How was this play?

[Turk]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

SB (t850)
BB (t870)
UTG (t1050)
UTG+1 (t440)
MP1 (t800)
Hero (t775)
CO (t780)
Button (t2435)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t175</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t175, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: (t395) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t175</font>, Button folds.

Final Pot: t570

[mcpherzen]

Good fold...he doesn't have an Ace or 99, and you have KK. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I'd rather look at your play: If he raises you (a) the minimum or (b) all-in, are you prepared to fold? What if he smooth calls? Your answers to these questions will indicate whether or not leading at that pot was your optimal play.

--mcpherzen

[BigHobo]

Not bad, although I probably wouldn't have raised so much at that level pre-flop. With the 3 folds in front of you it wasn't going to be much of a group effort regardless. Usually a raise that big will have you walking away with a whopping 45 chips. It worked out for you this time though.