Seat 5: MrMcj [7H,QC] ($27.05 in chips)
I was in the BB, otherwise I would never have been in this pot to begin with. My table image should have been pretty tight at this point although something tells me that the villain in this case wasn't paying attention.

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.25 NL (real money), hand #45,929,763
Table Bonn, 26 Jan 2006 10:42 AM
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Seat 1: bklyn113 ($7 in chips)
Seat 2: mopar1967 ($13.15 in chips)
Seat 3: LOO-LOE ($29.40 in chips)
Seat 4: herdad22 ($17.60 in chips)
Seat 5: MrMcj [7H,QC] ($27.05 in chips)
Seat 6: SeniorBances ($8.90 in chips)
Seat 7: OrganicPlay ($25.10 in chips)
Seat 8: Gran_berg ($10.60 in chips)
Seat 9: bwelshboy ($14.40 in chips)
Seat 10: SpinDr668 ($27.40 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
herdad22 posts blind ($0.15), MrMcj posts blind ($0.25), bklyn113 posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
SeniorBances calls $0.25, OrganicPlay folds, Gran_berg folds, bwelshboy folds, SpinDr668 folds, bklyn113 checks, mopar1967 folds, LOO-LOE folds, herdad22 folds, MrMcj checks.

FLOP [board cards 5C,7C,10D ]
MrMcj checks, SeniorBances checks, bklyn113 bets $0.50, MrMcj calls $0.50, SeniorBances folds.

TURN [board cards 5C,7C,10D,9S ]
MrMcj checks, bklyn113 bets $1, MrMcj bets $3, bklyn113 calls $2.

RIVER [board cards 5C,7C,10D,9S,5S ]
MrMcj bets $3, bklyn113 calls $3.

SHOWDOWN
MrMcj shows [ 7H,QC ]
bklyn113 shows [ JavaScript,9D ]
bklyn113 wins $13.40.
SUMMARY
Dealer: LOO-LOE
Pot: $13.90, (including rake: $0.50)
bklyn113, bets $6.75, collects $13.40, net $6.65
mopar1967, loses $0
LOO-LOE, loses $0
herdad22, loses $0.15
MrMcj, loses $6.75
SeniorBances, loses $0.25
OrganicPlay, loses $0
Gran_berg, loses $0
bwelshboy, loses $0
SpinDr668, loses $0

Your check on the flop, maybe. It looks like this guy might call down a lot with draws or very marginal hands.

Originally Posted by danimal

It looks like this guy might call down a lot with draws or very marginal hands.

Agreed, hes calling 12BB on the river after being raised 8BB on there turn, with only a pair of 9s.

Originally Posted by PJ of TheGame

If you are raising to protect your hand, rather then to slowplay, do it on the flop. Trust me, this hand needs a lot of protecting! You should have raised to about $2 there.

I wasn't really raising to protect my hand. I didn't really think I had the best hand at this point (although I really did) but I sensed weakness in my opponent. I just flat called his flop bet in hopes of taking the pot away later. However, I do agree that this was probably where I made my biggest mistake of the hand.

When you do raise, don't raise the minimum unless your ONLY goal is to extract more money. Raise the pot if you're protecting your hand... on the turn you should have raised to about 4.50.

The river I would definantly check/call. At this point if he calls the best you can hope to see is A high... and he's a lot less likely to call your bet with that then he is to bluff at it. You may make some money here by inducing a bluff, but you're not likely to by betting out.

I didn't really want a call on the turn or the river. Again, I didn't suspect I had the best hand so I thought the only way I could win it was to make my opponent fold. Had I just check/called, I knew I was going to lose.

If I was him, I don't think I could have called my bets on the turn OR the river. Was my thinking wrong?

Originally Posted by Pok 7's

Although I have a very tough time time playing middle pair on the flop, I would agree you'd need to raise this flop, to protect your hand. If it didn't chase him off, you possibly could've gotten a free card on the turn. Then decide on the river if you still feel you have the best hand. I'm not as experienced as alot of others here myself but that's just my thoughts here, they could be completely off.

BTW, your hands would be alot easier to follow if you used the hand converter before you posted them

The hand converter doesn't seem to work for pokerroom (or am I just using it wrong?)