No Limit Triple Draw 2-7

I ocasionally play some game other than NL Holdem for fun, my usual choices are Studd Eight or Better Qualifier and No Limit Triple Draw 2-7. Usually I play them break even , and I'm very carefull as I don't know how to play them properly. So Today I was playing for fun No Limit Triple Draw 2-7 , and was 12 bucks up when this hand came, and I was able to stack the biggest stack of the table Mr. Peterson, that also seems to be a good player, for a profit of 128,85 on a 0.25/0.50 Table.
Also, this hand shows one of the most problematic situations in poker: drawing to the second best hand. I have the nuts 23457 before the last draw, and Mr. Peterson draws one card and ends with 23467. In the best case he drew without the 6, so he was drawing to 2 of the possible 5s (as I had one of them and the other player had another one). Then he hits one very good card that gives him a 7 high hand, but not enough to beat my nuts and to avoid to get stacked.


PokerStars Game #7706054706: Triple Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/01/01 - 00:58:26 (ET)
Table 'Eunike II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Mr. Peterson ($185.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Katertot08 ($7.25 in chips)
Seat 3: starsljazer ($7.25 in chips)
Seat 5: Sparkdog55 ($37.85 in chips)
Seat 6: Adrian20XX ($123.60 in chips)
Adrian20XX: posts small blind $0.25
Mr. Peterson: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to Adrian20XX [Jd Ah 4d Qh 3h]
Katertot08: calls $0.50
starsljazer: folds
Sparkdog55: folds
Adrian20XX: calls $0.25
Mr. Peterson: checks
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Adrian20XX: discards 3 cards [Jd Ah Qh]
Dealt to Adrian20XX [4d 3h] [5h 2d Tc]
Mr. Peterson: discards 1 card
Katertot08: discards 2 cards
Adrian20XX: checks
Mr. Peterson: bets $2
Katertot08: calls $2
Adrian20XX: calls $2
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Adrian20XX: discards 1 card [Tc]
Dealt to Adrian20XX [4d 3h 5h 2d] [7c]
Mr. Peterson: discards 1 card
Katertot08: discards 1 card
Adrian20XX: checks
Mr. Peterson: checks
Katertot08: bets $4.75 and is all-in
RazzO joins the table at seat #4
Adrian20XX: calls $4.75
Mr. Peterson: calls $4.75
*** THIRD DRAW ***
Adrian20XX: stands pat on [4d 3h 5h 2d 7c]
Mr. Peterson: discards 1 card
Katertot08: stands pat
Adrian20XX: bets $25
Mr. Peterson: raises $38 to $63
Adrian20XX: raises $53.35 to $116.35 and is all-in
Mr. Peterson: calls $53.35
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Adrian20XX: shows [5h 2d 4d 7c 3h] (Lo: 7,5,4,3,2)
Mr. Peterson: mucks hand
Adrian20XX collected $231.75 from side pot
Katertot08: mucks hand
Adrian20XX collected $20.70 from main pot
Katertot08 said, "vn"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $254.45 Main pot $20.70. Side pot $231.75. Rake $2
Seat 1: Mr. Peterson (big blind) mucked [2s 3s 4h 7d 6c]
Seat 2: Katertot08 mucked [5d 3d 8h 9d 2h]
Seat 3: starsljazer folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Sparkdog55 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Adrian20XX (small blind) showed [5h 2d 4d 7c 3h] and won ($252.45) with Lo: 7,5,4,3,2

PokerStared in the worst possible way

Ever wondered where the term "PokerStared" comes?
Well, this hand has the answer, got two players all in pre flop with my Aces (and two big stacks). One had also Aces, the other had KK.
And it was not enough that the KK hit his set of Kings, he also had to get his quad Kings on the turn.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)

MP3 ($35.15)
CO ($60.10)
Button ($37.20)
SB ($72.75)
BB ($78.15)
UTG ($13.40)
UTG+1 ($98.90)
MP1 ($37.70)
MP2 ($58.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with As, Ac.

2 folds, MP1 raises to $1, MP2 raises to $3.5, MP3 calls $3.50, 4 folds, MP1 raises to $6, MP2 raises to $13.5, MP3 raises to $35.15, MP1 raises to $42.7, Hero calls $24.20.

Flop: ($116.30) Kc, 6h, Qs (3 players)

Turn: ($116.30) Kd (3 players)

River: ($116.30) 7s (3 players)

Final Pot: $116.30

Results:

MP1 has Ad Ah (two pair, aces and kings).
Hero has As Ac (two pair, aces and kings).
MP3 has Kh Ks (four of a kind, kings).

Outcome: MP3 wins $116.30.

Flopping Quads and getting paid

This was a nice hand, and I like the way i played it.
Small stack (20BB) is second to act and raises to 4BB. I'm third to act with QQ, and want to trap someone in the middle cause I suppose the small stack is going to push. So I raise to 9BB, and I get a caller. Small stack pushes all in as expected, and I raise to 36BB. The caller in the middle calls, I thought he would fold.
Now comes the flop, QcQh5d. Wow, I have Quads on the flop, on a pot that has 92BBs. Now, what do I think he has? A pair, probably big. What does he think I have? A big pair. Probably he think he is beated by my pair, but as the pot is so big, I can lead with a small bet and he will call for sure. So I bet 7BBs, and he calls. Turn comes 8h, so again I think he has a pair. Pot has 120BBs, so I can bet a bit more and keep him in the hand. So I bet 9BBs and he calls. River comes 9c, pot has 138BBs, and he has a stack of 43BBs. Time to push, I'll probably will get called with any pair, or even AK, just in case I have AK because I've been showing extreme weakness since the flop. He calls with an 8 Full House of Queens, and I win. Small stack to my surprise has AA, but before the flop I was playing to isolate the small stack that could had push with anything, and after the flop I was playing to get the player in the middle stacked .

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)
Hero ($41.60)
MP2 ($21.05)
MP3 ($23.75)
CO ($24.15)
Button ($25.40)
SB ($13.15)
BB ($20.45)
UTG ($13.75)
UTG+1 ($4.75)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Qs, Qd.

UTG calls $0.25, UTG+1 raises to $1, MPA raises to $2.25, 1 fold, MP3 calls $2.25, 4 folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $4.75, MPA raises to $9, MP3 calls $6.75.

Flop: ($23.35) Qc, Qh, 5d (3 players)

MPA bets $1.75, MP3 calls $1.75.

Turn: ($26.85) 8h (3 players)

MPA bets $2.25, MP3 calls $2.25.

River: ($31.35) 9c (3 players)

MPA bets $10.75, MP3 calls $10.75 (All-In).

Final Pot: $52.85

Total Pot: $52.85, between Hero and MP3. Pot won by Hero ($52.85).($52.85).

Results:

UTG+1 has Ad As (two pair, aces and queens).
Hero has Qs Qd (four of a kind, queens).
MP3 has 8s 8c (full house, eights full of queens).

Outcome: Hero wins $52.85.