KQs in MP, top pair

[swolfe]

Party Poker Pot-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB ($59.2)
UTG ($44.25)
UTG+1 ($67.65)
UTG+2 ($19.25)
Hero ($71.85)
MP2 ($16.25)
MP3 ($36.1)
CO ($23.5)
Button ($21)
SB ($23.75)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.25</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 calls $2.25, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, BB calls $1.75, UTG+1 calls $1.75.

Flop: ($9.25) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets $0.5</font>, UTG+1 calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $9</font>, MP3 folds, BB calls $8.50, UTG+1 folds.

Turn: ($27.75) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets $26.4</font>, Hero ???

Villain:
VPIP 69, PF 13.6, Post-flop agg 1.89

[Raydain]

what could he have that you have beat?

[swolfe]

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what could he have that you have beat?

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AK, QJ, a diamond draw...he's not particularly aggressive post-flop, which makes me think he calls down rather than betting his draws, so probably only AK, but that's unlikely considering his pre-flop aggression.

so...nothing, and that's why i folded /images/graemlins/smile.gif

really, though, i can't possibly put him on a hand. he could have a T4 based on how he's been playing.

anyway, does anyone play it differently on the flop or even pre-flop? i raise KQs here about half the time depending on how tight the people left to act are and how many limpers are in.

[Leaky Game]

I wouldn't raise PF with KQs in MP, especially with a caller in front of you. Too many hands that will call you you're already losing to.

[mcb]

I disagree.

[swolfe]

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AK, QJ, a diamond draw...

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heh, i was sleeping and i realized that i wrote AK when that's not a hand that i beat. i was thinking i had 2 pair or something when i wrote that...

[LuvDemNutz]

Smells like TT.

I think you want to raise it to about 1/2 pot in case he's trying to price himself in for the flush draw.

[MyMindIsGoing]

Realy can't se a reason for a raise preflop there. Call for sure, but even then you have to play KQ suited or not very carfully. Most of the times it will not win a showdown unimproved.

I like the raise on the flop, but once he calls you have to check/fold it later. Most likley he has 44, TT or KT. He could have a hand like QJ of diamonds, but if I had that I would reraise on the flop playing it with a strong semibluff, so not very likley.