Hear the fish, see the fish, BE the fish

[ddubois]

In an old post I raised an AK preflop, missed, someone min-raised into me, and I tried futilely to raise the size of the pot to push them off. Tosh recommended to me, roughly: "Don't bother trying to bluff these min-raises idiots, they have hit something and will call". So I took that knowledge and applied it in an unorthidox way.

In this hand, I figure the odds of me getting anyone with a king to lay down this flop are about 0%. Bad kings would not have called pre-flop if they weren't horrible calling stations. But with a gutshot, a backdoor, and an overcard (albeit tainted), I really want to see another card. The problem is, if someone bets the pot, I have to fold, and if I check, someone in late position will surely bet. By pre-emptively min-betting into this pot, I suspected there was a chance at freezing up anyone who might have bet larger. Insanity, genius, or somewhere in between? Tell me what you think:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

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

<font color="C00000">UTG+1 (t800)</font>
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t800)
MP3 (t800)
CO (t800)
Button (t800)
<font color="C00000">SB (t800)</font>
BB (t800)
<font color="C00000">Hero (t800)</font>

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t50</font>, UTG+1 calls t50, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls t50, MP3 calls t50, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, SB calls t40, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>,

Flop: (t265) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets t15</font>, <font color="CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t30</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, SB calls t30, Hero calls t15.

Turn: (t355) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets t15</font>, UTG+1 calls t15, SB calls t15.

River: (t400) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks.

Final Pot: t400
<font color="green">Main Pot: t400 (t400), between UTG+1, SB and Hero.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by SB (t400).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
SB shows Ks 9c (two pair, kings and nines).
Hero shows Qc Ac (high card, ace).
UTG+1 shows Ad Jd (high card, ace).
Outcome: SB wins t400. </font>

In a sense, my plan worked. I got cards as cheaply as I could have hoped for. I didn't hit, but that's wholly immaterial, isn't it?