Limit Hold'em Quiz #33, Question Six

[Matt]

You are on the button with Q:diamonds:J:diamonds:. Four players limp in front of you. What do you do?

You raise. The big blind and the limpers call. The pot contains 12.5 small bets. The flop comes 7:clubs: 6:hearts: J:hearts:. The big blind and the first limper check. The second limper, a semi-loose aggressive player, bets. The third limper, a weak predictable player, calls. The fourth limper folds and the action is on you. What do you do?

You raise. Only the limpers call. The pot contains 9 big bets. The turn is the 9:diamonds:. Both players check to you. What do you do?

You bet and both opponents call. The pot contains 12 big bets. The river is the 2:hearts:. The aggressive player checks and the weak player bets. What do you do?

You call, the aggressive player raises, and the weak player calls. You call. The aggressive player show 5:hearts:4:hearts: for a flush. The weak player shows 9:hearts:7:diamonds: for two pair. How would you rate the aggressive player's play?

How would you rate your own play in this hand?

[Nima]

- I would have just called the flop and raised the turn...
- On the river, you know you are not good, you should fold...

He could have won the hand but he lost it, i think that was poor play

[Matt]

I voted for "fair," but looking back on the hand, I think our play was bad (but still not as bad as our aggressive opponent's play). Raising preflop with QJs is correct, but raising on the flop is a mistake. Our river calls were also pretty bad.

This quiz comes from a hand I played online, but I want to note that I did not play it this way. I raised preflop, waited for the turn to raise my pair of jacks, and folded the river. I changed some of the plays for the purposes of this quiz.