flush board...I push anyway

[Chicago_Kid]

thoughts on this? Rather not give any chance to draw on me...

***** Hand History for Game 3545014868 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, February 12, 23:02:34 EDT 2006
Table Table 69430 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 3: surge24 ( $95.55 )
Seat 4: Chicago_Kid ( $43.15 )
Seat 5: beatboxjim ( $59.15 )
Seat 7: cpd222 ( $48.42 )
Seat 8: Mister_Henry ( $61.33 )
Seat 9: snitchholio ( $49.25 )
Seat 10: DoorBell ( $71.75 )
Seat 1: Gmm55 ( $22.70 )
Seat 6: ratweasel3 ( $51.75 )
Chicago_Kid posts small blind [$0.25].
ratweasel3 posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Chicago_Kid [ Ad As ]
Mister_Henry folds.
snitchholio folds.
DoorBell raises [$2].
Gmm55 folds.
surge24 folds.
Chicago_Kid raises [$3.25].
ratweasel3 folds.
DoorBell calls [$1.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 2h, 3h ]
Chicago_Kid is all-In [$39.65]
DoorBell folds.
Chicago_Kid does not show cards.
Chicago_Kid wins $46.80

[bdawg56kg]

More preflop, $7-8. Just play some poker on the flop. Bet out strong, 3/4 - full pot, and take it from there. If he's drawing, you want him to stay in for the wrong price.

[ensign_lee]

More preflop, $7-8. Just play some poker on the flop. Bet out strong, 3/4 - full pot, and take it from there. If he's drawing, you want him to stay in for the wrong price.

$7, $8?!?!?! Are you kidding? 16x BB is WAAAY more than you should raise here.

That being said, you shouldn't go all in here. The only hands I think that can rationally call you are A) a set B) a flush C) a lower overpair. Only one of these do you beat.

A pot size bet should do the trick here.

[Jimmy Mac]

minraising preflop is tipping your hand without actually getting much more money in the pot. You want to get more of the effective stacks in preflop with AA & KK. I would go to at least $6-7

[bdawg56kg]

$7, $8?!?!?! Are you kidding? 16x BB is WAAAY more than you should raise here.

Villian open raised before hero was first to act. Therefore I am suggesting reraising more preflop, not open raising.

[Fnord]

$7, $8?!?!?! Are you kidding? 16x BB is WAAAY more than you should raise here.

$6 is the minimum you should raise in these spots. You're be surprised at all the players who'll call $10 with all sorts of pretty stuff in this spot. Also, by looking like you don't want to be called you can induce pushes from KK/QQ/AK.

If balance worries you, play a suited connector like this sometime. A big 3-bet and follow-through on the flop will take down lots of pots in some games if you do it every 200-400 hands or so.