$.25 NLHE: QQ on an AKT board

[Tublecain]

$.25 NL HE: QQ on an AKT board

First off, I realize I made a mistake in the title of the thread. It's not an AKT board, but rather a flush board with a King on it. My apologies for the mistake!

This is in the mid/late stages of a 90 man SnG tourney, against a donkish player who has been calling raises with very marginal hands, and who just lost half his stack. He's mostly a calling station donk, but also overplays marginal hands.

My main question is my decision on the turn, but feel free to make comments on the Preflop play and the size of my cbet on the flop (which I know is on the small side, at less than 1/2 the pot) as well if you like. Regarding the size of the cbet, I figured if he was on a flush draw he'd probably call no matter what I bet, so I was trying to control the size of the pot to a certain extent.

That makes the turn decision somewhat difficult. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

[b]Hand Information[/b]
PokerStars - Get $50 Free No Limit, 300 BB (7 handed).
Hand History converter courtesy of [url=http://www.pokerhandreplays.com]pokerhandreplays.com[/url]

[b]Table Information[/b]
Seat: 1 Player 1 ($2456)
Seat: 2 Player 2 ($8870)
Seat: 3 Player 3 ($17162) Dealer
Seat: 4 [color=Red]Hero[/color] ($17715) Small Blind
Seat: 5 Player 5 ($12006) Big Blind
Seat: 7 Player 7 ($14815)
Seat: 9 Player 9 ($31335)
Seat 1Player 1Seat 2Player 2Seat 3Player 3Seat 4[color=Red]Hero[/color]Seat 5Player 5Seat 7Player 7Seat 9Player 9Dealt to [color=Red]Hero[/color]
[img]http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/images/poker_image/QS.png[/img] [img]http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/images/poker_image/QH.png[/img] 

[b]Preflop[/b] (Pot:730)
[i]RAISE[/i] Player 7 $1500
[i]FOLD[/i] Player 9 
[i]FOLD[/i] Player 1 
[i]FOLD[/i] Player 2 
[i]FOLD[/i] Player 3 
[i]RAISE[/i] [color=Red]Hero[/color]$3000
[i]FOLD[/i] Player 5 
[i]CALL[/i] Player 7 $1500

[b]Flop[/b](Pot: $6850)
[img]http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/images/poker_image/8D.png[/img] [img]http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/images/poker_image/4S.png[/img] [img]http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/images/poker_image/7S.png[/img] 

[i]BET[/i] [color=Red]Hero[/color]$3000
[i]CALL[/i] Player 7 $3000

[b]Turn[/b](Pot: $12850)
[img]http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/images/poker_image/8D.png[/img] [img]http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/images/poker_image/4S.png[/img] [img]http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/images/poker_image/7S.png[/img] [img]http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/images/poker_image/KS.png[/img] 

[i]????[/i] [color=Red]Hero[/color]

 

[cardplayer52]

well pre-flop if i feel he's on tilt i may just go ahead and shove here. i may check/shove the flop as well. but betting out here is correct you want flushes to call so as long as you bet more than 1/3 the pot its ok. now when the flush hits a bet by you may freeze him. so i tend to lead out with close to 1/2pot bet here. i want flush draws to pay. often if they got the flush they call/behind being tricky and you got a shot at a cheap redraw to beat them. a check here opens you up to having to call off your chips or fold to a bluff.

 

[davidshoval]

I would bet 5000 that would give me a lot of information about his hand without loosing too much if he reraised because if he would call/raise that means that he got the lead because he was the bb so maybe he made the pre-flop call with 5,6 or 8,7 and he hitted the flop.

Sorry about my English hope you understand.

 

[Numbuh 0ne]

Well if it were me i would have reraised at least to 4500, made it 8000 on the flop or maybe even pushed, which seems pretty simple but with that board and the flush out there i think it would be the right move. If i had played it out how you did i would feel out with another 3000 which he most likely goes over the top and i fold. Or i would check and he pushes and i fold, pretty tough position against a very lag internet donk i say don't let it get that far

 

[Egon Towst]

Control the pot size by flat-calling the pre-flop raise, I suggest. Since there is only one more player to act behind you, you are highly likely to finish up heads-up against villain without further raising the bet and your raise has no obvious benefit. Flat-calling also means that you retain the possibility to get away from the hand reasonably cheaply, should the flop bring overcards.

If you are going to raise, triple the bet. Your bet size is insufficient to put any real pressure on the opponent.

On the flop, put in a larger raise. Your bet of less than half the pot gives your opponent odds to draw to a flush or straight and is a clear error, imo.

Once the King of Spades falls on the turn, you have all manner of problems. Avoid this dilemma by playing more aggressively on earlier streets.

 

[Tublecain]

Many thanks for the replies. I greatly appreciate the input. I can definitely see the logic in making the PF re-raise larger to exert some pressure, and/or just flat calling to see how the rest of the hand will play out.

The same goes for my raise on the flop. I definitely see that as an error, and feel that I was probably on tilt when I did it, because normally my cbets are always strictly 2/3's de pot.

In any case, I got lucky. I checked the turn, figuring I was now way behind either to a paired K, or a flush. My villain surprisingly checked back. We also checked the river and he showed some useless rag cards, and I took the pot down.

Next time I'll play it better though. I may not be so lucky.

Thanks again!