Sunday Warmup: TPTK Gets Check-Raised On Turn

[JSH06]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

SB (t13000)
BB (t17200)
UTG (t9850)
UTG+1 (t8625)
MP1 (t10775)
MP2 (t9850)
CO (t9725)
Hero (t10975)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t200</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t150.

Flop: (t475) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t250</font>, MP1 calls t250.

Turn: (t975) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t675</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t1950</font>, Hero?

Ok, it looks like a standard laydown too me. Check-call flop followed by check-raise turn is usually sign of a big hand. However, the players in these Sunday MTTs are pretty awful. I'm going through a big downswing so maybe I'm just second guessing myself.

[registrar]

I bet more on both streets. This looks like a fold although I find that pretty hard to do.

[APipeDream]

Def call...evaluate river

[Foucault]

If he called out of his BB, this might be close, but against a limp-caller, it's a pretty clear fold.

[trimp]

I think it's important to keep these pots small early in this type of tournament. With only top pair, you want to take a good stab at this out of the gate and then slow it down, or let it go, if you get resistance. I'd bet more on the flop. Check the turn, call his bet on the river. You gave him a perfect opportunity to bluff you out of this hand.

[registrar]

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I think it's important to keep these pots small early in this type of tournament. With only top pair, you want to take a good stab at this out of the gate and then slow it down, or let it go, if you get resistance. I'd bet more on the flop. Check the turn, call his bet on the river. You gave him a perfect opportunity to bluff you out of this hand.

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I think almost exactly the opposite. In these type of tournaments you should take the whip to TPTK because early in these type of tournaments you'll get called down by all sorts of crap.