Am I just throwing away money.....

NickyOD

.. or is it easy for a good player to check fold the turn here? He had QQ.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP ($45.10)
CO ($286.95)
Button ($185.98)
Hero ($181.10)
BB ($200)
UTG ($213.60)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A. Hero posts a blind of $1.
UTG raises to $5, 1 fold, CO calls $5, Button calls $5, Hero (poster) raises to $24, 1 fold, UTG folds, CO folds, Button calls $20.

Flop: ($62) 7, 8, Q(2 players)
Hero bets $40, Button calls $40.

Turn: ($142) 9(2 players)
Hero bets $116.10 all in, Button calls $116.10.

BrokenArrows

Nah i dont really see how you could have gotten away from that hand unless he was the one that pushed.

Lafortezza

A strange way for the button to play QQ preflop. Did you have any stats on him at all? I can't see a fold on the turn since there's several hands he could have that you beat, flush draw, KK, etc.

pok3rplaya

it's fine.

ZZR1100

dont think you could of done anything differant as AKh or AQ are very possible here, but if the stack sizes are differant / say 350 each after the flop bet would you pot /fold to a raise/push?. if you had T2P , do you play it any differant or bottom set even

Hectorjelly

these hands would be much easier if you were running well nicky

NickyOD

Hectorjelly wrote:

these hands would be much easier if you were running well nicky

I wouldn't say I'm running bad though. I mean I'm up but I feel like I should be doing a whole lot better.

RoundTower

NickyOD wrote:

.. or is it easy for a good player to check fold the turn here? He had QQ.

c/f would be terrible, he can have KK, AQ, or depending how loose he is pf, any number of draws or worse hands.

Gholimoli

looks fine .you could also check/call the turn and river sometimes but i dont see a check fold at all given the stack size.