Two Pair Problems

[CanSpoilU]

Trouble with the two pair. I thought I played this great until I got re-raised on my check raise. Any thoughts on a better way to handle this? I put him on the King when he started to show his aggression.

Thanks in Advance.




Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $16.75
UTG+1: $30.15
CO: $8.70
Button: $20.90
SB: $27.40
CanSpoilU: $25

Pre-flop: (6 players) CanSpoilU is BB with 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, CO folds, Button calls, SB folds, CanSpoilU checks.

Flop: 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($1.1, 4 players)
CanSpoilU checks, <font color="#cc0000">UTG bets $0.5</font>, UTG+1 calls, Button calls, <font color="#cc0000">CanSpoilU raises to $2</font>, 2 folds, Button calls.

Turn: K/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($6.1, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">CanSpoilU bets $3</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Button raises to $6</font>, <font color="#cc0000">CanSpoilU raises to $15</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Button raises all-in $18.65</font>, CanSpoilU calls.

River: T/images/graemlins/club.gif ($43.4, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $43.4)


Results:
Final pot: $43.4
<font color="#ffffff">CanSpoilU showed 2d 4s</font>

[cobb0716]

The problem with this hand is that it is an unraised pot. Do you have any reads on villain? If he has been seeing a lot of flops he could literally have anything here, including A3, higher two pair, etc.

I think the flop check raise is alright, but after that things get sticky. Basically, if I am in an unraised pot and I do not have the nuts or something pretty close to the nuts, it's probably best to not go to the felt. There are simply too many seemingly random hands that can beat you.

I think after he called the check-raise I would slow it down a bit and either check the turn or fold to his minraise. Especially at this level where minraise often times = the nuts.

rc

[CanSpoilU]

This was my first hand dealt to me at the table so I had zero reads. I left the table immediately after he showed A3o.

(4,180) BB/100 for the table. Ouch

[cobb0716]

Yeah with no reads and an unraised pot this is definitely a fold at least by the turn IMO. Tough beat.

rc

[CanSpoilU]

Do you fold to the minraise... or just call the minraise and check/fold the river?

[Low_Card2]

i like the checkraise bu i fold to the minraise on the turn.