TP/No Kicker, Whats your line?

bnorthro · #1 09-11-2005, 02:16 PM

Playing $1/2 6m. Pretty loose passive table, table VPIP is like 48%. Guy to my left has 83% VPIP, 63% for the guy on my right. CO is a rock, like 11% VPIP.

I thought this hand was kind of interesting because I think it's a somewhat common, difficult situation.

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

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $1.50.
UTG calls, MP calls, CO (poster) checks, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (6.50 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (6 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG calls, MP folds, CO raises, Button calls, SB calls, Hero calls, UTG calls.

 OK, I've got Top pair, but no kicker...now what? I don't think I like my line here. Probably check-raising the flop might have been a little better. For some reason I thought CO's raise was a flush draw, not sure why...

Turn: (8.25 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, CO checks, Button bets, SB calls, Hero raises, UTG calls, CO folds, Button calls, SB folds.

 Ok, another high card - hopefully my kicker (and another K's) will get counterfitted by the river. I plan to just check/call this down. Then a bet comes from my right. I change to a check-raise, thinking to charge as much as possible for any flush draws, and "maybe" folding a weak king....I figured someone with a bigger king might have raised PF, so I might have a few outs to chop the pot 

River: (15.25 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, Button checks.

 Ok, everyone cold-called, check it down. 

Final Pot: 15.25 BB 

What's a good line in a hand like this - Big pot, top pair, but with no kicker? Thanks