My first royal flush ever!

I'm "blankoblanco".

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Stage #430093454 Tourney ID 60779 Holdem Single Tournament No Limit
$100 - 2006-06-23 07:03:26.015 (ET) [ 2006-06-23 07:03:26 ]
Table: 7807339 (Real Money) Seat #9 is the dealer
Seat 1 - LOUISLOVELES ($1650 in chips)
Seat 2 - BLANKOBLANCO ($6220 in chips)
Seat 5 - LODSCARFACE ($3995 in chips)
Seat 9 - BIGFATBUDDHA ($1635 in chips)
LOUISLOVELES - Posts small blind $100
BLANKOBLANCO - Posts big blind $200
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to BLANKOBLANCO [Qc Ac]
LODSCARFACE - Calls $200
BIGFATBUDDHA - Folds
LOUISLOVELES - Folds
BLANKOBLANCO - Raises $400 to $600
LODSCARFACE - Calls $400
*** FLOP *** [10c Jc 4s]
BLANKOBLANCO - Bets $200
LODSCARFACE - Raises $400 to $400
BLANKOBLANCO - Calls $200
*** TURN *** [10c Jc 4s] 2♠
BLANKOBLANCO - Bets $300
LODSCARFACE - Raises $600 to $600
BLANKOBLANCO - Calls $300
*** RIVER *** [10c Jc 4s 2s] K♣
BLANKOBLANCO - Checks
LODSCARFACE - Checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BLANKOBLANCO - Shows [Qc Ac] (Royal flush)
LODSCARFACE - Mucks
BLANKOBLANCO Collects $3300 from main pot

I was so shocked when that river hit! I mostly just wanted to keep myself in the hand for the opportunity to get it. I was almost sure the other guy would bet hard when I checked the river too. May have misplayed that, but I ended up getting first in the SnG, so I'm happy all around!

Why did you check on the river? You could still show the hand if your opponent folds. Congrats on the Royal! You always remember your first.

Oh, ANOTHER Royal Flush. YAWWWWWN




(Congrats )

And you got lucky and played it wrong (you min bet when you didn't have a hand and checked when you did!! - I know what you were trying on the river - it never works, i know!). If you're making a continuation bet, you have to bet much harder, and if you get raised there's no point min betting again when a nothing card comes on the turn.

Thanks for the advice. Yeah, after the fact I was quite sure I'd played it badly. To be fair though, the table was somewhat weak and people were routinely folding to my mini-bets.

Although I wouldn't necessarily say there's no point betting again on the turn after a raise, because those raises are often to test if the other player has anything, especially against a mini-bet. If you bet again, it may represent to the other player that you have a hand. I was hoping this doubt might keep him from betting too wildly so I could get a look at the river with my 2 overcards and flush draw (and royal draw, hehe).

I agree I played it wrong, but that's just what the thought process behind it was.