Deepish KQ Hand

[illini43]

I agree with Dave D's post. I find KQ a 'yucky' hand as well, especially to raise with UTG. Especially in EP, I almost always fold this hand because of the uncertainty that goes along with playing the hand. This hand is a perfect example of a tricky situation that KQ brings up.

You are out of position and have flopped top pair second kicker, so you bet out...and then get min-raised. At the low levels, I have found out that almost all of the time, the min-raise (especially later in a tournament) is a bet that many players will make simply to try and get more chips out of you. Usually, in this situation, TP2K is beat either by a hand like AQ or a set.

I also agree with Dave's post about his river push. A ton of players will just bet it all hoping that they get a crying call without really thinking about how to extract the most chips.

[Colombo]

I call this on the river, looks like a flush draw to me.