KQo in 5.5 turbo

[Vice]

Seat 1: Pawlone ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 2: HannuHanhe ($1,340 in chips)
Seat 3: ALALAL114 ($1,340 in chips)
Seat 4: M92032293122 ($1,195 in chips)
Seat 5: b2m ($1,470 in chips)
Seat 6: lykke890 ($1,905 in chips)
Seat 7: seriff ($1,930 in chips)
Seat 8: Panoerno ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 9: Erich77 ($1,410 in chips)
Seat 10: phips1801 ($1,410 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
b2m posts blind ($15), lykke890 posts blind ($30).

PRE-FLOP
seriff calls $30, Panoerno folds, Erich77 calls $30, phips1801 folds, Pawlone calls $30, HannuHanhe folds, ALALAL114 folds, Hero calls $30, b2m folds, lykke890 checks.

FLOP [board cards: 5C,4S,KH ] pot=120
lykke890 checks, seriff checks, Erich77 checks, Pawlone checks, Hero bets $200, lykke890 folds, seriff folds, Erich77 calls $200, Pawlone folds.

TURN [board cards: 5C,4S,KH,6S ] pot=520
Erich77 checks, Hero bets $300, Erich77 calls $300.

RIVER [board cards: 5C,4S,KH,6S,AH ]pot=1120
Erich77 checks, Hero checks.

Comments?

[taipan168]

Preflop is probably OK since you're on the button (I take it you're M92032293122).

On the flop, why overbet the pot? With 120 in the pot I would bet 100 or so and see what happens. There is no need to bloat the pot because it will make later streets much harder to play.

As played, on the turn, your bet is fine - but if you'd bet 100 on the flop rather than 200 you could be betting 200 rather than 300 here.

River is fine, I don't bet here either. A lot of donks try to check/raise on the river with hands that would beat you here but lose value when you check behind.

[badgers]

OK so it took me around 5 mins to work out that the cards aren't in your HH and are just in the title.

I play it the same as tai.

[DetroitHusling101]

I don't mind limping this after limpers , esp with the button.
Yep 100 on flop , no need to overbet or even psb here since the board isn't drawy.
200 on the turn
check behind on river

[Vice]

The reason I bet 200 on the flop is because I noticed that all the donks pay when you bet just 100. When I overbet I eliminate some of my opps - something I do not achieve with 100 bet.

[taipan168]

The reason I bet 200 on the flop is because I noticed that all the donks pay when you bet just 100. When I overbet I eliminate some of my opps - something I do not achieve with 100 bet.

Agreed, but unless they are in the hand with 67 or 23, you are either way ahead or way behind. If you're way ahead, you don't mind if the donks come along because they are putting their money in bad. If you're way behind (AK, two pair or a set) you want to put as little money in the pot as possible before you find out you're beat.

The other problem with overbetting the pot here is that it makes the rest of the hand MUCH harder to play because you have built a big pot with a reasonable hand but one that is generally not a big pot hand. Because the pot size increases exponentially on each subsequent street, betting too much on the flop can make you pot committed by the turn or river when you may not want to be.