Did I get a little over anxious here.

[trumpman84]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) converter

Button ($93)
SB ($88.30)
BB ($44.15)
UTG ($42.70)
UTG+1 ($95.45)
MP1 ($35.50)
Hero ($141)
CO ($100.25)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to $3</font>, Hero calls $3, CO calls $3, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB calls $2.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: ($13) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $7</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $20</font>, SB folds, MP1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $138</font>, CO folds.

Final Pot: $171

My thinking was that a diamond on the turn might kill my action or it could possibly kill my hand. Would a better play be to C-R all-in on the turn? He claims he held two-pair before he folded but I don't see anyone good enough to fold 2 pair here calling a pre flop raise with K9 or K7....maybe 97s, but that's a marginal call at best.

[djoyce003]

your reraise is way too big..it's only been raised to 20 and then you go up to 140....you didn't raise preflop so he has to put you on a set. I think a raise to $50 or $60 probably gets called and then you can probably get it all in on the turn.

[PokerCrab]

way overbet!

[trumpman84]

His stack was shorter than mine...my re-raise was only about $70 more.

[Isura]

I like your line better than calling and going for the turn check/raise.

Im wondering about basically the same thing, because it seems like every time I get trips there's two to a flush on the board. Im wondering, over time, do you make more money by value bet/raising the flop, and then pushing non flush turn, or pushing them out of the pot with an incredible hulk-sized bet/raise/reraise on the flop?

[trumpman84]

I wasn't very worried about pushing a flush draw out here, it doesn't look like villain has one although it's always a possibility. I was more worried about calling the flop raise (making it look like I was drawing) then having a diamond fall and scaring him off his hand. And if I raise this to 50 or 60, I'm pushing no matter what the next card is, but he only had like 75 left at this point so I figured a raise to 50 or 60 was the same as an all-in.