KJo hand Lvl 3

[jzpiano14]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

CO (t565)
Button (t655)
SB (t1615)
BB (t2675)
UTG (t405)
UTG+1 (t510)
MP1 (t775)
Hero (t800)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t200) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets t175</font>, UTG folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t350</font>, SB folds, BB calls t175.

Turn: (t900) 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t425</font>, Hero calls [t400] .

River: (t1325) A/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t1325

Should I have pushed after the flop and not just miniraised? I usually don't raise this preflop with a limper, especially from UTG, but I don't think folding it is right.

[gasgod]

I would fold preflop. The t125 in the pot isn't a big enough reward for the risk of playing this trash hand. Save your chips for when the blinds go up.

GG

[jacks321]

At this level, in this position, I muck preflop. KJo is a pretty marginal holding early on and it can get you in trouble, as with this hand.

[DeriamDash]

Going by just how the blinds are structured in the party sng I think you have to play this hand. Looks like you played it correctly, but I do beleive you shoud have raised more than the minimum.

~Dash

[gumpzilla]

What was your goal with the minraise? Were you trying to extract more chips from a hand you thought was inferior, or trying to discourage a draw from coming along? The minraise might do well with the former but it's horrendous at the latter, usually.

[jacks321]

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Going by just how the blinds are structured in the party sng I think you have to play this hand.

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No way. the blinds rise pretty fast on Party, but there's no reason to risk all your chips on lousy hands in the early stages.

[jzpiano14]

I was trying to extract more chips from him since he was the chip leader, I figured he had a K with an inferior kicker. Turns out I was right except that he hit his 6 on the turn.