2 sick hand histories

results in blue... see if you can guess the villians holdings before you look, bet you cant!


PokerStars Game #5050405740: Hold'em Limit ($10/$20) - 2006/05/25 - 18:33:22 (ET)
Table 'Arctica' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: Asiandude77 ($1325.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Jack singel ($95 in chips)
Seat 4: mj23lbj111 ($409 in chips)
Seat 5: kcir14 ($460 in chips)
mj23lbj111: posts small blind $5
kcir14: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mj23lbj111 [Ad Kd]
Asiandude77: raises $10 to $20
Jack singel: folds
mj23lbj111: raises $10 to $30
kcir14: folds
Asiandude77: calls $10
*** FLOP *** [9d Ts 7h]
mj23lbj111: bets $10
Asiandude77: calls $10
*** TURN *** [9d Ts 7h] Q♣
mj23lbj111: bets $20
Asiandude77: calls $20
*** RIVER *** [9d Ts 7h Qc] 6♦
mj23lbj111: bets $20
Asiandude77: raises $20 to $40
mj23lbj111: calls $20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Asiandude77: shows [Kh 8d] (a straight, Six to Ten)
mj23lbj111: mucks hand
Asiandude77 collected $208 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $210 | Rake $2
Board [9d Ts 7h Qc 6d]
Seat 2: Asiandude77 showed [Kh 8d] and won ($208) with a straight, Six to Ten
Seat 3: Jack singel (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: mj23lbj111 (small blind) mucked [Ad Kd]
Seat 5: kcir14 (big blind) folded before Flop


PokerStars Game #5050455630: Hold'em Limit ($10/$20) - 2006/05/25 - 18:38:15 (ET)
Table 'Arctica' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: SlickKev ($218 in chips)
Seat 2: Fairlead ($260 in chips)
Seat 3: Jack singel ($64 in chips)
Seat 4: mj23lbj111 ($755 in chips)
Seat 5: kcir14 ($414 in chips)
Seat 6: vegas dave h ($190 in chips)
vegas dave h: posts small blind $5
SlickKev: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mj23lbj111 [Qh Qc]
Fairlead: raises $10 to $20
Jack singel: calls $20
mj23lbj111: raises $10 to $30
kcir14: folds
vegas dave h: calls $25
SlickKev: folds
Fairlead: calls $10
Jack singel: calls $10
*** FLOP *** [5h Ah 3h]
vegas dave h: bets $10
Fairlead: calls $10
Jack singel: calls $10
mj23lbj111: calls $10
*** TURN *** [5h Ah 3h] 7♠
vegas dave h: bets $20
Fairlead: calls $20
Jack singel: raises $4 to $24 and is all-in
mj23lbj111 said, "QQ"
mj23lbj111: folds
vegas dave h: calls $4
Fairlead: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [5h Ah 3h 7s] 9♦
vegas dave h: bets $20
Fairlead: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vegas dave h: shows [8h 8s] (a pair of Eights)
Jack singel: shows [9c Th] (a pair of Nines)
Jack singel collected $239 from pot

Do you mean the hands were sick because you had good starting hands and lost or had to fold? If so I think that you were just being outplayed by the big stack on a medium size table where you must play more mediocre hands. On the second hand I was just wondering what happened at the showdown? Did some one have a 24 or 26 or maybe even an ace? Or maybe a set?

The first one was someone being an idiot and calling with a draw... you could have perhaps saved yourself the bet on the end since you'd made nothing, though, but that would depend on whether the opponent was liable to bluff with nothing.
On the second one, I'd have raised the flop. Not only did you have possibly the best hand (although the Ace was scary, 2 callers suggested draws rather than made hands), but you had a draw to the 2nd-best flush. It would get you information on your opponents and could get it checked round to you on the turn. The pot size supported calling even having allowed vegas dave to continue betting, though, because you had the 2nd best flush draw as well as the pair of Queens, and the pot was already very large.