Wrong play or wrong timing?

[jwrussell]

Posted this already, but this seems the more appropriate forum. Any and all coments appreciated:

I'm in a tournament tonight, 500 max people and we are down to under 200. Blinds are at 50/100 and most people have between 1500 and 3K chips at the table with a couple in the 6K+, one of whom is buying bets with his 11K+ stack. I haven't gotten crud in the past 20 minutes and along comes Q,Q in my little hands. I've got right around 1500TC and no one has raised, about 6 calls and I'm on the button.

That's the set up. I raise all in. Guy next to me calls with slightly less chips than I have (140 to be exact as that was what I was left with), and everyone else folds.

He turns over A,A. He got another A on the turn and nothing came along to help my poor ladies.

Stupid play or just bad timing?

[nicthestick]

if you ran into AA in the small blind, just poor timing. I like that play. Very much. It looks like a blatent steal, but it is not. unfortunatly, you ran into "The Vowels". not much you can do there. Keep it up.

[BeerWench13]

That's precisely what I would have done. Actually, that's what I did do in my first tourney except with Cowboys. I also was unlucky enough to have the bullets out there to take me down. If I had it to do over again, I'd still have made the same play.[/img]

[jwrussell]

Glad to hear that guys. That was two days in a row I got torn apart by the little ladies. The day before it was by pocket Jacks when a third squire hit on the board.

[JimTheBullet]

I agree with these guys - just bad timing as it was the small blind that took you out - one of only two players yet to act. In that spot, it looks like a steal and you may get called by somebody holding Ax or a smaller pair making you big favourite.

The only thing I would add is beware the man who flat calls under the gun in a no limit game. The point is if you get a monster under the gun (AA, KK or AK) many players would not normally raise because it would give away the strength of their hand. A lot of people would flat call it hoping for a raise and then come over the top all in. So, if you have QQ or KK and there are a lot of limpers, including the guy to the left of the big blind, be very afraid if one of the guys in the first or second seats comes over the top.

To be fair though, with QQ in late position with no raisers you are likely to get busted if one of the blinds has KK or AA.

[dirty_c]

That's precisely what I would have done. Actually, that's what I did do in my first tourney except with Cowboys. I also was unlucky enough to have the bullets out there to take me down. If I had it to do over again, I'd still have made the same play.[/img]

Poker newb here, but what are the "cowboys"?

[BigBlobOToothpaste]

They're pocket kings, and don't worry I didn't know what they were until I came to this forum