smooth call good/bad???????
 

130/720 players left in the Stars 20NL. Average stack around 8000.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed) converter

CO (t5674)
Hero (t4190)
SB (t13761)
BB (t8058)
UTG (t18193)
UTG+1 (t6853)
MP1 (t11005)
MP2 (t12498)
MP3 (t5320)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t800</font>, Hero calls t800, SB folds, BB folds.

Flop: (t1800) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t3365 (All-In)</font>, CO calls t3365.

Turn: (t8530) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t8530) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t8530

Too big of a flop bet? I think the pot should be 2425 after the flop though. 800+800+200sb+400bb+225 ante.

Re: smooth call good/bad???????
 

This is very bad to smooth call a mini raise here. It has a very good chance of the BB coming along with a good drawing had that can kill you on a good flop. I would Push here nearly every time, if he folds oh well.

Re: smooth call good/bad???????
 

Push PF. And his check following a PF raise is more than suspicious. I'm gonna laugh if he had KK and you sucked out.

Re: smooth call good/bad???????
 

Its not bad in this situation...I only like smooth calling reraises or large raises.

I would have reraised preflop to 1800 because I never play Aces slow. On the flop, I think your line is a great move because you are overbetting the pot on the check. You are behind any Tx and KK, but I think you got all the money in with best hand probably.

-Gryph

Re: smooth call good/bad???????
 

Good point on letting the bb come in with a drawing hand. He would probably be getting good odds on a call here. Would another min-raise here be too suspicous? With my overbet of flop what hands would he call with?

Re: smooth call good/bad???????
 

i posted a fairly similar hand (title something like "trapping with KK"). based on that thread, i think that good players would recommend raising to ~T1700 here. i guess the idea is to guarantee getting more money in, and to basically just saw "screw it" to the fact that you're defining your hand pretty well.

Re: smooth call good/bad???????
 

Usually with hands better than yours...Unless he is an idiot which is quite possible.

-Gryph