QTs hand in the SB... uh oh

[aLOWdAkING]

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Preflop: Hero is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $2.
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO (poster) checks, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls, MP2 calls, CO folds.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises</font>, MP2 folds, Hero...

[Nick C]

Hmm. What makes this especially difficult is that BB could have started with any two cards. So the possibilities we have to consider are a flush, a straight, a semi-bluff with something like K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], a pure bluff on a scare card, a set, and any two pair, as well as a top pair hand that he waited until the turn to raise with or something like Q [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] whose chances just improved.

The pot's not that big, and if BB is bluffing or semi-bluffing, he's doing it against two players. Still, against an unknown, I probably would call down, thinking there's a decent chance I have the best hand or will improve to it (by catching an 8 on the river to overtake my opponent's 65, for instance). Of course, if BB is semi-bluffing, he could be the one to improve to a winning hand on the river.