I was in 3rd place in a 27 player NL Hold’em SNG on pokerstars today.

Here is how the hand played out.

I was dealt Q Q in the big blind.

I had been playing these aggressively in the past. This was actually my 4th wire pair of Hilton Sisters in this SNG. So this time I decided to slow play since there were already several callers.

Bad move on my part. Pairs are better against only one or two opponents. If you have several callers you want to be playing higher hand like a flush or straight draw.

The flop was: J T 9

Nice. I’ve got the high pair and a straight draw. Time to make a move. One player checks. I raise T1000. Two players fold and my opponent raises all in.

I’ve got him covered by about T1000 so I call. I figure I’ve got a pretty good hand and even if he had been slow playing aces I have the straight draw. I doubted he was slow playing but it was still a risk I’d take. If I beat this guy I’d go into the tournament lead.

He turns over: K J

Awesome for me! I’m 81.31% favored to win the hand!

The turn is 4 The river is J

What a load of crap! He just made a set of Jacks. At that point he was 9/1 odds to loose. I was 90.91% favored to win!

Argh!

Oh well. Thats poker.

My fault for not betting and trying to slow play against 3 opponents. If I had only one it might have been a good move, but against 3 it was pretty dumb!

- Fittsy

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