Short stacked, bottom pair from BB ($16)

[taipan168]

Whatever happened to the check-down convention? Opp is a 22/4/6 (so has regularly been betting the flop). I have to fold, right?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP1 (t905)
MP2 (t4770)
CO (t3019)
Button (t310)
SB (t2046)
Hero (t1365)
UTG (t1085)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, 7.
4 folds, Button calls t285 (All-In), SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t1035) 7, J, Q (3 players, 1 all-in)
SB bets t400, Hero ????

[johnny_fish]

Whatever happened to the check-down convention?

It's gay and -EV, don't do it.

[TLR]

With 7 players remaining chips are more important then eliminating a player in my mind, cant fault him for betting here if he has something, and he probably has either JX or Q small, with a small chance of a really strong preflop hand - AA,KK,QQ

BTW pushing preflop is not a bad move here, SB completed so there is a decent chance he is folding preflop, in this case you are guarnteed 230 chips and since button's range is very wide you are probably about a coinflip for another 850 chips or so