Away from the Set

Hi,

I’m now into 1-2 NL cash games. I play for two times a week. Typically, games are very loose with raises to 10 dollars being called by 3-5 players.

Recently, in a certain game, I was very tight and so I was not able to see a lot of playable hands. In the SB, I had pocket 8′s. At some point, I raised to 10 but before that there were around 3 callers. BB then called and 2 others followed. I placed BB on a good hand while others on second-rate hands. Flop then came and brought 8-7-5 rainbow. I then placed 20 bet. BB raised me to 60. Two players then called the 60 while I went all in. After a while, both players called and flipped 6-4 and 9-6 over. Unfortunately, board didn’t gave any pair therefore I lost about 85.

Any thoughts about the way I played? What else could have done to get away from trouble?

Thanks in advance.

All the best,
Chin
Chin,

I believe you played fine. You had two bad players that flopped incredibly lucky. Also, remember that while they did get lucky against, you still had outs to win. I would have lost the hand too. Its hard to get away from top set on a medium flop such as that.

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