3/6nl 6m turned top two

[felson]

MP is 35/15 over 150 hands; I have seen him playing at the 5/10 and 2/4 tables too. I have played with SB once before; he is 42/10 over 70 hands and not too aggressive postflop. My image is tight and somewhat aggressive.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Button ($140)
SB ($630.65)
BB ($415.75)
Hero ($1150.47)
MP ($1157.62)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $3.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $21</font>, MP calls $21, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB (poster) calls $18, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: ($69) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $67</font>, MP calls $67, SB calls $67.

Turn: ($270) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $200</font>

Comments to this point?

[amoeba]

do you often pot these dry flops and why is the turn bet so big?

[felson]

hi amoeba, good questions!

usually i bet 1/2 to 2/3 pot on dry flops, just felt like potting this one. maybe a mistake. i hadn't really thought about betting less on turn, very interesting. anybody like checking the turn?

[amoeba]

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hi amoeba, good questions!

usually i bet 1/2 to 2/3 pot on dry flops, just felt like potting this one. maybe a mistake. i hadn't really thought about betting less on turn, very interesting. anybody like checking the turn?

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i check the turn fairly often here unless if you think they'll not put you on the A, and bluff raise trying to take you off KK/QQ/etc....

[KRANTZ]

bump

[DJ Sensei]

On this board with the action so far, I don't think its too likely that either villain has an A. So, if this turn bet is getting called it'll be by somebody with a set. Thats bad.

You are in a great spot to represent KK/QQ here by thinking long and checking. Hopefully one or the other of them will fire a bet. However, I think thats the probably the last value you should expect out of this hand.

Also, free cards are not a great concern as the villains are likely either already ahead or drawing to 2 outs, and either way you should not be looking to put a lot of money in on the river.