A Funny Hand (little to no analysis, I promise!)

On 2p2 (the popular poker forum I browse), it's customary to include humorous and fitting pictures to go with the hand history you're posting. Why? Probably because the hand is often far more interesting to the poster than the readers, so to compensate, the poster tries to jazz up the hand with some funny jpegs.

Note: the opponent is a competent regular. If this were a fish, I'd be playing much differently.


Poker Stars $3/$6 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players
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BTN/SB: $763.00
Hero (BB): $600.00

Pre Flop: ($9.00) Hero is BB with 4 6
BTN/SB raises to $18, Hero raises to $54,





BTN/SB calls $36



Flop: ($108.00) 5 Q Q (2 players)
Hero bets $66,






BTN/SB calls $66



Turn: ($240.00) J (2 players)
Hero checks,





BTN/SB checks



River: ($240.00) 6 (2 players)





Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $138,





Hero calls $138

Final Pot: $516.00
BTN/SB shows 8 9 (a pair of Queens)
Hero shows 4 6 (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
Hero wins $515.50
(Rake: $0.50)






A few quick thoughts on this hand:

• Our opponent could have won this hand on either the flop or the turn, had he raised. You really need to turn up the aggression when you're playing heads-up, and he didn't.
• I felt okay with calling here because I couldn't put him on a huge hand (like three queens) because he checked the turn and I couldn't put him on a marginal hand that still beat me (like 77) because I didn't think this particular opponent had the capacity to value-bet that thin. Honestly, someone with 77 or the like should be checking the river because I could easily have 99, JT, etc.
• This hand is a good example of how tough the games are these days and of how high-variance heads-up play can be.