15k guaranteed hand, 2nd level KQo
 

Does this look pretty standard, i've been raising alot of hands, i've had a good hand each time, but my image my be of a big stack trying to run the table


***** Hand History for Game 2268019432 *****
NL Hold'em Trny:13432526 Level:2 Blinds (10/20) - Sunday, June 26, 19:22:04 EDT 2005
Table $15,000 Guaranteed(375235) Table #12 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: moneylegend ( $1065 )
Seat 2: cheeseb ( $870 )
Seat 3: limonadafu ( $1130 )
Seat 4: coolpapabell ( $1540 )
Seat 5: knute777 ( $1125 )
Seat 6: takeArip ( $345 )
Seat 7: tjsobon ( $785 )
Seat 10: tom441lbk ( $2525 )
Seat 8: headgames1 ( $1590 )
Seat 9: hawgeyes ( $1830 )
Trny:13432526 Level:2
Blinds (10/20)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to tom441lbk [ Qs Kc ]
cheeseb folds.
limonadafu folds.
coolpapabell folds.
knute777 folds.
takeArip calls [20].
tjsobon folds.
headgames1 folds.
tom441lbk raises [65].


What happened after this was the bb pushed for ~1k in chips, and i mucked

Re: 15k guaranteed hand, 2nd level KQo
 

I can't figure out where you are, but if it's the button, no problem, at least in theory.

Where you may run into trouble is that during the first hour, your raise often won't thin the field much, and you do not want to play KQo four-handed. As the blinds get higher, and are worth winning, this becomes a better play, but at this point all a raise will usually do is juice the pot with a mediocre hand. An hour later, this is perfect, right now, I'd limp.

As to the push, villain is an idiot. Make a note, and fold. Either AA or 99. Maybe AJo.

Best,

Sam

Re: 15k guaranteed hand, 2nd level KQo
 

I was in the small blind, and there was only one person in the pot, and the person in the pot already wasn't a very strong player

Re: 15k guaranteed hand, 2nd level KQo
 

I don't get what the question is... is it "should i steal?" or is it "should i call the push?" the answers are maybe and no, respectively.

Re: 15k guaranteed hand, 2nd level KQo
 

Your raise is fine, and this is an easy fold this early.