$55: KQo early, OOP and mulitway

[downtown]

Meh. I hate this hand and I felt lost, which is rare for me, so I'm posting it. It's not necessarily that interesting, just a hand I donked up and can learn from.

It's Thanksgiving when I played this, so lots of unknowns drunk off of turkey and whatnot. No reads.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx (http://www.zerodivide.cx/converter)

UTG (t885)
UTG+1 (t1000)
UTG+2 (t885)
MP1 (t1000)
MP2 (t1490)
MP3 (t1000)
CO (t925)
Button (t945)
Hero (t985)
BB (t885)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t15, UTG+2 calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t90) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets t100</font>, Hero calls t100, BB folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls t100, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t200</font>, CO calls t100, Hero calls t100, UTG+2 calls t100.

Turn: (t890) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG+2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t175</font>, CO calls t175, Hero folds

Here are my thoughts (but no results) in white:
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1) I usually lead the flop, but I just can't see myself not getting raised if I lead for pot, so I check. Weak-sauce.

2) I almost timed out after the flop min-check raise because it is such a f'n donk move that I hated it and wanted to push so badly, and the player was an unknown, i.e. probably not good. So I... called???? Hmm.

3) I planned on pushing the turn, but the Ace scrred me. So I check/folded.</font>

[Shilly]

I would probably lead out here, and fold to a raise. I would proceed very cautiously if called...

I think check/calling a bet from LP seems alright, but probably not your best option. However, I'm turbo-mucking to the minraise on the flop.

I suspect there's something wrong with this line but what it is escapes me at the moment because I think i play this the same most of the time.

I hate f..king KQ.

[downtown]

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I suspect there's something wrong with this line but what it is escapes me at the moment because I think i play this the same most of the time.

I hate f..king KQ.

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Looking back, I think this hand may be too amorphous to get a "good" line. It's pretty unusual action for a 55.

[bigt439]

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I suspect there's something wrong with this line but what it is escapes me at the moment because I think i play this the same most of the time.

I hate f..king KQ.

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Indeed.

But I do like your flop line. I think I fold to the minraise, not because I necessarily think he has us beat, but between the 3 of them, and the heat I need to take on the turn with a mediocre hand, I wait for a better spot. It's one of those, I'm maybe folding the best hand, but it makes sense given the situation.
Looking back, I think this hand may be too amorphous to get a "good" line. It's pretty unusual action for a 55.

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