BB hand

[Pat Southern]

Does betting the flop make this hand easier to play? My thinking at the time is that I wanted to wait for a same turn card to come to invest chips into this pot. I hadn't seen the villain limp prior to this hand.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Button (t11100)
SB (t19430)
Hero (t39605)
UTG (t30755)
UTG+1 (t14520)
MP1 (t12735)
MP2 (t20925)
MP3 (t32441)
CO (t11370)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t800, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t2400) K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, MP1 checks.

Turn: (t2400) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1800</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t11885</font>, SB folds, Hero...

[Superfluous Man]

I probably bet 1600 or so on this flop, because I want to know where I'm at. If I get any action, I'm not putting anything more into this hand, even if it means possibly giving a free river card to AhX.

I lay down on the turn; the only thing you're ahead of here is AhX or some weirdly played middle pair + flush draw.

[sxz18]

Given the blinds and the stacks of Hero and Villian, I'd say betting 1500-1800 on the flop looks like a fine bet. Villian only has 12k so it will be easy to define his hand by betting a wealthy amount. I think the turn is a fold because Villian doesn't have a strong stack, he checked the flop in position, and then pushed the turn when someone bet. I doubt a king is any good.