How do you play big hands out of position?
 

Hero ($48.75)
BB ($69.61)
UTG ($104.15)
MP ($48.45)
CO ($29.65)
Button ($118.59)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls $0.50, Hero (poster) completes, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to $0.5</font>, MP calls $0.50, Button calls $0.50, Hero calls $0.50.

Flop: ($4) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, BB calls $3, MP calls $3, Button folds.

Turn: ($13) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $9</font>, BB folds, MP calls $9.

River: ($31) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $20</font>, MP folds.

Final Pot: $51

Re: How do you play big hands out of position?
 

Looks pretty standard to me, although I have trouble with these as well. On the flop or turn I may go for a check raise here, but a lot of times I won't get any action when I do that. Also you risk not having anyone bet and then you have given a free card, which doesn't matter much in this case, losing the bets is the bigger disappointment.

Re: How do you play big hands out of position?
 

I usually let the BB trap the field for me on the flop.

Re: How do you play big hands out of position?
 

If I'm value betting the river, its 15$. I think better is to try for a check-raise, though.

Re: How do you play big hands out of position?
 

yeah, normally I do 15. not sure what made me do 20 this time.

I think if any street were to be checked, the flop would be it.

I don't like checking the turn here.

what do you guys think about overbetting the flop then betting 1/2 to 2/3 on the turn?

Re: How do you play big hands out of position?
 

You mean representing a vulnerable K, then throwing out a weak bet because you "smell a trap?" Sounds like a fine change-of-pace line. Or do you just mean you'd like to build the pot a little more on the flop?

Re: How do you play big hands out of position?
 

You don't like the induce bluff idea?

Re: How do you play big hands out of position?
 

I thought about it but this guy has minraised preflop straight for the last 5 hands but he becomes passive postflop.

I think its a possible line but a flop checkraise seems too suspicious?

maybe I'll try it next time.

Re: How do you play big hands out of position?
 

why would you want to flop checkraise based on this hand? It went perfect excepting him not calling the river..

Re: How do you play big hands out of position?
 

you said induce bluff or let BB trap so I wasn't sure what you meant.

if I check flop, I check call. but these guys will probably underbet flop if I check to them anyways thats why I bet it.

I think I should have led the flop for 4 or 4.5 . it discreetly builds pot especially if I get called in 2 places and allows my future bets to be sizable in amount but perhaps not in relation to pot and leaves villain more commited on river.

oh well.