Weirdness with Q2s
 

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Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls, UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls.

Flop: (10.40 SB) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets</font>, Button folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG folds, MP calls, CO calls.

Turn: (8.20 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP checks, CO checks.

River: (8.20 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks...and will call 1 bet.

Anyone like bet/folding the river instead?

Note: I am betting most turns. I hated this turn.

Re: Weirdness with Q2s
 

I think you can bet the river since they all checked behind on the turn.

Re: Weirdness with Q2s
 

Against crappy players, I think you need to bet-fold the turn instead of the river. MP's calling two cold on the flop was very suspicious. As much as I would hate doing it, I would really hate giving the single spades a free card here. I think a made flush is less likely (slightly) than some random pair among fishy players, and a turn bet may fold a better Q sometimes.

Thinking players, who might notice that you forced another player to call two cold, would never believe you have the flush, so I don't think betting into them will fold out a better hand. Also, they are more likely to bet their flush draws on the flop I think. Thus, a check may be better against them.

This advice may be totally wrong, but that's how I'd play it. I may be overcompensating for my previous tendency to check too much.