Bad Beat/Stupid Play on Me

[FinalTable]

Okay - this is in a real game...not online. Playing in a 5 person table in a home tourney.

My hand : AA - I raise PF 4X blinds ($400)

Get one caller from someone a friend of mine that I don't play much.

Board comes out and it's Kxx - I raise 5X blind ($500). He calls.

Turn like a 5 or 6 - no help. I raise 5X again and he calls. I can't put him on anything but a K...

River comes and it's a J - I raise 6X ($600) - he calls.

He turns over KJ (2 pair). I tried my best to push him off the pot, but he had TPHK and wouldn't budge. I was so mad that he wouldn't budge and then caught the J. I don't know what I could have done diff.

That hand crippled me and I was only about 5X the BB so I pushed blind on next hand and walked away. I was so hot...but I didn't know if I should be mad at myself for not considering the J hit 2 pair. I didn't think he had KK because he limped in before me PF.

Anyway - just had to rant a bit. I ended up taking him out in the second game. He just couldn't lay hands down. Finally caught up to him.

 

[zebranky]

you learned your lesson on how to play him, anyway. Sometimes you can't push tehm off, no matter what you do, and they get lucky.

BTW - on the turn, from what I can understand you only have around 1600 left, but there's at least 1800 in the pot - why did you bet only 500? This looks like the point where its all-in or all-out.

 

[FinalTable]

Good point on the All-In. I am so reluctant to do that...I think it's a pretty big leak in my game.

I only seem to go All-In when I have the nuts.

I think he is going to be playing with us more and more (like I said - he's a good friend of mine except when at the table...haha). So now I know something about him.