NL25 TPTK on two-tone board - pot control vs. protection?

[ras52]

Villain appears tight/passive based on 30 or so hands.

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $8.35
UTG+1: $22.05
MP1: $19.90
Hero: $43.75
MP3: $10
CO: $14.40
Button: $9.45
SB: $12.25
BB: $23.65

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $0.75</font>, MP3 folds, CO calls, 3 folds.

Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($1.85, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $1.25</font>, CO calls.

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($4.35, 2 players)

Then my brain turns to mush. He didn't go away and now I've got a paired board to think about too. Risk giving a free card or keep on firing?

[Chargers In 07]

Bet $3.25 or so. Bet river to.

[Jay.Yang]

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Risk giving a free card or keep on firing?

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Keep on firing~

[TJC]

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Bet $3.25 or so. Bet river to.

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[ras52]

OK, so I kept on firing - albeit not as much as suggested - and Villain kept on calling until the river, where it got awkward:

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $8.35
UTG+1: $22.05
MP1: $19.90
Hero: $43.75
MP3: $10
CO: $14.40
Button: $9.45
SB: $12.25
BB: $23.65

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $0.75</font>, MP3 folds, CO calls, 3 folds.

Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($1.85, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $1.25</font>, CO calls.

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($4.35, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $2.25</font>, CO calls.

River: 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($8.85, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $3.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">CO raises all-in $10.15</font>

The pot is 22.5 and it's 6.65 to call, 3.4-to-1. Am I committed? My gut says no - I don't think he'd go to the river with nothing, in which case he's just improved to 2-pair or better, and he doesn't have enough chips to bluff with a busted flush draw. Thoughts?

[CalledDownLight]

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OK, so I kept on firing - albeit not as much as suggested - and Villain kept on calling until the river, where it got awkward:

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $8.35
UTG+1: $22.05
MP1: $19.90
Hero: $43.75
MP3: $10
CO: $14.40
Button: $9.45
SB: $12.25
BB: $23.65

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $0.75</font>, MP3 folds, CO calls, 3 folds.

Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($1.85, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $1.25</font>, CO calls.

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($4.35, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $2.25</font>, CO calls.

River: 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($8.85, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $3.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">CO raises all-in $10.15</font>

The pot is 22.5 and it's 6.65 to call, 3.4-to-1. Am I committed? My gut says no - I don't think he'd go to the river with nothing, in which case he's just improved to 2-pair or better, and he doesn't have enough chips to bluff with a busted flush draw. Thoughts?

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you have 2 pair and top kicker. You bet really weakly, he could be raising a worse Q etc. for value here.

[swainy]

maybe he has 77 in the hole, or perhaps he slow played 22 all the way. Anything else and you have him beat, therefore, you should call here.

[AlexB182]

From my limited Stars experience so far (I love it, they are sooo bad..): call and expect to see everything from KQ over A7 to JJ or some total bluff. I never ever fold there!

[Sounded Simple]

Agreed, since the effective stacks are $10.00 with TPTK I usually decide to commit on that flop.
Its hard to get away from TPTK on this board (why would he ever have a 3?) with 20bb

The fact that he didnt raise at any point until the river makes me less wary of AA, KK so I go ahead here and get it in here.

[Mike Kelley]

Next time plan on getting all in if you hit TPTK against a stack that size. Then size your bets accordingly.