Should i be playing this different

The_Don90

Another one of those annoying readless hands.

Flop i figure the donk lead for second pair or maybe a draw. The turn brings an Ace which could easily hit a FD. So i flat to control the pot. River i felt i was best just flating as i struggled to see worse calling a re-raise.

layer	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
smallstack	Small blind		15.00	15.00	1755.00
robbo1984	Big blind		30.00	45.00	2050.00
	Your hole cards	K K
manutd1999	Fold
STEAMI	Fold
WHITEADDER	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		120.00	165.00	2905.00
smallstack	Fold
robbo1984	Call		90.00	255.00	1960.00
Flop
		7 10 9
robbo1984	Bet		90.00	345.00	1870.00
The_Don90	Raise		416.25	761.25	2488.75
robbo1984	Call		326.25	1087.50	1543.75
Turn
		A
robbo1984	Bet		90.00	1177.50	1453.75
The_Don90	Call		90.00	1267.50	2398.75
River
		10
robbo1984	Bet		90.00	1357.50	1363.75
The_Don90	Call		90.00	1447.50	2308.75

grantorino

Fine imo

DOHHHHHHH

Yep, good.

Talon

  The thing i like most about the way you played the hand is that you had a reason for every action you took. At no point did you do you something without some sort of awareness of where you were in the hand. Also you never used the phrase  " i might get lucky".

  The main thing when playing any hand is to have a good reason behind every decision you make whether it is a bet ,call or fold. This wont mean you will make every decision correct but it does improve your chances.

The_Don90

In Response to Re: Should i be playing this different:

  The thing i like most about the way you played the hand is that you had a reason for every action you took. At no point did you do you something without some sort of awareness of where you were in the hand. Also you never used the phrase  " i might get lucky".   The main thing when playing any hand is to have a good reason behind every decision you make whether it is a bet ,call or fold. This wont mean you will make every decision correct but it does improve your chances.
Posted by Talon

Thanks Talon. Glad a comment like this has came for all the other comments are also positive they dont really explain why, where as this does.

YOUNG_GUN

I think you played it splendid donald, no joke fine and good pot control at the end when its clearly that your probably beat but cheap enough

AMYBR

Played as is is perfect IMO.  I cant tell you how much I hate this trend on SKy to bet 10% of pot over streets, or min bet into a huge pot, especially when you know THEY WONT FOLD to a gutsy raise.

splashies

You have played it well, nice pot control on turn and river. Villain's bets look weak so i doubt they have an ace, probably J9 or similar. Did you win the hand?

The_Don90

The guy had A9 in the end so i got all the money in bar 180 good so no complaints here. Just curious to how anyone else could have played it.

Dudeskin8

Perfect, once ace comes any raise you make will only be a bluff and if he can call the flop with 2nd pair Ace kicker then can't see him folding any ace afterwards.

rancid

played this lovely Don
Clearly obvious he was not a fan of the board but hey a big bet required to push him off, which he may call anwway