Quote Originally Posted by noble007
Doesn't seem like a good flop to float vs an utg raise.
I picked it for a few reasons - 1) villain was capable of raising a lot of hands UTG or otherwise, including (I felt) suited connectors and small to medium pairs; in any case as long as he isn't on AA, KK, AK, KJ, or JJ, that flop stands a good chance to make him uncomfortable. 2) It gave me a 4-out draw in my hip pocket that could potentially turn a ruined float into a glorious de-stacking. 3) It looks like exactly the kind of board that most people DON'T float on. Everybody floats 269 rainbow because it's easy to scare away missed overcards on the turn. When you call a bet on KJx, it could mean a lot of hands - KQ, KJ, AJ, and QT are probably the most common. That's a scary call to a lot of his range.

Also, this is just speculation, but villain's raise sizing pre-flop was weird. That's not a pot raise or a standard BB increment. It looks a little like scared money. It was the largest opening raise he had made without limpers.