NL50 QQ against half-stack K-high flop

[Triggerle]

Second orbit but UTG seemed pretty loose, like everyone at the table (table VPIP >50%).

EverestPoker Game #1350638116: Table Doha-2 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:45:22 - 2007/04/04
<font color="red">Seat 1: UTG ($25.70)</font>
Seat 2: CO ($90.35)
Seat 3: Button ($78.35)
<font color="red">Seat 4: Hero ($50.00)</font>
Seat 6: BB ($52.55)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero[Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]]
<font color="red">UTG raises to $1.75</font>, CO calls $1.75, Button folds, Hero raises to $8.25, BB folds, UTG calls $6.50, CO folds.

*** FLOP *** ($18.75) [K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]]
<font color="red">Hero bets $18.00</font> (UTG has 17.75 behind)

<font color="blue">Since any kind of cbet commits me and the last thing I want is to give free cards I figured I'd take the best of it by pushing, right?</font>

[wikemang]

I like it, no sense in check folding here if you ask me.

[Ikaika]

Looks fine to me.

[kurto]

If you're willing to felt it, might it be better to give him a chance to bluff at it with a worse hand?

[wikemang]

I think by checking the flop we are allowing OP to take a free card if he is on a flush draw, so by putting him AI on the flop we make him decide whether his flush draw is worth his stack. Betting seems to make the most sense to me in this case.

[toomuchforu]

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If you're willing to felt it, might it be better to give him a chance to bluff at it with a worse hand?

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I doubt after 3 betting preflop he is going to try and bluff away this flop much. He will probably check behind and big flush draw he may have or anything else he wants to draw to and check behind TT or JJ. might as well push and put him to the test for his stack

[xorthio]

just a trvial question, where do you convert those everest hands with? thx,

[Triggerle]

I copy and paste them in notepad. Then double click on the player names and search/replace them with CO/UTG/etc.

Then just some more formatting and adding pot size. Colours and stuff if I'm bored.

I figure if I want to take people's time to review and respond then I can take some time beforehand to make it easier to read.

[KEW]

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If you're willing to felt it, might it be better to give him a chance to bluff at it with a worse hand?

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I agree..IMO villain bluffing and betting range &gt; calling range..

[KEW]

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I think by checking the flop we are allowing OP to take a free card if he is on a flush draw, so by putting him AI on the flop we make him decide whether his flush draw is worth his stack. Betting seems to make the most sense to me in this case.

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In 3 bet pots I greatly discount a FD esp with the Ks on the flop...