Made Me Turn The Computer Off
 

WELL PLAYED


$5/$10 Limit Hold'em - *** 07 04 17:08:12 2006
Table Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 10: thegunn ( $1707.91 )
Seat 1: badjr5 ( $176.96 )
Seat 2: HERO ( $1207.8 )
Seat 3: txblond4 ( $86.15 )
Seat 4: walk2000 ( $362.26 )
Seat 5: kaymadlo ( $123.41 )
Seat 6: bce0504 ( $176 )
Seat 7: HotTaddy ( $55.04 )
Seat 8: RpirateR ( $175 )
Seat 9: jtsay ( $1405.2 )
RpirateR posts small blind [$2].
jtsay posts big blind [$5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Qs Qc ]
thegunn folds.
badjr5 folds.
HERO raises [$10].
txblond4 calls [$10].
walk2000 calls [$10].
kaymadlo folds.
bce0504 folds.
HotTaddy calls [$10].
RpirateR calls [$8].
jtsay folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 8c, Qd ]
RpirateR checks.
HERO bets [$5].
txblond4 calls [$5].
walk2000 calls [$5].
HotTaddy calls [$5].
RpirateR calls [$5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7d ]
RpirateR checks.
HERO bets [$10].
txblond4 calls [$10].
walk2000 calls [$10].
HotTaddy folds.
RpirateR calls [$10].
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
RpirateR checks.
HERO bets [$10].
txblond4 calls [$10].
walk2000 raises [$20].
RpirateR folds.
HERO calls [$10]. (Note I am only behind 56 here)
txblond4 folds.
** Summary **
walk2000 shows [ 5c 6c ].
HERO shows [ Qs Qc ].
walk2000 collected [$166].

This is a classic problem with limit hold'em - you can't bet enough to take away odds.

Huh? They *didn't* have odds preflop or on the flop

Sometimes, if you keep calling on the earlier streets w/o odds, you'll get the correct odds eventually on a later street!!!!!

I think that's the basic reasoning used here.

I don't see this as a problem at all. Making your opponents make mistakes (which they did on nearly every street here) = money for you in the long run. Play this hand exactly like this 100 times, and I promise you will come out WAY ahead.

P.S. I three bet that river 100% of the time.

I'd usually 3bet the river, but this guy was extremely passive and I'd seen him call down with middle set before.

Also, this picture shows what running bad looks like (from the last two days, pretty much all 6-max btw)

Raise that!
 

As you point out, you are sitting on top set, and behind exactly one combination of cards. Results aside, three betting is a must here.

That said, losing to these guys is painful!