Slow Playing QQ Not a Good Idea

1/2 nl Hold'em at Foxwoods. There is one lagtard at the table getting everyone's attention. He plays about 100% of the hand and usually opens big. He is on my immediate right. I am a fool for not changing seats so he would be on my left so I could check raise him more often.

He posts a straddle. I am utg+2 with QQ. I called 4 people called. He raised to 16. I called. 3 of the limpers called.

Flop 10 10 2, r.

He checks, I checked, all check.

Turn 7. He bet 40, I called. I think he would have bet the flop with a 10. One of the limpers called.

River 3. He bet 100, I called. the turn Caller shoved all in for 320 total. Lag called. I folded.

Turn caller had 77 for 7s full. LAG had A7o.

I am an idiot.

The only thing good was for the rest of the night I started reraising with big cards or big pairs. He'd open for 15 and I would raise to 40. He would check dark and I would bet about 2/3 of the pot. He folded all 3 times that I did that.

Giving Up on AA, Stacking off with a J

It was a Saturday night at Foxwoods and the 2-5 game plays somewhat like a 1/2. This table was good but not stable.

Folded to the cutoff who limps in... There's the instability now, the table had been pretty loose.

I had AA on the button and raised to 25 leaving me about 240 behind. The sb called, bb folded, and CO called.

Big blind is loose post flop but doesn't call down light, he eventually left the table with 2700$ in chips and who nows how many bills. The CO is a young Asian who just bought in with 5 black chips.

Pot 70$. Flop Jh 10c 8c. check, check, I bet 41. Was supposed to be 45, but I had a dirty stack.

bb folds, CO calls.

Pot 152$. Turn Jh 10c 8c Kh. He leads for 70$. I have 200$ left.

A call commits me. I can't tell if he has a two-pair, or a pair+draw combo, or some other odd hand like a strange set, or AK??

Well as usual, I have no idea what he had. So I folded after two minutes of Negreneau style bantering. He didn't show.

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Having a bad night, I wound up with J9 on the button just against the bb. I called and he raised to 15. The flop came J 10 2. He bet the pot and I had 125 left and shoved. He had QQ and won.

Odd how I felt inevitable to fold AA and needlessly stacked off with a weak top pair.

Two Hands

I arrrived late to a 40$ freeeze out tournament at Sharkey's Poker Room in New Hampshire. ON the first hand I got AJo and raised to 5oo from utg+2. Blinds 100/200 and I had about 4600 in my starting stack. 4 players called.

Flop K J 8 rainbow. Pot T$ 2,ooo I led for 500 and one player called.

Turn K J 8 K. Now I am in no man's land. I bet 1k and he min raised. I was confused of course so I called. He had a hoodie and shades on and was staring away from me the entire time.

River was a 4. I checked and he went all in, covering me. I folded. He showed me the Q7o.

I'm not sure who played the hand worse, me I guess.

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I'm down to 3k and get AKo utg. I raise to 500 and again get 4 callers.

flop comes A 8 2 rainbow. Pot T 2,000$. I lead for 500 like last time, now down to 2k. The first cold caller says you are in a lot of trouble and calls. I think 'duh, he's on a draw... what draw is on this board?' the other folded.

Turn A 8 2 J. Pot T$3,000. I thought the turn was a King. I bet 1k, underbetting to induce a shove from Q7, and I got it. But the turn was actually a J and he had AJ. River was a Q, which also looked like a K for a split second.

40$ to arrive late and win two hands. That's 20$ a hand for a tournament which is already 25% juice. New Hampshirements.

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I played it again on Nov 5th. Instead of two hands, I lasted 90 minutes, but I still did not win a pot.