I REALLY Need Help...

[Valiant23]

Just moved to this table - and I get to play one hand:\

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hand #256314061 at table: Texas Holdem Started: Wed Apr 05 10:25:03 2006 gisp1 is at seat 1 with 2220.00 Peterone is at seat 2 with 1485.00 eho is at seat 3 with 1855.00 Perfect is at seat 4 with 4545.00 KOKAS is at seat 5 with 4475.00 Nemesis5 is at seat 6 with 4960.00 Higgs23pl is at seat 8 with 1500.00 emanze1971 is at seat 9 with 955.00 PBdoubleC is at seat 10 with 1120.00 KOKAS posts the large blind 50.00 Perfect posts the small blind 25.00 Perfect: --, -- KOKAS: --, -- Nemesis5: --, -- Higgs23pl: 10d, 10s emanze1971: --, -- PBdoubleC: --, -- gisp1: --, -- Peterone: --, -- eho: --, -- Pre-flop: Nemesis5: Call 50.00 Higgs23pl: Raise 200.00 emanze1971: Fold PBdoubleC: Fold gisp1: Fold Peterone: Fold eho: Fold Perfect: Fold KOKAS: Fold Nemesis5: Call 200.00 Flop (Board: 9c, 3s, 8h): Nemesis5: Check Higgs23pl: Bet 300.00 Nemesis5: Raise 900.00 Higgs23pl: All in Nemesis5: Call 1300.00 Showdown: Nemesis5 shows: 8s, 9s (two pair, Nines and Eights) Higgs23pl shows: 10d, 10s (a pair of Tens) Turn (Board: 9c, 3s, 8h, Ac): River (Board: 9c, 3s, 8h, Ac, 6d): Mainpot: Nemesis5 wins the pot of 3075 with two pair, Nines and Eights (0.00 rake were taken for this hand)

I am really struggling at the moment and taking a lot of hits like this when I go into a flop ahead and fail to see what I could possibly be losing to, which is the point of this request for help. How could I have got away from this type of hand without tightening up so much that there is no point in playing? I don't really care about the 'bad beat' aspect, but rather I'm looking for suggestions for tweaking my approach. Thanks in advance.:ok

[slick mick]

Re: I REALLY Need Help... Nothing you could do here except bail out on the check-raise saving two thirds of your stack. Just another example of a muppet getting lucky.