Short Handed NL

[Windbreaker]

I've sometimes have played short handed tables in the past...but never for long.

Tonight was the first time I played short handed seriously. At first it was rather difficult...knowing what hands to play...reacting to raises, and playing hands after you raise and miss the flop.

After quite a few hours, I found it to be easier to make money on these tables then the full tables. Usually whenever I have a 'good' hand, I tend to get paid well on those hands...because no one believes I've made anything.

The hardest part is knowing when to lay down a solid hand to people that bet hard.

For instance....I had Q 10 off in position and limp in (mistake 1??). It flops Q 10 8 - two suited. I'm thinking I'm good with top two...and want to slow play.

UTG is an overly aggressive player, and bets out 2. He gets raise to 4 by player B - no read on him. I flat call (mistake 2?)...planning to raise 4th street. Then from utg reraises to 10. Player B goes all in for about 60 more.

I have no clue what these two have. In a full ring game I would check it right away..since I have very little invested. But in a short handed...I could very well hold the best hand. I thought about it for a while.....and thought it if someone had J9 and was afraid of the flush...this may be the very way they play it. If may also hold a set of 8's....but I really had no idea...so I folded (mistake 3?).

Was it a poor fold for short handed play? Or is it a no brainer fold...since I only had like 7 dollars invested in the pot?