Hand Caught in the Cookie Jar

My rationale was that I was going to try and isolate the raiser. I am pretty sure that I made the right play here, just got unlucky but I want to see what you guys think... Was I too agressive, or just get unlucky? you decide.


Table 'Marion' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: homertim ($6.25 in chips)
Seat 2: FrankyDaPit ($13.75 in chips)
Seat 3: nyypi ($11.25 in chips)
Seat 4: jacktenboy ($3.75 in chips)
Seat 5: Dan 442 ($23.60 in chips)
Seat 6: loonyjuice ($18.15 in chips)
FrankyDaPit: posts small blind $0.10
nyypi: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FrankyDaPit [9c 9h]
jacktenboy: raises $3.50 to $3.75 and is all-in
Dan 442: folds
loonyjuice: folds
homertim: folds
FrankyDaPit: raises $3.50 to $7.25
nyypi: raises $4 to $11.25 and is all-in
FrankyDaPit: calls $4
*** FLOP *** [Qh Kc 5s]
*** TURN *** [Qh Kc 5s] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Kc 5s 9d] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FrankyDaPit: shows [9c 9h] (three of a kind, Nines)
nyypi: shows [Qd Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)
nyypi collected $14.25 from side pot
jacktenboy: mucks hand
nyypi collected $10.70 from main pot
homertim said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $26.25 Main pot $10.70. Side pot $14.25. | Rake $1.30
Board [Qh Kc 5s 9d 2h]
Seat 1: homertim (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: FrankyDaPit (small blind) showed [9c 9h] and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 3: nyypi (big blind) showed [Qd Qc] and won ($24.95) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 4: jacktenboy mucked [5h Kh]
Seat 5: Dan 442 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: loonyjuice folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.

actually, now that I think about it I probably should have just called the bet and not re-raised. The reason is this, the intial raisors bet was enough the make anyone fold who did not have a real hand. Therefor, I would have given myself a chance to get away from the hand had I faced a big re-raise. By re-raising pre-flop, I pot committed myself if I were re-raised, which I was.

sorry, I didnt mean to ask a question and then answer it myself..I guess I was a bit to eager to post my question.

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Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.

the nice thing about this site is that after writing out your question. the answer comes to you by it's self. give it the opportunity to ponder, or the thought of how you would answer the question in brought to you. good luck in future situations

yeah, it seems that everytime I think I made a mistake in a hand but not quite sure, my first thought is to post it on here. Sometimes, i should just take 5 minutes and if I still cant figure it out, then I should post it.....oh well.

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Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.

i think the best call here would have been to fold
it was a very high raise originally by nyypi. I dont know how he was playing before but youd have to put him on a high pocket pair or big slick with this kind of raise.

I dont think you should go all in at ring games unless you have a very strong hand pre flop or if the flop comes and you have the nuts or very close to it - its just too risky going all in frequently. You run a very high risk of busting out more times than you should be

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i agree fonz, but this was like the third time in 5 hands that the guy went all in. He had lost a big part of his stack earlier and must have been on tilt cause he had shown A5 on one of his all ins and won another one with KJ vs AJ when he hit a king on the turn. I agree with you but in this case, his raise meant almost nothing as it had become routine. I knew my nines were good but I see your point, it was probably a coinflip even if they were good. It was the re-raise afterward that did me in. Afterall, his name was JackTen Boy, so he could have had that..haha.

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Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.

That was way too aggressive Franky. With that type of hand, I would probably fold unless you are last to act with no other callers, or if this guy had been going all-in a lot.

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