I'm not happy with how I played this hand, but I'm not sure what the best line would be. Middle stages of a $30 Party MTT. Villain is very LAG, raising pre-flop and betting many flops.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (10 handed)
converter
UTG+1 (t4950)
UTG+2 (t2607)
MP1 (Villain)/ (t2686)
MP2 (t2755)
MP3 (t980)
Hero (t1275)
Button (t445)
SB (t1140)
BB (t1200)
UTG (t385)
Preflop: Hero is CO with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t50, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 (Villain)/ raises to t100</font>, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, Hero calls t100, <font color="#666666">
3 folds</font>, UTG calls t50.
Flop: (t375) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Villain bets t150</font>, Hero calls t150, UTG folds.
Turn: (t675) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Villain checks, Hero checks.
River: (t675) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Villain bets t300</font>, Hero folds.
Final Pot: t975
Villain doesn't show.
Outcome: Villain wins t975.
Like I said, Villain has been raising lots of pots. Almost always bets out on the flop. I decide to call the flop with second pair. After the turn check, I guess I was worried about a check-raise given that I'd often seen Villain bet out on the turn as well.
Questions -
1 - dumb to call the flop if I'm not going to bet the turn? what can I hope for, that it's checked down? is 200 enough to bet on the turn or is that just asking for a check-raise?
2 - am I seeing monsters under the bed to think that villain has KQ here? it seems to fit with the min-raise pre-flop and bet on the flop. although he could just as easily had A-T or crap.
any thoughts appreciated.