Live 1-2 Hand

[pnutbutr]

Had been at the table for an hour or so and had a somewhat decent read on the two players involved in this hand. Villain 1 (SB) was somewhat erratic, but fairly loose aggressive. Villain 1 (UTG+1) was somewhat tight-aggressive. I had picked up a few small pots and had about $330-340 in front of me. Here goes....

In the cutoff, dealt [Qh]

UTG+1 and 4 others call the $2BB, I raise to $12

Button folds, SB completes, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, everyone else folds so now

Pot: $46

Flop: [Jd][Tc]

SB checks, UTG+1 Bets $45, I raise to $150, SB cold calls, UTG+1 pushes for like $500 (had us both covered), I call, SB calls (his stack was a little bigger than mine... $400 ish).

I'm horrified as the next two cards off the deck are and

SB flips over [7c] for the flush and the scoop as UTG+1 flips [9s].

Where did I go wrong here? TIA

[iceman5]

You played it perfectly. Poker just sucks quite often.

[k3nt]

Um, yeah. You flop the nuts, you stick the money in. Are you seriously looking for advice?

The only advice I would give is don't play $1/2 if you can't handle losing $340 on a bad beat. Oh, and don't play $1/2 if you aren't sure enough of your game to know what a bad beat is and that they happen sometimes.

[pnutbutr]

Well I was curious to know if there was some opinion on the preflop raise (too small) or the flop raise (too small)?

[k3nt]

OK sorry for the snideness in my last comment.

FWIW, your bet sizes look fine to me, but I don't play live so my opinion ain't worth much.

[equus]

1/2 live seems to be an oddball regarding the preflop raise size. You can open 6x-8x and that can often be a 'normal' raise that will get called...maybe in several places. I'm not saying you played it wrong...but just be aware of this. And not all 1/2 tables are like this but many are.

[pnutbutr]

No worries on the last comment.

In my OP, I probably should have just openly asked for comments, rather than said "Where did I go wrong". I know that eventually, I absolutely want my money in here, but from a perspective of trying to extract max value, I'm curious if this is a situation where taking a small pot is better than losing a big one.

[iceman5]

[Danhdan]

[Bethep]

[iceman5]