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I just two-tabled at $0.25/$0.50 across Ladbrokes and Royal Vegas.

The session started at Royal Vegas. The lobby statistics showed a saw flop percentage of 55%, but when I sat down I quickly found that it was tighter than Juice's ****. There were many steals and frequently only 3 players per flop. However, I did not steal myself as I had no cards to back myself up. I noticed that some players raised more than I'd conventionally expect and they won some money. However, I did not get sucked into the Piranha game, and stuck to my simple tight strategy. It eventually paid the bills but I'm not sure of this hand...

I was in late position with KQo. It was folded to me so I raised. The only caller was the big blind.

The flop was QQ8. I had previously forced the big blind into a fold, from betting on the flop when we were heads up and I wanted to suck him in. So I tried to be tricky and checked. He checked as well.

The turn was a king. Giving me a full house. I did not want to miss another bet and therefore bet. The big blind folded.

I therefore got a minimal return from my full house.

So... Should I have called pre-flop? I could have got more money from more players if I'd done that. Should I have been straightforward and bet the flop (instead of checking)? SSHE recommends straightforward play, rather than tricky, so according to that I guess I should have bet the flop.

It's getting late so I'll await some replies from my readers.

The session at Ladbrokes was uninspirational. Non of the usual crowd were there and players kept on leaving. I eventually left when only 5 players were remaining.


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