Recently I've seen a lot of posts dealing with slowplaying and how sometimes just playing fast and straight forward is the better move in a lot of circumstances. So here I am ready to receive my admonishment for this hand. I just sat down recently and didn't really have a read on anyone.
PokerStars 0.05/0.10 Hold'em (10 handed)
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Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, Button calls, SB calls, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls.
Flop: (11 SB) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, SB folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls.
I was initially going to bet this but I could just visualize the rest of the table folding. The chances are slim that anyone else got a piece of this. Although I am well aware that at this limit people will call down with just about anything so perhaps I should have taken a chance. When it came back around I didn't checkraise because I didn't want to give off any sign of strength yet. I thought that would be too obvious that I at least had a K.
Turn: (7.50 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, UTG calls, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, Button calls, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls.
Ok, now it gets interesting. I think it was a mistake not to bet. If it gets checked all the way through then that accomplishes nothing. This time however when the button bet I was going to checkraise and apparently I wasn't the only one.
River: (15.50 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button 3-bets</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, Button calls, UTG+1 calls.
Pretty standard...
Final Pot: 27.50 BB