Awkward spot out of position, 10/25, street by street
 

Villain seems like a solid winning TAG, hasn't showdown much and hasn't been out of line. I have been very LAGgy in the game, raising a lot of pots and playing pretty fast overall. This type of spot is still awkward for me, flopping a marginal hand after reraising pf OOP.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $25 BB (5 handed) internettexasholdem.com

MP ($1247)
Button ($2719)
SB ($1394)
Hero ($4915)
UTG ($4495.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $85</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $265</font>, Button calls $180.

Flop: ($540) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero .. Bet/fold, check/call?

Re: Awkward spot out of position, 10/25, street by street
 

Ok maybe it's boring so far. I checked, he bet 375 and I called.

Turn was the 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Plan?

Re: Awkward spot out of position, 10/25, street by street
 

How has the villain been responding to continuation bets? I usually just lead this flop for $425 and depending on how tight he is possibly just let it go. Your reraise preflop means that a checkraise is going to seriously bloat the pot; and a check call on this board basically means giving up since the villain will likely fire $1000 or so on any turn.

As played, I probably c/f the turn. If villain checks behind I lead the river for $750 and fold to any additional action.

Re: Awkward spot out of position, 10/25, street by street
 

bet the flop here ... he's not going to give you any more money with a worse hand once you check-call but he might with a lower A if you lead out and he might try to raise with a pocket pair if he puts you on KK or JJ.

Re: Awkward spot out of position, 10/25, street by street
 

who was this against, i don't hate checking the flop. i'd probably lead the turn.

Re: Awkward spot out of position, 10/25, street by street
 

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who was this against, i don't hate checking the flop. i'd probably lead the turn.

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It was against Boy. I played this hand super passive and gay.

I checked again, he checked behind, river was a 2o. I checked, he bet 650...

I thought i was gonna vomit after playing this hand. I freeze up too much OOP in spots like this.

Re: Awkward spot out of position, 10/25, street by street
 

i lead flop for 2/3 pot

turn sucks

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i don't hate checking the flop. i'd probably lead the turn.

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That seems like a good line.

Kirk

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I usually just lead this flop for $425 and depending on how tight he is possibly just let it go.

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As played, I probably c/f the turn. If villain checks behind I lead the river for $750 and fold to any additional action.

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... that seems really bad from meta-game standpoint, given how aggressive these short-handed games usually are.

Kirk

Re: Awkward spot out of position, 10/25, street by street
 

You are going to get 500 replies about why you should never check the flop for some reason.

I like your line depending on the last hundred hands of course, I would check and call the turn.