Party 5/10NL.

[VanVeen]

Started multitabling Party 5/10nl yesterday. Looking for thoughts on a hand that occurred today.

I should preface this by saying that I do not ordinarily raise the flop here. However, this opponent (smugor) had shown a willingness the past 20-30 minutes to pot any draw on the flop. I made a few assumptions: he'd often raise rather than complete with most of the kings and pocket pairs he's willing to play 3 handed. Of those kings he'd complete and bet the flop with, he'll fold K9 or worse if I raise and continue betting strongly on the turn. He'll never call with uncompleted draws on the turn (decent player). I try to maintain a 'flop raising frequency' to keep my hand range wide enough that observant/thinking opponents have trouble employing simple countermeasures, so that was another reason for the non-standard flop raise. Anyway, here's the hand:


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (6 max, 3 handed) converter

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

Button ($1882)
SB ($1425)
Hero ($2788.5)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $5.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB (poster) completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($20) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $25</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $65</font>, SB calls $40.

Turn: ($150) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $125</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $375</font>, Hero ?

Without any reads on villain's turn/river play (few hands made it to the turn), I'm very unsure of his range. Perhaps more experienced 5/10nl players can share their thoughts.