$1.20 - KK

[thunderb4ll]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed)

UTG (t4100)
MP (t540)
Hero (t2745)
SB (t1480)
BB (t4635)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t450</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls t300.

Flop: (t975) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t550</font>, BB calls t550.

Turn: (t2075) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1745 (All-In)</font>, BB calls t1745.

River: (t5565) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t5565

Standard?

[J-P]

Maybe bet a little more on flop but everything else is fine, nh.

[bwiii]

Bet more on flop. You should be willing to felt so, make any draw pay. This is one of the situations that's okay to take on the big stack.

[drzen]

You forgot to fistpump. Otherwise, what he said.

[CheeseMoney]

nh... other than looking for a site without 20% rake (preflop), each street looks pretty good. I make it 600 on flop though.

[thunderb4ll]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I decided to go for 550 instead of 600-650 as I was hoping he'd perceive it as a "weak c-bet" and play back at me. At these stakes it is quite difficult, if not impossible, to put people on hands (all kinds of trash is frequently played). I was primarily worried that he had A3 and was, of course, hoping for KT/QT.

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You forgot to fistpump. Otherwise, what he said.

[/ QUOTE ]Hmm, I wish... Results in white below (just for kicks): <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Kh Kd (two pair, kings and threes).
BB has 3d Td (a full house, Threes full of Tens) (they were sooooted [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img])
Outcome: Hero wins t5565. </font>

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...other than looking for a site without 20% rake...

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, the rake is crap. I'm trying to very carefully build a bankroll and recently took a bad run at the $5.50s, but I'm pretty certain it was just variance and plan to move back ASAP.