What did I do Wrong?

[AaronG]

NL 1/2/5. My starting stack $235 UTG $350

I’m CO and get 4H 7D.
UTG calls $5. Folds to me. I Flat for the $5. SB and BB both fold.

Flop comes 7C 4S 4D.
UTG bets $10. I call.

Turn is the 3S. So the board is now, 7C 4S 4D 3S.
UTG bets $25. I know he has an over pair, and I call.

River comes the QC. Board now is
7C 4S 4D 3S QC. UTG bets $50, I raise for my remaining stack and get snap called. He rolls over pocket Q’s.

This is the second time I have played in this home game and the second time I have been sucked out on the river. I feel like I am playing good and making good calls but I’m losing money. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance.

[Chuck M]

74o is not a hand I would play even IP
Now, in a home game context, I can get it.

Nice flop, I like the flat flop and turns.

River, I’m not sure. I don’t want to be result oriented. You said you put villain on an overpair, he can have JJ, KK, AA too. You raise for value, you can tell if you get paid by 99-JJ, AQ, KQ? Maybe he can have A4, 54, 43s (?).

I think you beat more combos than what you lose to (QQ) that’s it (3 combos). I guess it comes to “are you ready to put your whole stack at risk”.
Yeah, maybe flatting here is too nit
And I would’ve a hard time raise/folding.
So i guess shoving there is best.

I think post flop was good, but I just wouldn’t have played that hand in the first place.

Mental note : “villain may limp big pairs from EP”

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He only had 2 outs.
I guess if you feel he had an overpair, you could’ve raised/get it in on the turn, charging 4x and wheel draws (and still getting paid by overpairs.
And I don’t know how this home game plays, but you might’ve deal to run 2-3 rivers, that way you would’ve won half or 66% of the pot

[DeeKay]

Chuck makes all good points. The only way I would ever call 4-7 off is if I was on the button in an unraised pot. Even so, I might fold this hand. However, ignoring that, all I have to say is that sometimes you get bad beats. There’s a reason the Borgata bad beats hits about every two weeks… that shit happens. Nothing you can do there… there’s no situation where you don’t think you have the best hand.
Just a small note. If you are putting him on an over or strong hand like suited AK, you should have re-raised the turn. That was an opportunity to build the pot so that you would have to shove and get a call on the river. Just as a strategic thinking.
But hey, we’ve all been cracked by Kings against our aces… it happens. Move on. Keep playing solid poker.

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