25NL Line Check - flopped set

[TheStinky]

Need a line check on this hand. Any way to play it differently?

Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter)

Preflop: Hero is dealt 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (6 Players)
Hero calls $0.50, MP calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50, BTN folds, SB calls $0.25, BB checks

Flop: ($2.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (5 Players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, MP checks, CO checks

Turn: ($2.50) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 Players)
SB checks, <font color="red">BB bets $2.00</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $5.50</font>, MP calls $5.50, 2 folds, <font color="red">BB raises all-in to $9.50</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises all-in to $41.80</font>, MP calls all-in for $35.15
Uncalled bet of $1.15 returned to Hero

River: ($93.30) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 Players - 3 All-In)

Pot Size: $93.30 ($3 Rake)

[jessyj07]

I raise preflop 100% of the time and bet this flop the same amount of the time. As played I think you're toast to his minireraise but I'm never folding.

[SykoraG]

Raise preflop and C/bet 3/4 pot. As played it looks like you're behind to 3 5, but I can never fold this.

[PaulG]

I raise pre-flop. 3/4 pot bet on the flop. To extract you must build a big pot, you can only do that by betting. If you were planning to check-raise, you need to look at your opponents aggression to see if it is likely that they will bet.

Unless someone sucked out for the straight you might have gotten away with it.

[Beesnuts]

I agree that if youre gonna limp PF here, then you 100% have to bet this flop. Since it wasnt raised, hands like 35 get to stick around

[BurnzDK]

I think limping here is fine! 22-77 is hard to play OOP and i dont think they are profitable to raise early at this level where people tend to call too much. However your line is very bad postflop. Why would you give free cards ?
Bet 3/4 pot on the flop - anyone with a king will surely pay you off. Bet again on the turn and the hand will play itself. If anyone have 35 or JT its just unlucky.

[Fiksdal]

Postflop is easy, just bet/raise all decisions for about pot sized bet.

Preflop is a decision I discussed a lot when I was at first converting to cash games.

I personally raise here. Still, I really don't think limping is bad at all. Against opponents that play back at cbets a lot, or don't fold third pair etc., I think limping might even be optimal, cuz innitiative in the pot isn't worth as much.