my post flop play sucks! help! (hand included)

[techrush]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP1 (t2290)
MP2 (t1400)
MP3 (t1610)
Hero (t1315)
Button (t1145)
SB (t1510)
BB (t1380)
UTG (t1410)
UTG+1 (t1440)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t90</font>, Button calls t90, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls t60.

Flop: (t315) 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, Button folds, UTG+1 calls t300.

Turn: (t915) K/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

River: (t915) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets t150</font>, Hero calls t150.

Final Pot: t1215

i bet the pot on the flop but the king scared the crap out of me so i checked on the turn. looking back maybe calling that bet on the river wasnt the best plan. any ideas ?
also how do i convert this to the format everyone else on this board seems to use for hand histories ?

terush142

[Phil Van Sexton]

Make a smaller bet on the flop to keep the pot small. Say 200 instead of the 300.

You have position, so the standard play is to bet the turn (fold to a raise) and then check behind on the river. Bet 1/2 pot on turn. If he bets the river after your check, you can call and he'll usually show you a Q with a worse kicker.

Since he called your flop bet, he probably got piece of the flop or has a hand like 99. The K is likely just as scary to him as you. If he did hit a K, it probably gave him 2-pair (ie KQ, K8) and he'll raise and you can make an easy fold.

btw - Your call on the river was fine. The pot was too big to fold for 150.

Hand Converter is here (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi) .

[techrush]

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Make a smaller bet on the flop to keep the pot small. Say 200 instead of the 300.

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ok i think i understand what you mean but i just want to make sure. a bet of 200 still gives him inappropriate odds to call with a drawing hand. but id like to keep the pot small in case something like this happens to minimize my loss, correct ?

[Bigwig]

200 doesn't give him the proper odds to call. It gives him proper odds to call if he's getting a free card on the turn--and since you have position, you won't give it to him--right?