$6 NLHE STT: TP good kicker, min bet from loose opponent

[MrsFishnChips]

I have 61/5 over 41 hands. It seems a clear decision to me, but maybe its not..... (I wont say WHAT is so clear to me, haha)

What are ya'll doin here? And is my raise here ok??

full tilt poker Game #29067798445: $6 + $0.50 Sit & Go (Turbo) (226079962), Table 1 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 04:43:50 ET - 2011/03/16
Seat 1: SliQ747 (1,430)
Seat 4: boutchy1234 (5,170)
Seat 6: Buci_sz (1,565)
Seat 7: MrsFishnChips (1,485)
Seat 8: rorroco (3,850)
boutchy1234 posts the small blind of 60
Buci_sz posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MrsFishnChips [Qh Kd]
MrsFishnChips raises to 300
rorroco folds
SliQ747 has 15 seconds left to act
SliQ747 folds
boutchy1234 has 15 seconds left to act
boutchy1234 calls 240
Buci_sz folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc Qc 4s]
boutchy1234 bets 120
MrsFishnChips ??

 

[cjatud2012]

I'm not a big fan of the pre-flop raise, it's for 20% of our stack, if we get shoved on we can't really call, and often times we'll be flatted by the cutoff or button and we're stuck out of position, which obviously sucks. So I think I just fold it.

On the flop now, you're obviously not going anywhere, so the question is do you shove now or try to rope your opponent in (some aggression stats would be helpful for this). Well first off what kind of range does a 61/5 have for donk betting 1bb into the pot here? Usually this sort of bet means that he has some sort of weak made hand, like A4 or a random J. It also could be a draw trying to get to the turn for cheap, but a 61/5 isn't likely to be betting with a draw, he's likely to be check/calling. So if we call here, he probably has some outs against us, but probably not more than five, so we're not that worried about letting him catch up. Will he fire the turn if we flat? With that range, probably not. So then if we shove here, is the villain going to be folding those hands? I would say no.

So, cliff notes - I'd just shove it in and expect to be called by worse.

 

[ben_rhyno]

I don't mind the raise because 5 handed KQ is strong and with 14BB's raising 2.5x is ok if we have the intention of going with it. We can also fold to a 3-bet shove from a tighter player or snap off a LAGtard. As played I agree with CJ, shove the flop and expect to be called by trash/flush draws and they might fold some of the time

 

[cjatud2012]

Well we actually have less than 12.5bb's but that's kinda splitting hairs

 

[ben_rhyno]

Correct lol, its only 8.45am , still like a raise here as KQ is strong 5 handed and hits a lot of flops aswell as being well ahead of a 61/5