25NL KJs -- Something I've been doing more and more . . .

[Nick C]

The wisdom of this play depends in part, I'll admit, on what Villain is going to do with his various possible holdings after my flop check. And, well, in this case Villain is 28/5/2 after 88 and hadn't played any big pots yet. For better or worse, I didn't anticipate any big overbets from him.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB ($4.60)
Hero ($54)
MP ($22.20)
Button ($32.70)
SB ($19.25)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB calls $0.90, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: ($2.25) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($2.25) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $1</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $5 . . .</font>

Thoughts? I think I would have played KJo the same way on the flop (but I would have called with that on the turn instead of raising).

I'm a player with mostly a limit background, and it feels weird to me to play this way, but I think maybe there's a legitimate rationale behind it.