Top pair good here?
 

Thoughts on this hand? Villain is 40/5/0.5 over 21 hands. Apologies if this is really straightforward, I haven't been playing much poker lately.

Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

BB: $9.15
UTG: $25.10
Hero (BTN): $30.85
SB: $15.20

Pre-Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $0.85</font>, SB folds, BB calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.80) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets $0.75</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $4.05</font>, BB calls $3.30

Turn: ($9.90) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets $4.25 and is All-In</font>, Hero calls $4.25

Re: Top pair good here?
 

21 hands isnt enough to formulate any reads with. I dont feel great about this, but I think we have to call.

Re: Top pair good here?
 

I would have to say that you are really almost never good here. I don't think villian would make the reraise call with just a flush draw but he might have a set, two pair, or higher q. And I don't think that I like the reraise on the flop with just TPGK.

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I agree I dont like raising his flop bet, your bloating the pot with a mrginal holding.

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If you're going to raise the flop cbet you have to call the turn push... From 40BB shortstacks this line can be pretty much anything..usually some random pair / air

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I agree I dont like raising his flop bet, your bloating the pot with a mrginal holding.

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That's an extremely bad advice. We raise this flop 100% of the time unless villain has the nittiest stats ever (which he doesn't). You want to make flushdraws pay here, and at the same time get some information from him, telling you where you're at. We're folding to a push on flop.

I don't like the size of your flop-raise, however. It's way too big and forces you to call a push on turn, due to the size of the pot. He's a tricky opponent due to his short stack, but I think I'd either raise this to 3$ or just push him.

Re: Top pair good here?
 

agreed. you have to raise the flop, but id raise it closer to 2.50.

Re: Top pair good here?
 

Thanks for the thoughts guys. I've been playing extremely spewy poker lately, not sure why. Here are the results:

Results: $18.40 Pot ($0.90 Rake)
BB showed J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (Ace King high) and LOST (-$9.15 NET)
Hero showed Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (a pair of Queens) and WON $17.50 (+$8.35 NET)

Re: Top pair good here?
 

My line would be like this:


Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

BB: $9.15
UTG: $25.10
Hero (BTN): $30.85
SB: $15.20

Pre-Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $0.85</font>, SB folds, BB calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.80) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets $0.75</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $3</font>, BB calls $2.25

Turn: ($7.80) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets $5.25 and is All-In</font>, Hero folds

Re: Top pair good here?
 

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My line would be like this:


Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

BB: $9.15
UTG: $25.10
Hero (BTN): $30.85
SB: $15.20

Pre-Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $0.85</font>, SB folds, BB calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.80) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets $0.75</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $3</font>, BB calls $2.25

Turn: ($7.80) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets $5.25 and is All-In</font>, Hero folds

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I agree this is much better than how I played it.