$55 - Blind battle
 

Villian is very laggy. Raised T9s utg first hand and called a reraise push with his flush draw. Lucky for me (and the whole table) that he hit. I didn't raise pre-flop because I think he's calling or reraising with a pretty wide range and I wanted to keep the pot small and future decisions easier. Anyway, on with the hand.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t900)
MP1 (t1000)
MP2 (t1910)
CO (t2060)
Button (t870)
Hero (t1125)
BB (t2135)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t60) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets t50</font>, Hero calls t50.

Turn: (t160) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets t100</font>, Hero calls t100.

River: (t360) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets t100</font>, Hero calls t100.

Final Pot: t560

Thoughts?

Re: $55 - Blind battle
 

I spike the turn to 300 and see what happens. This bet looks like you have the set and pushing out his draw. If he comes over the top then you have a new problem..LOL.. Position is the key on this flop and you have it and I would use it on the turn. Even if he has a 10 I doubt he leads out on the river with a big bet. He will lead out small to suck you in or be afraid to lay into you with a big bluff.

Re: $55 - Blind battle
 

I like your line. I don't think you need to get too aggressive here. I do think you're ahead, but even LAGs catch hands.

I wouldn't go to the felt with this hand, so I'm happy keeping my overall risk low.

Re: $55 - Blind battle
 

I think it is good to be suspicious when an ultra-lag makes reasonable bets, but I think I might still c-raise the flop. Having check-called the flop, I like check-calling those bets on the turn and river. There aren't a lot of ways for him to have a peice and not be ahead, so I wouldn't want to raise.

Re: $55 - Blind battle
 

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Position is the key on this flop and you have it and I would use it on the turn

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You realize that Hero is me, right?