77 out of position big stack v big stack

[LearnedfromTV]

No-limit Texas Hold'em $20+$2 (real money), hand #986,729,176
$20,000 Guaranteed! Multi Table Tournament, 13 Jun 2005 09:40 PM




Seat 1: MP 1 ($11,835 in chips)
Seat 2: Villain ($10,845 in chips)
Seat 3: MP 3 ($8,513 in chips)
Seat 4: CO ($3,835 in chips)
Seat 5:Button($9,420 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero SB [7H,7D] ($10,545 in chips)
Seat 7: BB ($6,097 in chips)
Seat 8: UTG ($1,400 in chips)
Seat 9: UTG + 1( $7,150 in chips)
Seat 10: UTG + 2($1,880 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
Hero posts blind ($150), BB posts blind ($300).

Thoughts on this line?

PRE-FLOP
folded to Villain, who calls, raised by MP3 to $813, Hero calls, BB folds

FLOP [board cards 3S,QS,QD ]
Hero checks, Villain bets $300, MP 3 calls $300, Hero c-r to $1,200, Villian calls, MP 3 folds.

TURN [board cards 3S,QS,QD,9D ]
Hero bets $2,500, Villain calls $2,500.

RIVER [board cards 3S,QS,QD,9D,JH ]
Hero checks, Villain checks.

[LearnedfromTV]

Tough room. My thoughts: checkraise to say i think I have the best hand, sort of a challenge to a queen to announce himself, figure that he has given that I could be raising the flush draw. Figure the caller has a flush draw or a pair, and on average I'm ahead, so I bet. Check riverto induce bluff from busted flush.

Standard and boring?

[Joshssj4]

Looks standard, what was your plan for the river if he had bet?

[LearnedfromTV]

Call any bet that wouldn't cripple me. Since we were even stacked and I had represent so much strength I thought a busted flush would have a lot of trouble putting me all in on a bluff, because there's a very real chance I have a Q myself. 10K in the pot, we each had 6500 or so left, I'd pay off about 2500, but figure that an allin could only come from a queen or someone with enough balls or a good enough read to deserve my money.

[Joshssj4]

results?

[LearnedfromTV]

I won... 7 of spades woulda been the money card.