Prob just being results oriented

24+2 buy in...130 people left 102 get paid

Full Tilt Poker Game #11980147449: $12,500 KO Guarantee (89611554), Table 25 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:31:37 ET - 2009/05/02
Seat 1: TX Cole (61,936)
Seat 2: NadhiEluka (23,467)
Seat 3: JDC87 (12,760)
Seat 4: DRJO7 (40,471)
Seat 5: donkeybuster318 (12,586)
Seat 6: barnesbaby (19,590)
TX Cole antes 50
NadhiEluka antes 50
JDC87 antes 50
DRJO7 antes 50
donkeybuster318 antes 50
barnesbaby antes 50
TX Cole posts the small blind of 250
NadhiEluka posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donkeybuster318 [Qh Qs]
JDC87 folds
DRJO7 raises to 1,500
donkeybuster318 has 15 seconds left to act
donkeybuster318 raises to 12,536, and is all in
barnesbaby folds
TX Cole calls 12,286
NadhiEluka folds
DRJO7 folds
donkeybuster318 shows [Qh Qs]
TX Cole shows [9d 9s]
*** FLOP *** [5d 7d Ts]
*** TURN *** [5d 7d Ts] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [5d 7d Ts 7c] [9c]
donkeybuster318 shows two pair, Queens and Sevens
TX Cole shows a full house, Nines full of Sevens
TX Cole wins the pot (27,372) with a full house, Nines full of Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 27,372 | Rake 0
Board: [5d 7d Ts 7c 9c]
Seat 1: TX Cole (small blind) showed [9d 9s] and won (27,372) with a full house, Nines full of Sevens
Seat 2: NadhiEluka (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: JDC87 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: DRJO7 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: donkeybuster318 showed [Qh Qs] and lost with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 6: barnesbaby (button) folded before the Flop



Any thought on a different way to play it, sitting with the stack I had, if I 3 bet I commit more than a third of my chips, so I figured I'd ship it in, surprised by the call from the blind and original raiser folded. As I said, not looking at results, it's going in on the flop anyways, but other thoughts regarding if it could be played differently.

Thanks in advance

I think you played it fine, but another way to play it would have been a sort of stop and go, re-raising to about 4800 preflop and then shipping on any non A or K flop, but even that play is problematic if you see the A or K preflop (since AK AQ has to be part of original raiser's range).

You played it fine, but online poker is rigged.

It depends on your strategy. Do you want to get paid or do you want to win?

If you are going for the win, go ahead and play it aggro like you did. You were a huge favorite when you got your chips in. As a small stack, you are more likely to get a call, especially from someone with 5 times your chips.

If you push preflop, AA and KK that have you crushed. Likewise, on the flop, you are still getting called by AA, KK and the potential sets if you play a stop n go.