KQ 200nl

villan is unknown except that i searched him and he is playing one 200nl table and one 600nl table. he insta raised the flop.

Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
BB: $200
UTG: $38.40
MP: $124.10
CO: $149.05
BTN: $197.70
Hero (SB): $479.70

Pre-Flop: Q K dealt to Hero (SB)
3 folds, BTN raises to $7, Hero raises to $24, BB folds, BTN calls $17

Flop: ($50) T K 5 (2 Players)
Hero bets $35, BTN raises to $155, hero

i know i have no business posting in a 200NL thread but i figure i'll give it a shot first. i would probably fold this. that is a pretty crazy raise. AK, KT, K5, TT, 55 beat you...but his button opening range is way wider than that. i dunno. i probably folded because i dont know where i'm at.

EDIT the more i look at it the more i want to shove. i guess it's a WA/WB situation.

Originally Posted by EzDuzIt

he insta raised the flop.

Pretty good chance he was planning to raise a lot of flops when he called pre-flop.

puuuuuuush

yeah looking back this seems like a kind of obv shove.

shipship

Yeah, if you don't like getting all in on this flop when you hit your really shouldn't be 3-betting then.

this is a lot harder 300BB deep

Originally Posted by Fnord

Originally Posted by EzDuzIt

he insta raised the flop.

Pretty good chance he was planning to raise a lot of flops when he called pre-flop.

shhhh

what do insta-raises and insta-calls typically mean to you guys? to me they mean a weaker hand. i guess it's because it takes more thought to determine what your opponent might have and how much more you can get out of them. esp insta-raises. which is why i try to always use up the same amount of clock if possible regardless of whether i know what i want to do or not.

insta-raises mean there wasn't a lot of thought going into a decision, and since it's a lot harder to have the nuts than it is air, they are generally weak imo.

I take insta-raises to mean they basically already made up their mind before they even saw your action/the board/ etc. I would think someone with a good hand would want to figure out how to extract value from you. Of course, other times it's just a guy that can't get his money in the pot fast enough with a winning hand so I don't put too much faith into what it could mean unless I know the player.

Originally Posted by gabe

Originally Posted by Fnord

Originally Posted by EzDuzIt

he insta raised the flop.

Pretty good chance he was planning to raise a lot of flops when he called pre-flop.

shhhh

LOL

I bet he has a gutter.