But for the few that do, did I play this OK or did I just get lucky?

Sorry if its hard to follow..... can't figure out converting .........I know ...I'm a stupid ***

Full Tilt Poker Game #799434776: Table Walnut - $1/$2 Ante $0.20 - Limit Razz - 2:18:24 ET - 2006/07/15
Seat 1: Bighornsheep ($16.40)
Seat 2: trauts ($71.60)
Seat 3: cardcaper ($58.10)
Seat 4: sub10ironman ($39)
Seat 5: gotebo ($35.65)
Seat 6: chipper7 ($14.45)
Seat 7: Griff_900 ($50.30)
Seat 8: hojaysamson ($6.05)
hojaysamson antes $0.20
sub10ironman antes $0.20
trauts antes $0.20
cardcaper antes $0.20
Griff_900 antes $0.20
gotebo antes $0.20
chipper7 antes $0.20
Bighornsheep antes $0.20
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to Bighornsheep [7s]
Dealt to trauts [Js]
Dealt to cardcaper [5h]
Dealt to sub10ironman [Kd]
Dealt to gotebo [Qs]
Dealt to chipper7 [5d]
Dealt to Griff_900 [5c 8h] [3h]
Dealt to hojaysamson [Ac]
sub10ironman is high with [Kd]
sub10ironman brings in for $0.25
gotebo folds
chipper7 completes it to $1
Griff_900 calls $1
hojaysamson raises to $2
Bighornsheep folds
trauts folds
cardcaper calls $2
sub10ironman folds
chipper7 calls $1
Griff_900 calls $1
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to cardcaper [5h] [8s]
Dealt to chipper7 [5d] [Qd]
Dealt to Griff_900 [5c 8h 3h] [9h]
Dealt to hojaysamson [Ac] [Qh]
cardcaper bets $1
chipper7 calls $1
Griff_900 raises to $2
hojaysamson calls $2
cardcaper raises to $3
chipper7 calls $2
Griff_900 calls $1
hojaysamson calls $1
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to cardcaper [5h 8s] [5s]
Dealt to chipper7 [5d Qd] [8d]
Dealt to Griff_900 [5c 8h 3h 9h] [9s]
Dealt to hojaysamson [Ac Qh] [Jh]
chipper7 checks
Griff_900 checks
hojaysamson has 15 seconds left to act
hojaysamson checks
cardcaper bets $2
chipper7 calls $2
Griff_900 calls $2
hojaysamson calls $0.85, and is all in
*** 6TH STREET ***
Dealt to cardcaper [5h 8s 5s] [Ks]
Dealt to chipper7 [5d Qd 8d] [Kc]
Dealt to Griff_900 [5c 8h 3h 9h 9s] [Ah]
Dealt to hojaysamson [Ac Qh Jh] [9c]
cardcaper checks
chipper7 checks
Griff_900 bets $2
cardcaper calls $2
chipper7 calls $2
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to Griff_900 [5c 8h 3h 9h 9s Ah] [3d]
cardcaper checks
chipper7 checks
Griff_900 checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Griff_900 shows [8h 5c 3h 9h 9s Ah 3d] (9,8,5,3,A)
cardcaper mucks
chipper7 mucks
Griff_900 wins the side pot ($9.45) with 9,8,5,3,A
hojaysamson mucks
Griff_900 wins the main pot ($24.25) with 9,8,5,3,A
hojaysamson is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $34.70 Main pot $25.25. Side pot $9.45. | Rake $1
Seat 1: Bighornsheep folded on 3rd St.
Seat 2: trauts folded on 3rd St.
Seat 3: cardcaper mucked [Kh 4d 5h 8s 5s Ks 3s] - K,8,5,4,3
Seat 4: sub10ironman folded on 3rd St.
Seat 5: gotebo folded on 3rd St.
Seat 6: chipper7 mucked [6s 6c 5d Qd 8d Kc 2s] - Q,8,6,5,2
Seat 7: Griff_900 showed [8h 5c 3h 9h 9s Ah 3d] and won ($33.70) with 9,8,5,3,A
Seat 8: hojaysamson mucked [4s 4c Ac Qh Jh 9c 2h] - J,9,4,2,A

what were you doing in this hand post-4th?

i just don't like it, unless you've got read on cardcaper that says he bluffs a lot.

on fourth, if that's the case, i call down. otherwise, i'd probably just fold. there's a lot better situations to play with +ev than 98 high.

as it goes, with the odds down, unless you start seeing him catch perfect (which he didn't), the call is good on fifth.

on 6th, i'll raise it up. the reason being is that there's nothing out that can beat you at this point. you seriously need to be pushing them, and making them pay to make their draws

7th, i check/call, unless there's several bets in front of me. if we're having to call 2-3 bets cold, our 98 is beaten. but there's no sense in reopening betting for a possible check/raise.

Because of the big pot, I think you have a call on 4th. Raising is very bad unless your opponent is a complete lunatic (and remember, even lunatics get good hands sometimes).

Ok there is something Chip Reese said in the stud section of Super System that I can think of here. If your hand does not improve on 4th/5th, time to dump. I think in this situation you got lucky that they bricked out, and I hate that raise that got 3 bet, I mean all you are hoping for there is for them to fold and when it gts 3 bet, I think its time for you to fold.

JEFF

I check/call fourth.

Fifth street, I lead out. There's only one opponent that has a chance against you now and he paired. The other two have queen low.

Lead out sixth. You're definitely in the lead now.

Lead on seventh too. If I'm certain that I have the best hand, I want to get as much money in the center as I can.

Under normal circumstances, I would lead out here too. But given we have a (seemingly) active player in this hand, the check saves a bet, as there's a shot we get check/raised if villain made an 8. he could also do that if he made a 9, but still highly doubtful.

Third is fine IMO.

Fourth I wouldn't have played like that. If you were first to act AFTER the bet, then a raise would be fine to hopefully narrow the field, but since you weren't, its just a call.

Fifth is a fold IMO. You are drawing to a worse low than your opponent, so it will take a lot of luck (you catching good, him catching bad twice) to win.

eww, i would almost never lead out on 7th there. Our hand is fairly well defined as being a 9 low at best. It looks like both of them were on draws that would beat our 98 made, and if they made any sort of hand they arent going to fold for 1 bet. If the first guy makes the call then the 2nd guy isnt going to overcall unless he has a hand that beats ours (unless hes a total donk), so at best we can win 1 bet by betting out. If someone decides to checkraise us here we're still going to probably have to pay them off because the pots so big and they could be bluffing unless it was the first guy that raised and the 2nd guy cold calls 2, then we can safely fold, so most of the time we get checkraised we lose 2 bets. Against 2 players I definitely think checking is the best play on 7th.