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Brand new table first hand. I’m in the cutoff with Qs, Qh. Effective stacks 200 in a 1-2 game. I raise 10. Button calls, small blind reraises to 45. Everyone folds. I call thinking I’ll fold if overs flop
Given that you are inexperienced and likely to make mistakes on future streets it's probably best to just ship preflop when you know you have a strong hand. Vs this villain, he wins if he gets the better hand or if an Ace or a King flop because you will fold to his cbet.
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2. Should I be suspicious of the card room. I don’t know how it’s regulated. Am I just being paranoid.
You're definitely being paranoid. I'm not sure which poker room this is but the main poker room in Dallas is more professionally run than the rooms in Vegas, IMO. I've definitely seen more shady stuff in Vegas, but even then I think shadiness is rare. Since the card rooms in Texas are in a legal gray area, they are incentivized to provide an even safer gaming environment than your avg casino poker room (of course it's still all dependent on how well the room is run).
If it were an underground game, then that's a whole different discussion.
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3. I’m disgusted, I leave after that one had due to fear of tilt and suspicion of something. Are my suspicions unfounded.
What you experienced was playing against a true gambler. In Texas there are a lot of gamblers, and this makes the games good but it also makes them play bigger. I've lost $1500 in a Dallas 1/2 game in like 45 minutes all to the same guy in like 6 or 7 pots. You probably won't experience that, but losing $200 is not a big deal. If you think it is, then you aren't really rolled to be playing in this game. If you feel like your game is playing too big, ask for a table transfer to another 1/2 game.
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How do you beet this game? Is it just like playing bingo?
Study study study. Experience experience experience.