and make TPTK pay for being a donk ...

Ampelmann · #5 04-16-2007, 10:00 AM

I have no idea what your flop bet is going to accomplish. If he is on a draw you essentially force him to play correclty (i.e. fold; if he still calls, great). If he has solid values you lose the max.

Bet like 3/4 on the flop and then maybe 1/2 on the turn.

As played, shove turn.

Ampelmann · #6 04-16-2007, 10:02 AM

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why did you bet so much on the flop? 150-180 is the standard bet here.
As played you have to push the turn

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At this level, I like to play my strong hands strongly ... The bet is designed to efine his hand

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So he defined his hand by calling (if he's competent he's clearly saying "I have an overpair severely beat") and still you shove the turn?

Ampelmann · #7 04-16-2007, 10:03 AM

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Raise more preflop.

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Nah, 3x is good here. You're opening in late position with a strong hand and you want action.

Edit: I just realized that we're OOP. So I wouldn't hate a 4x-raise.

RexWoo · #8 04-16-2007, 11:10 AM

A pot size bet is enough on the flop. Anyway you will want to go all in when possible with this hand / this board.