I know I played this wrong, but...

[Alibi]

Do I check the flop?
I did a gay underbet and followed it up with a big turn bet that cost me.

I guess the general policy is check to an overpair?


PokerStars Game #1813015799: Tournament #8533056, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/06/01 - 19:36:32 (ET)
Table '8533056 1' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: armwrslr (1550 in chips)
Seat 2: yoshimitzu (1480 in chips)
Seat 3: HoboJaws (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: annakal (1270 in chips)
Seat 5: Shady_Bill (1450 in chips)
Seat 6: BodhiBoy (1410 in chips)
Seat 7: robina1220 (1310 in chips)
Seat 8: cernig (1480 in chips)
Seat 9: CoolGiovanno (2080 in chips)
armwrslr: posts small blind 10
yoshimitzu: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HoboJaws [Qc Qh]
HoboJaws: raises 100 to 120
annakal: folds
Shady_Bill: folds
BodhiBoy: folds
robina1220: calls 120
cernig: folds
CoolGiovanno: folds
Shady_Bill is sitting out
armwrslr: folds
yoshimitzu: folds
*** FLOP *** [5s 6c Kd]
HoboJaws: bets 120
robina1220: calls 120
*** TURN *** [5s 6c Kd] [5h]
HoboJaws: bets 400
robina1220: calls 400
*** RIVER *** [5s 6c Kd 5h] [7c]
HoboJaws: checks
robina1220: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HoboJaws: shows [Qc Qh] (two pair, Queens and Fives)
robina1220: shows [Kh Qd] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
robina1220 collected 1310 from pot

[gabe]

check turn, check river. maybe call a weak bet and pick off a bluff, but not too much.

[russhall]

when he called your bets, what range of hands did you put him on?
it was good to bet out on the flop even with the king out there. but, i think you're right that it wasn't enough.
i agree with checking on the river, but betting on that 5 wasn't such a bad idea. you would have scared him off if he didn't have anything, but when he called you knew he had some hand... so, yeah, checking the river was a good idea. but, checking the turn could save you chips. i wonder if he put you on a king with a better kicker or if he was just scared of those 5's and that's why he was only calling then checking and not re-raising...
seems like you could have bluffed him out. (hindsight is 20/20 )

[vqc]

the flop bet was fine.
check/call a small bet on the turn
check/call a small bet on the river if needed.

dont waste too many chips trying to show the hand down. Anyone who calls your flop bet probably has you beat. You were unlucky the king flopped.

[chardrian]

seems like you could have bluffed him out. (hindsight is 20/20 )

No way Jose. The fact that he didn't bet doesn't mean that he wouldn't have called an all-in. He wouldv'e and if he had lost woulda blamed bad luck on his beat.

This early in the tourney the turn bet was out of line - if he had the 78 and didn't hit fine, you get to see what he had and pick up the pot. If he has the K (or even the offchance of the 5 there) he's not folding. Suck up the small loss and get it back in the next hand you play.

[drmcboy]

What overpair?

I agree with above, bet the flop to rep the K, after you get called you're done unless he lets you get to showdown very cheap - I think you need at least 4-1 to call on 4th and 5th.

'that's why he was only calling then checking and not re-raising... '

KQ cannot raise here, no one is calling a raise unless they beat KQ. This is the answer to the question - "Why shouldn't I play KQ more often?"