Top Two on drawheavy board

[oli1980]

Hi MSNL,

My question is about the flop. Push flop or a normal raise. As played there was a psb left on the turn and i push. What do you think is the optimal flop play?
Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
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BTN: $198.85
Hero (SB): $49.50
BB: $30.65
UTG: $43.60
MP: $14.20
CO: $56.50

Pre-Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG calls $0.50, 3 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $2</font>, BB folds, UTG calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.50) 5 K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $3.25</font>, <font color="red">UTG raises to $6.50</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $16</font>, UTG calls $9.50

Turn: ($36.50) 4 (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $27.75</font>, UTG folds

[oli1980]

*bump*

[Ace Smokin]

I think you played it fine. Maybe a little bigger reraise on the flop.

What's the stats on UTG? If you are playing for value and believe he'd call a push with something like TPTK, by all means push.

[MaltbyStu]

I'm playing for stacks against an unknown with 2pair &lt;100BB.

I bet more initially on the flop and would also make the 3-bet higher.

Edit:typo

[infinity235]

This hand has been played fine. The board was drawheavy, so villain could be doing this with a draw a lot, we are ahead of one-pair hands; my initial bet on this flop will be more like $4; as played, please make at least a pot-sized 3-bet after his raise, which in this case means raising to about $24. This pot-sized raise also effectively eliminates your turn decision as you will push with any hands that you played on the flop this way with a fraction of a PSB left.

btw. this is uNL, not MSNL... MS is the abbrev for Mid-Stakes... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]