NL 2/4 (6 max), KJo For a Raise...Sort Of

[Lucky]

Not Super Important hand except:

1. It's a bread and butter 6 max hand.
2. It's KJ (a hand thats poison to Ciaffone Students, played for a raise albeit a mini-raise).

Villian in Hand is somewhat looser (36/13/3), views me as tight. I think my preflop call is right, and my turn check good. Probably my flop miniraise sucks? Most importantly wondering about a river bet.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 5 handed) converter

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

<font color="#C00000">Hero ($374)</font>
SB ($187.10)
BB ($2078.90)
UTG ($432)
<font color="#C00000">MP ($647.30)</font>

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $2.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to $8</font>, Hero calls $8, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls $4.

Flop: ($26) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP bets $15</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $30</font>, BB folds, MP calls $15.

Turn: ($86) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP checks, Hero checks.

River: ($86) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $86

I would raise it to at least $50 on the flop, the min raise gives you no information. Given the way you played it the decisions on the turn and river are close, I think you did fine.

[creedofhubris]

A pf miniraise isn't a raise, there's no problem calling KJ there.

Nothing wrong with smooth calling the flop. If you want to raise, you need to raise bigger.

If you want a cheap showdown with this kind of hand, the spot to miniraise is the turn.