$1.20 NLHE STT: QT in cutoff, hit 2 pair on flop - did I play it right?

[laidlow]

Full Tilt - $1+0.20 $1 + $0.20 Sit & Go (#225661180) - Blinds: 25/50 No Limit Hold'em (9 players)
Full Tilt Hand Converter Tool from CardsChat.com

SB Alksnis1992: t1,345
BB Tayyek: t1,315
UTG rubystryker: t1,585
UTG+1 davecoughlan87: t1,195
MP dugiss: t1,660
MP+1 pa-broody: t1,800
MP+2 kdalton51: t1,570
CO laidlow: t1,480
BTN pokerandreweb: t1,550

Pre-flop: (t75) laidlow is CO and dealt
rubystryker folds, davecoughlan87 calls t50, dugiss calls t50, pa-broody folds, kdalton51 calls t50, laidlow raises to t175, pokerandreweb folds, Alksnis1992 raises to t300, 4 folds, laidlow calls t125

Flop: (t800) (2 players)
Alksnis1992 bets t150, laidlow raises to t1,180 (All-in), Alksnis1992 calls t895 (All-in)

Turn: (t3,025) (2 players)

River: (t3,025) (2 players)

Would love to hear what people think of the way I played this, the guy was very loose and I truly thought I was well in front as I knew he didn't have AK - with his draws do you think it was a smart idea going all in?

 

[cjatud2012]

fold pre-flop, both times. What is your raise pre-flop accomplishing? All you're doing is creating a big pot with a very marginal hand. You don't collect value from anything worse. I wouldn't even limp this, maybe if it were suited I would, but still, at t25/t50 it's probably a fold even suited. And I know his 3-bet is a min-reraise, but again, what are you ahead of? You have no implied odds, so just muck it.

The flop seems pretty like a good place to get all-in, though.

Oh, and I'd probably move out of the $1.20's, the rake down there is horrible

 

[jbbb]

fold pre-flop, both times. What is your raise pre-flop accomplishing? All you're doing is creating a big pot with a very marginal hand. You don't collect value from anything worse. I wouldn't even limp this, maybe if it were suited I would, but still, at t25/t50 it's probably a fold even suited. And I know his 3-bet is a min-reraise, but again, what are you ahead of? You have no implied odds, so just muck it.

The flop seems pretty like a good place to get all-in, though.

Oh, and I'd probably move out of the $1.20's, the rake down there is horrible

This accomplishes everything I wanted to say.
The raise pre is horrible due to the fact there are many limpers who will probably call, you'll be playing a multi-way pot with a very marginal hand. It can only end in disaster.

 

[laidlow]

Cheers guys, much appreciated! After some reflection time I actually have no #$@$@ clue why I was even in this hand at all, have a feeling I may have been somewhat tilted from a bad beat in the previous SNG... Thanks for the advice!

Anyway - back to the tables!

 

[ben_rhyno]

You know I don't mind a limp pre but get out of the way of any raises. As played it's one of the better flops for QT so getting it in is fine, even though I expect villain to show up here with at least a pair and OESD/gutshot (AJ/AQ/KQ) here aswell as maybe QJ as this is the 1.20 level nothing can be discounted, i think we can include 99 aswell.
Text results appended to pokerstove.txt
51,480 games 0.005 secs 10,296,000 games/sec
Board: Td Jh Qc
Dead:
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 54.569% 52.89% 01.68% 27229 863.00 { QhTc }
Hand 1: 45.431% 43.75% 01.68% 22525 863.00 { 99, AQs-AJs, KJs+, QJs, AQo-AJo, KJo+, QJo }
I have discarded, AK, AA-TT as AA,KK, AK 3-bet larger pre and TT-QQ are unlikely

 

[cjatud2012]

Also I'd suggest moving up to the $2.25's on Tilt, the play is not any different and the rake is just so much better. You are really killing yourself with 20% rake so even if it's a little bit risky in terms of BRM, I still suggest it, just because that rake is so bad for your ROI, like a ~7% difference. No joke.

But yeah, please post more hands, welcome to CC

 

[ben_rhyno]

I was gonna say this, the rake is just horrible

 

[laidlow]

Yeah i'm only playing the $1.20's while I'm getting a feel for solid SNG play again, went a bit bonkers trying things out over the last few months and am only just coming back into the wins. Probably going to make a deposit next payday to get myself a decent $2.25 BR and then i'll let you know how I go!