How should I have played this?


Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($1.44)
BB ($1.46)
UTG ($2.18)
UTG+1 ($1.71)
MP1 ($1.93)
Hero (MP2) ($1.95)
CO ($2.79)
Button ($2)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, Q
3 folds, Hero bets $0.06, 2 folds, SB calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.18) 6, 4, J (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.13, SB calls $0.13, 1 fold

Turn: ($0.44) 2 (2 players)
SB bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

River: ($1.04) 9 (2 players)
SB bets $0.64, Hero calls $0.64

Total pot: $2.32 | Rake: $0.15

Results below:
SB had 4, 6 (two pair, sixes and fours).
Hero had Q, Q (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: SB won $2.17

Originally Posted by Jarr3tt88

If you don't make bigger raises in 2nl, you will get loose people that will call with crap hands. I'd raise to 10 or 12 cents PF IMO. They will call 4 cents, because who cares about 4 cents? Flop bet was too small with 2 others in the pot. Once he took over betting you shoulda figured you were beating. Note it down slow plays the flop.

PF I am raising to 3xBB, so you are suggesting that I raise to 5x or 6x... If I do this with strong hands then I have to raise that amount with anyhand or I become an open book to observant players.

On flop I bet 13c into pot of 18c... thats 2/3rd pot. How much do I need to bet here?

With QQ, I would have bet the pot from the beginning. QQ is a pretty strong pre-flop hand, but it can all change once the cards are dealt. You were ahead on the flop, but that doesn't mean you will be ahead on the turn and the river. When I am dealt QQ and the flop is all under cards, I bet aggressively by betting the size of the pot to take it down while I have the best hand.

When the villain bets into you when you have an over pair, I like to raise 2.5-3 times his bet. A lot of time, your opponent will check to the raiser, in which you can bet pot and try to take it down right there. If he calls and then continues to bet on the turn or river, be very weary of what he might have. This is when reading your opponent comes in handy.