I am aware of the mistake that I made by limping with QQ here, but I was sure (because of the players) that there will be a raise by the time action comes back to me so I was figuring that I will go over the top on someones CB on flop... Normally, I NEVER (this is my 2nd time I believe) limp high PP... bad?


I feel I played this hand as I should have, only I shouldn't have called the river bet.. Or should I because it's smallish to the pot size? also, villain has been know to bluff in LOTS of stupid situations...


same thing, right? I should just fold to the river bet?.. I am beginning to see a pattern here...


This shortie just sat down so absolutely no reads at that moment...
I know this guy is a shortie, but I think I made a right decision in folding here. thoughts?


This is just plain bad.. right.. If I thought I am in front I should have pushed the turn and not let this guy push the river and then call... before that, just fold PF, right?


Besides playing cautiously since these are not very good cards, what had to be done differently because I honestly didn't put anyone on a boat here since their previous play and play in this hand didn't show that... I was mainly playing the way I was in this hand because I wanted to nail the draws that I was sure are out there... ?

Hand 1: I don't like a limp-reraise with QQ unless I am playing an aggro maniac. You say you know it's going to be raised, but then you don't reraise preflop? You let another person into your pot, and I don't want to see pots with more than one person when I have QQ and a choice to reraise here. I reraise to $3 preflop and then on that flop play for my stack.

Hand 2: Don't call the river bet, that is giving away money at this level
Hand 3: Don't call the river bet, that is giving away money at this level
Hand 4: I have absolutely no respect for shorties...I probably would have pushed there. I'm not a big fan of the fold.
Hand 5: I like a bigger raise preflop if you are going to raise($1.25)...folding this here isn't the worst thing you can do, and I do like a fold more. After you get checkraised on the flop, I would toss it. Bottom pair with a marginal draw isn't worth chasing at NL25, nor any other levels. On the turn...well, it gets ugly. He doesn't seem to fear the flush...with all his strength, I think he has you beat here most of the time.
Hand 6: Buy in for full at NL25 IMO. I actually don't mind the way you played it based on your stack size. I don't imagine you won the hand though based on the two callers...most of the time someone here has a better 3, although you might chop a good portion of the times someone does have that 3.

I would not post so many hands together...it gets fewer responses.

thanks Danhdan... looking back at hand 4 and hand 5... in hand 4 he had KK and looking at it now i messed up whole play because I should have 1.folded 2.folded on flop 3. pushed on turn 4. folded on river ......
in hand 5., well, I still think that I am supposed to play those more carefully because I had these situations already where I check the BB with marginal hand, then flop trips and then lose a stack. That being said, I was well aware of that when I played this hand and that is why I was overbetting to flush out the flush draws disbelieving that anybody would limp an off suited 3... in the end, villain 1 got backdoor flush (he held 9[h]T[h] and the other guy had K[d][9s] so I think that really the only way to leave unharmed was to slow down...

From now on, no more than 2 hands per post.. I realize that it can be tedious to answer to 5 posted hands... Thanks..

thank you guys....