10nl 6max: kk on aqq board oop. facing all-in river

[evil_ronnie]

No reads. This river bet screams bluff to me but with no reads I was very stuck. Should I have bet more on the flop?

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Hero ($11.85)
BB ($8.45)
UTG ($22.75)
MP ($9.30)
Button ($12.90)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $0.7</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.2</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls $1.50.

Flop: ($4.50) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $1.7</font>, Button calls $1.70.

Turn: ($7.90) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: ($7.90) 4/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets $9 (All-In)</font>...?

[Zagga]

at least c-bet 3,5-4 on the flop. Your hand is very weak against a A or Q and with a good bet you get the information you need.

[El Tigre]

I think a bet of 2.50 on the flop would be better. It doesnt look like a weak bluff, and it will get you the info you need. A pot sized bet is too much in my opinion, as anything that will fold for 3.50 will fold for 2.50. As for the river I think this is a pretty easy fold.

[FalconTi0]

i think you got to bet atleast $3 on the flop

[El Tigre]

Why do you feel that 3 is necessary. I absolutely feel that 2.50 would do the job of both folding a worse hand(as opposed to having a worse hand bluff-raise), and the better hand will let us know. It is also not small enough of a bet that he will see it as a weak bluff and come over the top. The only thing I can see that is better about $3 is getting value against a hand like 77 or some other weak pair. He did raise preflop, and this flop will have hit many of his hands. $.50 is 2bb and everything we can save is huge over the long run. If this type of situation comes up once/100 hands we can add a couple of bb.