Hand Analysis

This hand is eating at me, I think I played it correctly.

I had been playing this table for a little over an hour, The Challenger had
only played a few hands and he played tight, I saw him limp with 99 a few
times and then back off when the flop didn't help or over cards were
present. He rarely raised, in fact I never recall seeing him raise pre-flop.

When he raised preflop and I reriased with KK I figured he had a top pair or
AK. I did this to find out where I might be sitting with my hand and to get
him heads up. He reraised me pot, quickly I might add. So I called to see
flop but the sirens were going off.

As you can see the flop brought no apparent help to me. If he has reraised
me preflop the only hand I could see was AA, maybe QQ but I doubt it. If he
did have QQ or JJ I was already beaten, if he had AA I was surely beaten,
the only other hand I could see was KK and we might have tied. I didn't want
to risk my entire stack on that chance, so when he led with a Full pot bet
on flop I thought about it for a while and decided to let it go. I can't
see him making that play with AK or TT, he must have had AA or QQ or even
KK.

I am just looking for some feedback to see if I called it right or if I may
have played this wrong. Any input is greatly appreciated.

PokerStars Game #XXXX: Hold'em Pot Limit ($1/$2) - 2003/10/14 - 01:15:01
(EST)
Table 'Carolina' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: XXXX($97.55 in chips)
Seat 2: XXXX SB($118.15 in chips)
Seat 3: XXXX BB ($440.80 in chips)
Seat 4: XXXX ($550 in chips)
Seat 5: XXXX($420.15 in chips)
Seat 6: XXXX ($185.70 in chips)
Seat 7: XXXX ($103.25 in chips)
Seat 8: Challenger ($313.15 in chips)
Seat 9: Me ($281.15 in chips)
Seat 2: posts small blind $1
Seat 3: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Me [Kd Kh]
Seat 4: calls $2
XXXX : folds
XXXX: folds
XXXX: folds
Challenger: raises $6 to $8
Me: raises $21 to $29
XXXX: folds
XXXX: folds
XXXX: folds
Seat 4: folds
Challenger: raises $63 to $92
Me: calls $63
*** FLOP *** [5c Qc Jh]
Challenger: bets $186
Me: folds
Challenger collected $186 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $189 | Rake $3
Board [5c Qc Jh]
Seat 1: XXXX (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: XXXX (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: XXXX (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: XXXX folded before Flop
Seat 5: XXXX folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: XXXX folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: XXXX folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Challenger collected ($186)
Seat 9: Me folded on the Flop

I would have raised him If I had a good reason to believe he was holding two
clubs or AK, otherwise I would have folded. Its most likely that you were
nearly drawing dead in my opinion. I would have folded too.

"Brandon Holmes" <sat_man_99.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:GmVib.470255$2x.188578@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net...
> This hand is eating at me, I think I played it correctly.
>
> I had been playing this table for a little over an hour, The Challenger
had
> only played a few hands and he played tight, I saw him limp with 99 a few
> times and then back off when the flop didn't help or over cards were
> present. He rarely raised, in fact I never recall seeing him raise
pre-flop.
>
> When he raised preflop and I reriased with KK I figured he had a top pair
or
> AK. I did this to find out where I might be sitting with my hand and to
get
> him heads up. He reraised me pot, quickly I might add. So I called to
see
> flop but the sirens were going off.
>
> As you can see the flop brought no apparent help to me. If he has
reraised
> me preflop the only hand I could see was AA, maybe QQ but I doubt it. If
he
> did have QQ or JJ I was already beaten, if he had AA I was surely beaten,
> the only other hand I could see was KK and we might have tied. I didn't
want
> to risk my entire stack on that chance, so when he led with a Full pot bet
> on flop I thought about it for a while and decided to let it go. I can't
> see him making that play with AK or TT, he must have had AA or QQ or even
> KK.
>
> I am just looking for some feedback to see if I called it right or if I
may
> have played this wrong. Any input is greatly appreciated.
>
> PokerStars Game #XXXX: Hold'em Pot Limit ($1/$2) - 2003/10/14 - 01:15:01
> (EST)
> Table 'Carolina' Seat #1 is the button
> Seat 1: XXXX($97.55 in chips)
> Seat 2: XXXX SB($118.15 in chips)
> Seat 3: XXXX BB ($440.80 in chips)
> Seat 4: XXXX ($550 in chips)
> Seat 5: XXXX($420.15 in chips)
> Seat 6: XXXX ($185.70 in chips)
> Seat 7: XXXX ($103.25 in chips)
> Seat 8: Challenger ($313.15 in chips)
> Seat 9: Me ($281.15 in chips)
> Seat 2: posts small blind $1
> Seat 3: posts big blind $2
> *** HOLE CARDS ***
> Dealt to Me [Kd Kh]
> Seat 4: calls $2
> XXXX : folds
> XXXX: folds
> XXXX: folds
> Challenger: raises $6 to $8
> Me: raises $21 to $29
> XXXX: folds
> XXXX: folds
> XXXX: folds
> Seat 4: folds
> Challenger: raises $63 to $92
> Me: calls $63
> *** FLOP *** [5c Qc Jh]
> Challenger: bets $186
> Me: folds
> Challenger collected $186 from pot
> *** SUMMARY ***
> Total pot $189 | Rake $3
> Board [5c Qc Jh]
> Seat 1: XXXX (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
> Seat 2: XXXX (small blind) folded before Flop
> Seat 3: XXXX (big blind) folded before Flop
> Seat 4: XXXX folded before Flop
> Seat 5: XXXX folded before Flop (didn't bet)
> Seat 6: XXXX folded before Flop (didn't bet)
> Seat 7: XXXX folded before Flop (didn't bet)
> Seat 8: Challenger collected ($186)
> Seat 9: Me folded on the Flop
>
>
>
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