Adventures in Weak-Tightness.. KQo hand

[jordanx]

Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG+2 ($9.30)
MP1 ($4.80)
MP2 ($10.35)
MP3 ($8.55)
CO ($12.60)
Button ($9.85)
SB ($28.47)
BB ($7.85)
UTG ($5.94)
Hero ($9.90)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.05.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.35</font>, UTG+2 calls $0.35, MP1 calls $0.35, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Button calls $0.35, SB (poster) calls $0.30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: ($1.85) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets $0.25</font>, SB calls $0.25, Hero folds, UTG+2 calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25.
<font color="blue"> After I folded I regretted it, small bet looks like a weak stab. When I folded, I figured w/ so many seeing the flop, a 3 is likely and didn't want to get sucked in. </font>
Turn: ($2.85) Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, Button checks.

River: ($2.85) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $0.8</font>, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, Button folds.

Final Pot: $3.65

[Sephus]

ive never played anything near these stakes but i think raising KQo in EP is not so good.

it's very likely the flop bettor is on a flush draw.

[pk Wools]

hey Sephus,

i agree that KQo is too weak to raise EP

is it playable in EP tho?
MP?
raise in LP?

[Sephus]

when i used to play nl25 full ring (which i guess was sorta near these stakes but the blinds were .25/.50) i'd fold it in EP limp in MP-LP and raise in LP first in or situationally. looking back over the 30,000 nl25 and nl50 full ring hands in my database (which mean pretty little i guess) KQo was a small loser and KQs was a small winner, so i didn't do much more with it than pay for my blinds.