Playing 2/5 NL cash game

I was dealt Qd, 10d in the small blind.

Early position opens for 15. 2 callers. Then I called. Big blind called also. (75 in the pot)

Flop is 10c, 10s, 5h. Hero?

I'm no poker wizard, but I'd check. My reasoning being there's no real draws out on the flop and no reason to lead out (donk) IMO. There's no flush draw, no straight draws and you're really only losing to KT, AT, and 55. Just check and hope the original raiser barrels...










also you had trips not a set. Ask Juanda

check

Best plan is to check and hope PFR continuation bets IMO. Hard part is if action starts up, on the plus side I feel people play more AT, JT, and 9T than KT which puts more Tx you beat than lose to.

You flopped trips, not a set.

I'm cool with checking. Leading has merits, but, I really don't want to blow hands we can get value from if this checks through.

If you lead, has to be small and that's why I hate leading.

Check all day. Not a very wet board and we could very well have the nuts here. Better to let PFR c'bet and hope others with PP or AK come along and give us more value.

I bet 30 and everyone folded. Here is the thing though. If you're checking with three of a kind, then what are you betting with? It seems like everyone is advocating that you should always check in this spot no matter what cards you have. Are there any hands that you think would be good to bet with?

check 100% of range is correct. If everyone checked, id probably check turn as well if it came a blank.

A guy raised pre-flop and you want to lead your trips into them multiway? You just want to announce a Tx and make all things fold?

No, not winning poker.

If you're going to bet, $30 is close to the size, but I'd go even smaller, if there was reasons to do such, aka a dynamic where there is an aggressive player/specifically the raiser who would think this is weak and treat it as such and raise.

So you go like $20-$25. And this is why I hate leading,.

If there was a flush/straight draw that could come in on the turn then I guess leading could have it's merits. As it stands, what can anyone really have on this board? Plus donking into 4 other Vs on this board looks super strong. I c/c all day here.

Sure there is. Everyone folded. Just lead out any paired board in this game. Instant profit.

Oh, and OP, fold preflop. You are obviously rarely gonna get paid enough to play a speculative hand in this game. Or reraise, of course.

Check flop. As others have stated, let PFR continue. Depending on bet sizing he of course could put you on the T when you call but it's also likely that you might could call with A5, 77, 88, etc and want to see a turn on a pretty dry board. Check/call and reassess on turn.


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I'm not folding QTs vs an EP 3x 2 callers even in the SB.

If you're bad post-flop, which OP certainly is. Then fold.

You wont get good at post-flop though without playing post-flop, so call.

Checking every hand. Calling pre every time, assuming BB isn't queued up for a 3bet.

As others have said, it's a no-brainer check. You want others to catch up OTT and have a reason to bet/call a bet. You'd be surprised how often people chase draws on a paired board with one card to come.

Any 8,9,J,Q,K,A, club, heart, or spade gives some kind of reason for someone to see the last card.

I find it a bit odd that so many people would call with a speculative hand here in the SB. I think that this is a leak in tight games. Granted, we only have 1 hand to judge this game by, BUT, we have a preflop raiser, a 5 way hand, and

and with all that, not one person peels this flop? I think this is a tight game.

I don't mind opening with this hand from the sb in a tight game, or 3 betting with it, but I don't see enough good things happening postflop in this game to make calling anything other than bleeding chips with the rest of the fish. I guess if we know a donk bet will win the pot most times, and we are calling with intention of donking most boards, I suppose that's ok.

^Yes, pf is highly questionable, but we're responding for action post-flop.

The OP omitted some very critical information. What is the table like (players per flop), what was the betting like on the flop (c-bets, donks, raises, etc) and most important, what is Hero's (OP's) image.

This type of information changes how to play the hand radically.

+1

basic info missing here, affects everything