I almost never slowplay.. but...

PokerStars Game #2578585746: Tournament #12384263, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/09/14 - 23:53:01 (ET)
Table '12384263 57' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: heinze21 (1580 in chips)
Seat 2: cajun53 (1770 in chips)
Seat 3: ka357 (2955 in chips)
Seat 4: curlieman (1695 in chips)
Seat 5: retaehc (2390 in chips)
Seat 6: boddah (4485 in chips)
Seat 7: Swifty Ace (6095 in chips)
Seat 8: grandpajimmy (8550 in chips)
Seat 9: st4life (4435 in chips)
boddah: posts small blind 50
Swifty Ace: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to boddah [3h Ah]
grandpajimmy: calls 100
st4life: folds
heinze21: folds
cajun53: calls 100
ka357: folds
curlieman: folds
retaehc: calls 100
boddah: calls 50
Swifty Ace: checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 3d Jh]

Like I said.. I almost never slowplay.. but I figured if I bet too big here, they'd all fold. Plus, with no straight or flush draw, I figured I was fairly safe...

boddah: checks
Swifty Ace: bets 100
grandpajimmy: calls 100
cajun53: calls 100
retaehc: folds
boddah: calls 100
*** TURN *** [3s 3d Jh] [6d]

I checked here with the intention of raising it when it got bet into...

boddah: checks
Swifty Ace: bets 100
grandpajimmy: raises 400 to 500
This made me a little suspicious...
cajun53: folds
boddah: raises 400 to 900
Swifty Ace: folds
grandpajimmy: raises 3400 to 4300

This made me VERY suspicious! At this point, I figured he HAD to either have a 3, or else he had J6, and figured me for jacks and threes. But honestly.. the first thoguht to pop into my head was "Pocket sixes," followed by a sinking feeling in my stomach.

boddah: calls 3385 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3s 3d Jh 6d] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
boddah: shows [3h Ah] (three of a kind, Threes)
grandpajimmy: shows [6h 6s] (a full house, Sixes full of Threes)
grandpajimmy collected 9570 from pot

I almost always play aggressive and try to win pots outright instead of slowplaying. I'm really not fond of it. And it figures that the one time I use it in this tournament I get burned. On the up side, I suppose my gut reaction is getting better. I just have to learn to follow it.

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9570 | Rake 0
Board [3s 3d Jh 6d Qh]
Seat 1: heinze21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: cajun53 folded on the Turn
Seat 3: ka357 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: curlieman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: retaehc (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: boddah (small blind) showed [3h Ah] and lost with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 7: Swifty Ace (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 8: grandpajimmy showed [6h 6s] and won (9570) with a full house, Sixes full of Threes
Seat 9: st4life folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Any advice on how I should have or could have done that differently? Or was I just unlucky?

I read the first few lines, saw the flop and said to myself. "Oo watch the FH there." And you thought it too- at least on the turn. Especially at that blind level with that much action and no real over-aggreesiveness, SOMEONE had a potential monster. The only thing you did wrong was not trust your gut at the turn. Wel, that and slow playing those :P I would have gone all in with that set as soon as you found it. Those 6s certainly wouldnt have stayed in at that price.