$2 - 180

I play quite an aggressive game but for some reason I felt I was being trapped here. No real reads, villain is a standard fish

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PokerStars Tournament
Blinds : 125/250 - Ante 25.0
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8 players
[SB] evusex (5318)
[BB] GoSuFeNiX (1235)
[1] msa930 (2841)
[2] zlowerazer (3955)
[3] Leader FBI (1340)
[4] hogandim (2842)
[5] VILLAIN (5059)
[But] HERO (9184)

HERO :Qs :Ks Initial Pot: 575

msa930 folds
zlowerazer folds
Leader FBI folds
hogandim folds
VILLAIN raises to 625
HERO raises to 1750
evusex folds
GoSuFeNiX folds
VILLAIN calls 1125
### FLOP ### :5c :Qh :As Pot: 4075
VILLAIN checks
HERO checks
### TURN ### :4s Pot: 4075
VILLAIN checks
HERO checks
### RIVER ### :7h Pot: 4075
VILLAIN checks
HERO checks


Checked flop as just wasn't expecting villain to flat here. Range include a ton of aces and V is never folding an Ace to a cBet ever, and is never calling without one

turn is actually not bad, increases my outs, but checked as picked up some outs. Should I have bet here? didn't wanna spew off and decided after 2nd check I'm calling any river bet.

River: Definitely missed value here.... expecting JJ or weirdly played QQ to call a VB here


Just after a better line when V unexpectedly flats, this was a mess

I wouldnt 3-bet pre and i'd just c-bet flop cause it hits ur range pretty much (at least more than his). As played i like the turncheck and yeah u obv. missed value at the river.

Yeah, I wouldn't 3bet KQs from the button. Just flat and play in position. You said you were surprised by the flat-call, were you expecting a fold? If he jams, are you folding? I would think so.

With the three-bet you already have 20 percent of your stack in the pot pre-flop, which makes the c-bet awkward. I think a delayed c-bet on the turn, though, makes sense, as villain has shown zero aggression, you have second pair good kicker, and a flush draw to semi-bluff.

flat or shove pre it's just 20bbs poker

flop: fine
turn: you could bet small but checking again is fine in order to induce a river bluff
river: bet 1200 cuz he probably doesnt call a shove with JJ/TT

1-the % of our stack that we put in pre is meaningless, it's the % that our opponent put in that counts
2-it's not the size of the pot on the flop that makes c-betting a mistake, it's the fact that betting serves no purpose
3-given that there's 3.3k left to bet and the pot is already 4k, I like checking again because it's hard to find a hand that we beat that can call a turn bet or a jam

ok, thanks mang

shove pre or even flat in position. C-bet flop