Every had a hand you should have lost your shirt on but only lost half of it.

Was playing on-line last night $1/$2 NL on pokerstars.  I  came to the table with $200 about 15 minutes ago and am up to $280.  I am UTG with Q Q and raise $8 to make it an even $10 to call behind me.  Person in late position calls and BB calls. 

 

Flop comes Jd Qd 5s

 

BB checks and I bet $20.  With a possible open ended straight draw and a flush draw on the board I want to make them pay to see the turn, otherwise I would have slowed played my set.  Late position calls, BB folds. 

 

Turn comes Jd Qd 5s 6h.  I bet $30, late position raises me another $30 and I call.

 

River comes Jd Qd 5s 6h 6d.  I bet $40 he comes back over the top again with a raise of $40.  I am just about to raise my remaining $110, thinking he made his flush, probably ace high because of the call preflop.  I then think of the raise on the turn when the first six hit.  I just call the $40 even though I know in my gut what he is going to turn over.  6 6 for the quads to bet my boat. 

 

Had to hang it up for the night after that hand because there was no way I could continue in that state of mind.

Hutch -

 

Good point that was a weak play on the turn by me.  I think with the set of 6's he would have called and the end would have been the same, but if he was on a draw and hit on the river not much I could have said for not reraising on the turn.  Thanks for the input

fork-

 

You will not believe this, but I was playing on line last night and had to deal with this hand:

It was a tournament.....$30K guaranteed......about 100 left.

 

I had 2-2 in late position and called un-opened pot.....button raised standard.....SB and BB folded.  I called.  Flop was 2-2-3.  I checked.  He bet pot and I called again.  Turn is a 5.  I check again and he bets pot.  I put in a sizeable re-raise  (I had him covered, but not by a ton and I thought he was committed) and he re-raises all in.  I obviously call.  He has 5-5 for a boat (5's full of 2's).  I have quad 2's on the turn.  River is a 5 and I'm crippled.  Lost quad 2's to quad 5's. 

 

Next hand, I get Q-Q.  Facing one raise, I jam.  BB calls with A-K and hits a K on the river (other guy called with 10-10 and lost as well).

 

You have to love this game.

 

tk:

 

wuss play - Only one hand to beat you

Yes as Hutch says you have to push on the turn. I mean its Christmas- you have the nuts and you can likely get all the money in- you can't ask for anymore than that.

 

 

That is incredibly unlucky losing quads to quads. Not yet happened to me.

That post was fucked up don't know why the "you's" are bold makes me sound like an ass!! Anyway you get the picture.

Live game story

 

Both have close to 2k in front of us.  I get Kings and raise to 50 dollars preflop (5-10 blinds).  One loose guy calls.  Flop JJ5.  We both Check.  Turn King.  I bet 100 and he calls.  River I sense in his eyes he has a monster and realize he knows I am a tight player and probably called me with a pocket pair.  I check river and he bets 250.  I just call and end up losing 400 instead of 2k to his quad jacks

 

Good play Insight.  I probably would have lost more on that hand.  With him being a loose player I could not have put him on quads.

 

He was so pissed when I just called and showed kings full.  The entire table gave me props.  In fact, it is that hand that led me to my first meeting with my poker mentor.  He respected the play, although he said he would have paid the guy off.  It turns out that we became friends and he helped me become the player I am today.  He finished in the top 100 at the World Series, the guy is insane.