I played this just right…right?
I believe I played this perfectly except maybe the river bet. At that point I was beat by any set, the straight or AK. I had put him on a good ace, either AK, AJ or even AQ. I guess he could have had AT. I felt like on the river I was committed, $5 for a $25 pot.
Up until the king hit the river, I was very confident I was ahead. In theory, on the turn I should win this hand about 94% of the time, right? So the big, protect-the-hand bets were good bets.
Is this all right thinking?
Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
BTN: $16.70
SB: $11.15
BB: $15
UTG: $10.45
UTG+1: $15.20
MP1: $16.35
MP2: $21.80
Hero (CO): $35.15
Pre-Flop: A
Q
dealt to Hero (CO)
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $0.50, MP1 calls $0.50, MP2 folds, Hero calls $0.50, 2 folds, BB calls $0.25
Flop: ($2.10) Q
A
9
(4 Players)
BB checks, UTG+1 bets $0.50, MP1 folds, Hero raises to $2.50, BB folds, UTG+1 calls $2
Turn: ($7.10) J
(2 Players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $7, UTG+1 calls $7
River: ($21.10) K
(2 Players)
UTG+1 bets $5.20 and is All-In, Hero calls $5.20
Results: $31.50 Pot ($1.55 Rake)
UTG+1 showed K
A
(two pair, Aces and Kings) and WON $29.95 (+$14.75 NET)
Hero mucked A
Q
(two pair, Aces and Queens) and LOST (-$15.20 NET)
I did win my way back up to my original buy-in with just a few more hands of play. Then it was my turn for quads. I had 55 and the flop came A59 and I had 2 players with me. I bet just under the pot and had 2 callers. When the turn came 5, I didn’t really know what to do. I figured it was time to show some weakness. The river was a 3 and no flush possibility. First player checked with little left in his stack, I was sure he was shipping it all in no matter what I bet. I just wanted to get something from the other player. I went ahead and bet out half the pot and he folded. The first player put in the rest tabling 88, I’m not sure what he was thinking.
For the record, I did lose a little tiny bit against a player who made quad jacks. Everyone checked it down most of the way with 2 jacks on the flop. when the third jack hit the river I thought maybe my small pair might make the best full house so I bet small just to see and the quad jacks just called for some reason.
That’s a lot of quads to be up against for just a few hundred hands, no?

Man, that is a bummer when they hit that ridiculous card on the river. I’ve seen some pretty sick ones playing online, and I’ve only been at it a few months. Check my blog for some hand details.
You played it right. There’s nothing you can do with that river card.
You had to give him credit for A/K or A/J or even Q/J in that spot.
Hey these things happen. It’s poker. Keep playing the way you’re playing and you’ll get paid off sooner or later. It’s just a matter of time.