Semi-Interesting QQ Hand

[Unarmed]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter

Button (t670)
Hero (t745)
BB (t825)
UTG (t820)
UTG+1 (t745)
MP1 (t1915)
MP2 (t1465)
CO (t815)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls t30, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t125</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG calls t95.

Flop: (t280) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t30</font>, Hero calls t30.

Turn: (t340) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t140</font>, Hero calls t140.

River: (t620) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t225</font>, Hero calls t225.

Final Pot: t1070

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
UTG has Ad Jc (one pair, fives).
Hero has Qh Qd (two pair, queens and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins t1070. </font>

[TheUsher]

Why did you check the flop? Do you usually check flops when overs fall or you miss? I'm guessing you wouldn't have stayed in if he didn't bet so weakly... Other than that, I would have loved playing it your way if I was up against a maniac.

[Unarmed]

It depends... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

If he bets 2/3 pot back at me on the flop I would fold. So many donkeys check AK there so he pretty much has to have the goods to bet back at me. So I'm not getting bluffed out by a worse hand here, and a bet by me folds everything I have beat. That's why I checked. His bets felt like bluffs so why stop him?

Definitely open to criticism though. If I have KK and the flop is A high, not K high I love this line. In this case I'm not so sure...