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  1. arjun13 arjun13 is offline

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    Nov 23rd, 2007 (11/23/2007 10:30am)

    villain is standard TAG player 21/10/3 in around 80 hands

    pokerstars Game #13416813995: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/11/23 - 11:22:07 (ET)
    Table 'Pegasus II' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
    Seat 1: Mr.Mermaid ($221.80 in chips)
    Seat 2: reece hump ($112.35 in chips)
    Seat 3: wick0049 ($74.10 in chips)
    Seat 4: porkalicious ($130.75 in chips)
    Seat 5: arjun13 ($61.90 in chips)
    Seat 6: tesorillo ($118.30 in chips)
    reece hump: posts small blind $0.50
    wick0049: posts big blind $1
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to arjun13 [Jh Qh]
    porkalicious: raises $2 to $3
    arjun13: calls $3
    tesorillo: folds
    Mr.Mermaid: folds
    reece hump: folds
    wick0049: calls $2
    *** FLOP *** [4s Qc 4c]
    wick0049: checks
    porkalicious: bets $6
    arjun13: calls $6
    wick0049: folds
    *** TURN *** [4s Qc 4c] [Jc]
    porkalicious: bets $7
    arjun13: calls $7
    *** RIVER *** [4s Qc 4c Jc] [2h]
    porkalicious: bets $10
    arjun13: calls $10
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    porkalicious: shows [Kc Kd] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
    arjun13: mucks hand
    porkalicious collected $52.85 from pot

    how did i play it? i hate flopping top pair with hands like QJ, but i had a feeling he was strong. do i put in a tester raise on the flop, and when he calls/reraises it, then shut down?

    don't say fold preflop, because hands like QJs are the hands that i can stack people off in position.
  2. pwnurfaceoff pwnurfaceoff is offline

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    Nov 23rd, 2007 (11/23/2007 11:22am) in reply to arjun13

    im not much of a cash game player at all but im pretty sure youre gonna catch hell for not raising at any point to see where ur at<BR/><BR/>EDIT:  and i STILL say fold preflop.  UTG TAG raise?  instamuck<BR/>
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