(109) Mid-game play, QQ gets c/r'ed on a K-high flop

[wiggs73]

i would check behind the flop and i'm not being results oriented... it's my default play (in this situation) esp. on a board this dry.

[Little John]

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i would check behind the flop and i'm not being results oriented... it's my default play (in this situation) esp. on a board this dry.

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i am being a little results oriented, it seems almost everytime i check behind in this spot villian will spew about 300 chips with some piece of crap hand.

[justatrey]

I think the flop bet (w/ intention to b/f) almost turns our hand into a bluff. He may call with a few worse hands, but he will also likely call a small value bet later in the hand. Giving a free card with this board isn't so bad and invites bluffs as others have already said so I'd check.

Also isn't one main reason people raise 250-275 instead of 300 pf for pot control? It makes it easier to keep the pot smaller on flops like this (after checking behind on flop).

[TheNoodleMan]

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I check behind the flop

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[mahi]

What is your plan for the rest of the hand after checking behind? Are you calling as long as an ace doesn't come?

[microbet]

Any way this hand goes from here on out sorta sucks. The best thing that can really happen is check-down and maybe get one small profitable call or valuebet in there on the turn or river depending on what happens to the board.

I don't think leading is horrible though and you can certainly justify it with a good read (e.g. villian is always set mining here).

[AMT]

i certainly think a flop check behind is fine/standard also, but i dont expect to get c/r so much that betting is not profitable here.

[pineapple888]

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What is your plan for the rest of the hand after checking behind? Are you calling as long as an ace doesn't come?

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Depends. You just gotta go with your read on Villain, bet sizes, etc. But I'd lean towards calling in general.

[z32fanatic]

I think checking flop here is pretty standard, just because when you bet/fold here it takes away all value from your hand. You're rarely getting called by a better hand, so you basically have air.

[curtains]

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Full Tilt Poker $100+9 No-Limit Hold'em Tourney
Big Blind is t100 (8 handed)

UTG (t1350)
UTG+1 (t2450)
MP1 (t1295)
MP2 (t2560)
Hero (t1650)
Button (t1520)
SB (t1400)
BB (t1275)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t300</font>, <font color="#666666">Button folds</font>, SB calls t250, <font color="#666666">BB folds</font>.

Flop: <font color="blue">(t700)</font> K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
SB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets t300</font>, <font color="red">SB raises to t800</font>, <font color="#666666">Hero folds</font>.

I have no specific reads on SB other than he isn't completely terrible. His play has seemed slightly loose-passive, maybe 25/5 up to this point. Where did this go wrong?

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I'd usually check the flop.