Party $10/20 - K2c LP post

[hakeem]

I thought this hand was interesting given the preflop action (or lack of):

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) converter

SB ($1885)
BB ($2237)
UTG ($3422.67)
UTG+1 ($4555.50)
MP1 ($1838)
MP2 ($2235.50)
MP3 ($1377)
Hero ($2000)
Button ($2553)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $10. Hero posts a blind of $20.
UTG calls $20, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls $20, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero (poster) checks, Button calls $20, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($120) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $85</font>, MP2 folds, Hero calls $85, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: ($290) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $260</font>, Hero calls $260.

River: ($810) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets $400</font>, Hero ???

What's your action and why?

[lapoker17]

I raise that flop.

Hero calls and feels good about it.

[Eric P]

You hurt yourself bad not raising the flop. Not only are you a dog to hands like KT or KQ, a raise might make those hands fold, which is really good for you. Beyond that, you are going to get a much better read on him. If he calls, and calls you on the turn, you either get a free river (or he checks and you bet ,depending how you feel about it, i don't really know on this hand) or he bets into you still, but either way you are goign to have a lot more information.

Bottom line is: if you raise the flop, you could easily make a hand with a 60% chance of winning or better fold, but you also get equity for when you make the flush, learn about his hand and you might have the best hand on the flop

[fsuplayer]

i may call, but i expect to lose a ton here. i would like to think i fold there though.

[AdamBragar]

I would expect to be good here around 50 percent of the time, so it's a call in my book. I think you'll run into a bluff enough times for it to be profitable.

[hakeem]

I called and villian showed me 78c for the busted flush draw. I agree with everyone here that not raising the flop is a huge error - I was stuck in a limit mindframe of thinking in which I might want to get some overcalls/raises from people behind me.

Thanks for the opinions!