[lork]

Well? What do you think?

$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, August 26, 01:22:36 EDT 2005
Table Table xxxxx (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Player1 ( $15.25 )
Seat 4: Player2 ( $40.35 )
Seat 5: HERO ( $48.28 )
Seat 8: GoinDown ( $6.30 )
Seat 10: Nemesis ( $23.08 )
Seat 2: Player3 ( $21.50 )
Seat 6: Player4 ( $28.50 )
Seat 7: Player5 ( $8.90 )
Seat 9: Player6 ( $25 )
Nemesis posts small blind [$0.10].
Player1 posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 7h 7s ]
Player3 folds.
Player2 folds.
HERO calls [$0.25].
Player4 calls [$0.25].
Player5 folds.
GoinDown calls [$0.25].
Nemesis calls [$0.15].
Player1 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 8h, 9h ]
GoinDown: what was that
Nemesis bets [$0.30].
Player1 folds.
HERO calls [$0.30].
Player4 calls [$0.30].
GoinDown calls [$0.30].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
Nemesis bets [$0.45].
HERO calls [$0.45].
Player4 folds.
GoinDown calls [$0.45].
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
Nemesis bets [$0.25].
balljok has joined the table.
HERO raises [$1].
GoinDown is all-In [$5.30]
Nemesis raises [$9.35].
HERO: got a straight flush and dont know whether to call... crap
HERO calls [$8.60].
Nemesis shows [ 8d, Qh ] a straight flush, queen high.
HERO doesn't show [ 7h, 7s ] a straight flush, jack high.
GoinDown doesn't show [ Ah, 5d ] a flush, ace high.
Nemesis wins $8.15 from side pot #1 with a straight flush, queen high.
Nemesis wins $18.75 from the main pot with a straight flush, queen high.
HERO: nh

[arcfinn]

Being removed from the situation I think I'd actually be put off with a big bet going in like that.

Tough one...

Maybe betting bigger when you hit your straight would have helped? I don't know... he looks to be playing pretty loose here. What is the term for making this call over time is profitable, but it just wasn't in this case? Maybe that's the reasoning... over time you make money with that play? Either way, pricing it out earlier may have saved you the problem, but that's hindsight. In the moment I doubt I'd have the ability to fold here (putting the jerk on some flush or whatever).

Was there a bad beat jackpot going?

[DeepBlue]

I would have perhaps raised hard early on and shaken off anyone unsure of their hands, which may have saved you the problem as arc suggested.

However, it's all too easy to say that now isn't it. You made a fine play and I don't see a problem. There is always the chance of a bad beat at the end of a hand, even a good one such as that. You can't let the odd chance put you off and fold a perfectly good hand without a very good reason to.

[ThomasR]

Easy to see your mistakes having played the hand and gotten it wrong, though I think your mistake was letting so many see too many cards cheaply. A bigger raise *may* have lost you more, then again it may have saved you the trouble of even showing your cards if the other players weren't 100% confident in their hands.

[BigAl]

Hmm, tough one. I would have followed the same play personally, again as the suggestions have said a bigger bet might have done you the favour and saved you the risk of having to show your cards, though it was risky and pretty irrelevant now.

Stick to what you know, you're not always going to win even with a good hand such as that.