$20r on Stars

Forget what I had. Thoughts on how he played his 9's? It's still the rebuy period, but my table isn't gambling at all and playing it out like a normal freezeout, so he has no reason to think a worse hand'll play back at him besides a big spade draw and his equity against it is bad enough for him to get away.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) Courtesy of

saw flop|saw showdown

SB (t4120)
BB (t6630)
UTG (t515)
UTG+1 (t5395)
Hero (t4150)
MP2 (t13030)
MP3 (t11455)
CO (t3050)
Button (t1200)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , .
2 folds, Hero raises to t350, 5 folds, BB calls t250.

Flop: (t750) , , (2 players)
BB bets t300, Hero calls t300.

Turn: (t1350) (2 players)
BB bets t400, Hero calls t400.

River: (t2150) (2 players)
BB bets t580, Hero calls t580.

Final Pot: t3310

Results in white below:
BB has 9s 9c (two pair, kings and nines).
Hero has Qc Qd (two pair, kings and queens).
Outcome: Hero wins t3310.

I don't mind the flop bet at all, I don't hate the turn bet, but the river bet is pretty bad. At this point, 99 should realize he is beat and if he's going to bluff, he needs to put more pressure on hero. Such a small bet is going to get looked up by whatever better hand hero has.

Lee