This is my first post here. Situation that came up when I was playing 1/2 the other day. Pretty new to studying my poker decisions and just wanted to make sure I played the hand correctly.

The situation: Playing 8 handed. Hero has TAG image. Only a few hands into the session so villains image is not solid. However he isn't raising pre-flop and is calling a decent amount of pots. Table is playing pretty straightforward to this point.


-Hero has stack size of 98 and Villian has a stack of approximately $100


-HAND-

Hero opens in UTG+2 with $17 with K K, folds to villain in SB who calls


-FLOP- ($35 in pot)

Q 9 4

SB bets $15, Hero raises to $35, SB calls


-TURN- ($105 in pot)

Q

SB bets $20, Hero raises to $46 and is all in

My thinking in the hand: Raised to 17 pre-flop because it is the raise that has been getting one caller to to the flop. Raised to 15 a few hands prior with QQ and was called by 4. Raising the flop for value from any queen or heart draw. In hindsight thinking I should have perhaps shoved the flop, thinking all heart draws and queens will call.

Thank you for your input. I plan to be posting a lot more on here as I attempt to improve my poker game. I know I have a lot of work to do.

Preflop worked fine. On the flop your SPR < 3 so your committed with your over pair. You are so pot committed here that you don't really even have to worry about defending against draws that much. Mostly you just want to avoid scaring villain off before all your money goes in.

Flop option after villain bets small depends on villain. I actually like the smallish raise to setup a turn shove but the best option between flatting, raising and shoving depends on how villain reacts.

Turn is painful but your too committed to fold at that point unless you know villain is an OMC that always has AQ/QQ when they bet turn.

Once you get called pre-flop, you're committed on any runout that doesn't bring an ace. I'm fine with the way you played hand. Not clear to me whether flatting, raising small or shoving on flop is best, but I don't think it matters a lot anyway since you can pretty easily get it in on any turn no matter what you do.

Pushing the flop every time with these stack sizes.

pot is already like $40 and you have $80 behind? I don't care what the board looks like I'm probably cramming KK on any non A flop ...

Agree with everyone that after pre-flop you are committed on any non ace flop. Personally I like shoving on the flop because Once villain leads 15 into us there is $65 in the pot after a call and you have $62 for a raise which is just . A raise on the flop is more likely to be called by draws that might check fold on blank turns and you can't fold on any run out anyway.

17 out of 100 pre... What do you raise when you don't have KK??

Flop: as other have said, after V donks, jam. You don't have enough money to do anything on the turn

I don't like jamming flop, scares too much of what he has worse with out.


Though the stack sizes are beyond awkward.


Prob like raising to 38~ and then turn jam everything that is not a Q or an A. Calling everything that is a Q or an A. More scared of a Q than an A.
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Tbh when he leads for 20 on the turn I'm not sure if calling or jamming is better. It's so thin either way.
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Folding could only be warranted by mega reads/history.

Raise on flop is to small. He can profitably call all his flush draws and 1 pair hands.

Stack sizes are tough to deny proper odds. So just jam. Still get all draws and queens to call.