1/2 K8s
 

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (3 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, BB folds, UTG calls.

Turn: (5 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls.

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

Final Pot: 9 BB

On the flop what do I do when raised? Is the 3bet good? What kicker is needed to 3bet? Villain wasn't overly aggressive or passive.

Turn was an easy bet, river was bet/fold. Hows my line?

Re: 1/2 K8s
 

I don't really have any experience at 1/2, but depending on post-flop reads on BB and UTG, I often raise this from the SB; and I often just complete (rarely I fold).

Post-flop seems fine; with a read on UTG I might say post-flop is no good. In other words, it strikes me as a hand that I would play based quite a bit on reads (pre and post), and against an unknown new to the table I am probably more likely to call the flop raise and see a showdown passively just to get a handle on the guy when I'm in a somewhat marginal situation.