Flopped top 2 pair - easy push?

theblitz · #1 09-04-2005, 08:36 PM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (6 max, 6 handed) converter

Button ($24.85)
SB ($28.15)
Hero ($25.05)
UTG ($28.46)
MP ($26.95)
CO ($45.47)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
UTG calls $0.25, MP calls $0.25, 2 folds, SB (poster) raises to $0.4, Hero calls $0.25, UTG calls $0.25, MP calls $0.25.

Flop: ($2) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.5, UTG folds, MP folds, SB raises to $6, Hero calls $23.05 (All-In)

Good move or not?

No data on villain as he is new to the table.

kamk2k8 · #2 09-04-2005, 08:54 PM

id say it was a pretty good move. im thinking villain has big slick. but since you posted here im guessing you lost the hand

TexArcher · #3 09-04-2005, 09:11 PM

I like the push here, especially at those stakes, the only way you're behind is if he's on a set, and it's much more likely that he's raising the top pair or the flush draw, in which case you're way ahead...

theblitz · #4 09-05-2005, 04:06 AM

I did get called and, as you say, lost the hand.

However, I was actually ahead as he called with a flush draw. It's not much more than a coin-flip and it seems he did have borderline odds to call.

However, I wasn't asking it as a bad beat post. was more interested to see if I would get replies in the form of "In most cases ou will only get called by better hands" etc.

In general, I was wondering if a flat call and a push of the turn would have been the recommended course.

Of course, in this case, since he called me when i was ahead, it turns out that I was right.

However, in the long run, is pushing here +EV?

MTBlue · #5 09-05-2005, 04:23 AM

Yes against this opposition. If you run up against set miners than no.