What a start to the night, limped 2 pair on my first hand, draws on the board, so thought I better bet hard while I can.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

SB ($3.93)
Hero ($6)
UTG ($7.15)
MP ($5.63)
CO ($5.89)
Button ($2.09)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
UTG calls $0.05, MP raises to $0.1, CO calls $0.10, Button calls $0.10, SB calls $0.08, Hero calls $0.05, UTG calls $0.05.

Flop: ($0.60) , , (6 players)
SB bets $0.5, Hero raises to $1.85, UTG folds, MP folds, CO folds, Button raises to $1.99, SB raises to $3.83, Hero calls $1.98.

Turn: ($10.25) (3 players)

River: ($10.25) (3 players)

Final Pot: $10.25

Results in white below:
SB has Td Qd (straight, king high).
Hero has 9s Jc (two pair, jacks and nines).
Button has Th Kh (flush, king high).
Outcome: Button wins $10.25.

Ya, pretty horrible board for you.

> Button raises to $1.99, SB raises to $3.83

You know two pair isn't good in this situation, right?

Actually at NL5 it may be good. Seriously.

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KRE8R probably has about seventy college funds in his NL5 roll.

You get 4:1 on the call and have put in 1/2 the effective stack, it's a no brainer call. Especially at nl5 where K high is considered the nuts by many.

It's tough, it's a drawy board so you can definitely be ahead alot of the time. I probably felt this one too, especially for <100bb.

This is a good example though of why being OOP vs the majority of the field sucks.

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