50nl - TPGK 4-way

[Innovation]

Never sure what to do in multi-way with TPGK type hands. Initial plan was to keep pot small, cheap showdown or to fold to heavyish action. After the 50/0/1/10 guy bets so small and others just call, I figure they've all got draws/weak hands and I should be able to raise them off a lot of the time.

Turn is erghhh, bet? c/f? Block bet if he checks behind?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

CO ($38.10)
Button ($15.70)
SB ($126.90)
BB ($52.95)
UTG ($67.65)
Hero ($53.95)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, CO calls $2, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB calls $1.75, BB calls $1.50.

Flop: ($8) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets $1</font>, SB calls $1, BB calls $1, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $8</font>, CO calls $7, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: ($26) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero ...

[Micro Donk]

why check the flop? you hit your hand and now you want a cheap showdown?

[Profish2285]

I hate the flop play, you dont have a monster, you have a modest holding, so why go for the c/r? If you get called here youre more than likely way behind so youre turning your tpgk into a bluff. Just bet like 6 on the flop and see what happens from there. As played, the one of the few hands youre ahead of on the flop just hit the turn, so I would c/f.

[Bill Smith]

Please please please c-bet this flop 4-way. You'd like to keep the pot small, but you don't want to see more cards with three opponents and only one pair. Also, c/r sucks because not only was it more likely to get checked through, but your raise amount turns out to be $7 into a $12 pot, giving them better odds. If you c-bet that $7, they get worse odds.

As played, we've already seen this guy make small bets, so let's check here and see how cheap we can get to showdown. If he checks it through, bet about $11-14 on a non-ace, non-diamond river.

[Innovation]

Just to clarify, I didn't intend to c/r flop, I just felt I had to after he bet so small and the others called.

Guess I should have just bet out but I'm just not too happy about getting multiple calls/raised 4-way with this type of hand.

[Profish2285]

What is to say you would get multiple calls with a normal size bet? If you do however, you go check check hoping for showdown.