I Hate The Way This Always Plays Out

[0evg0]

About 40 left in a $50

Villain just limped QTo a few hands ago UTG, only read.

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t1200 with t75 antes (8 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t16219)
Hero (t33689)
MP1 (t12396)
MP2 (t7199)
CO (t31900)
Button (t22275)
SB (t6791)
BB (t6403)

Preflop: Hero is in UTG+1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t3600</font>, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, Button calls t3600, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, <font color="gray">BB folds</font>

Flop: (t9600) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
<font color="red">Hero bets t4400</font>, Button calls t4400

Turn: (t18400) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">Button bets t9600</font>, <font color="gray">Hero folds</font>

Anything I should do differently?

I thought about just pushing river, but I'm pretty sure he's not folding AJ.

[BT2]

maybe you dont always have to cbet?

[FortunaMaximus]

c/c, lead turn, assess on river if he doesn't shut down or raise?

[Rekwob]

i push turn, but i dont raise this pre

[0evg0]

Wow, I just realized how small my flop bet was.

Discuss that too.

[Colombo]

This exact hand is a problem that I've been struggling with lately. I'd probably raise less preflop, but I play the rest the same.

[registrar]

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Anything I should do differently?


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Not raise KJo UTG+1? I'm all for stealing from EP but that's just manky at that table with those stacks.

[0evg0]

I usually do raise less preflop, and I usually fold here if my default is still 3xbb but I'd folded like 10 hands in a row or so...

[Bakes]

I dont like preflop, even if your image is tight it runs into trouble a lot (and i''m not even a preflop nit.

Honestly I would either c/f or c/c the flop, probably c/f. Seeing as to how you got to the turn...I'd probably just shove with your small flop bet he's floating u a decent amount of time, and lays down an ace some of the time, you have outs when he calls....meh.

[Imrahil]

Why not just push the turn? You have the NFD + middle pair, so if villain calls with a random ace, you have outs. You can also maybe make him fold an A if he's capable of folding one.