It's hard to avoid the cliche - but this WAS a game of two halves.
Even so, with three minutes remaining how Tjaronn Chery missed a sitter with the goal gaping, only the QPR forward will know.
New signing Conor Washington pulled the ball back across the box for Chery in acres of space to hammer the far post and watch the ball rebound to Wolves safety.
It would have rescued a poor second half and given Rs a second win on the spin - but it was another two points that got away.
Rangers got off to a flier.
Matt Phiilips flighted the perfect inswinger from the left that Polter directed joyously into the far corner - and only 1:51 on the clock.
A minute later, James Perch's cross caused havoc in the Wolves box only for Leroy Fer's half volley at the back post to miss by a margin and head back in the direction it came.
The away side had a decent chance on 15 minutes when Rajiv Van La Parra won a race down the right with Paul Konchesky.
The Wolves winger sent in a dangerous low centre cleared at the last by Nedum Onuoha - just as the QPR captain did at a critical time against Rotherham last week.
Phillips was then a whisker wide with a dead central free-kick from 20 yards, and Polter's downward header from another cross was this time comfortably gathered by Carl Ikeme.
Then disaster a minute after the restart.
Alex Smithies had the cross shot from James Henry covered, but it took a deflection off Onuoha and wrong-footed the keeper for 1-1.
Polter was hemmed in from all sides straight after - and could only stab a tame shot straight into the arms of Ikeme.
There was nothing tame about the blaster from Matt Doherty on 74 minutes that saw Smithies save well, but he did even better seconds later with a brilliant parry low down to deny Dave Edwards from five yards.
Chery on the cake it wasn't - but it was an amazing eighth home draw of the season.
