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[Nacarno]

It was pretty early in the tournament but the CO seemed pretty loose.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter

MP1 (t1580)
MP2 (t1480)
MP3 (t1400)
CO (t900)
Hero (t1910)
SB (t1380)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1200)
UTG+1 (t2150)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t20, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls t20, MP3 calls t20, CO calls t20, Hero calls t20, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t140) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(7 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t20</font>, MP3 folds, CO calls t20, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t140</font>, SB folds, BB folds, UTG folds, MP2 folds, CO calls t120.

Turn: (t440) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">CO bets t80</font>, Hero ???

The CO's bet here really confused me. I couldn't think of many hands here that'd he'd suddely bet that I had beat and calling only to fold to a river bet seemed pretty weak. Agree?

[Nacarno]

Bump. Is the answer really that straightforward?

[pooh74]

no its not.

You raised his bet and were called...he either had a better hand on the flop (2pair, set), or thought his implied odds of the flush draw were worth it. Either way, you are now probably beat. His smallish bet here could be interpreted here as either inviting a raise, or feeling his Kx is weak. So basically, calling for value here is ok if it werent for not knowing what the river bet would bring...tough one, agreed...


Of course, if it were me...id call.