TT lv5 $11

[humanfugitive]

I am having quite a bit of trouble with this hand and in other similar situations.
Villain is very loose: 60/20/.9 over 42 hands

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (7 handed) [

(Format: Bet The Pot)
Button (t1215)
SB (t2905)
BB (t3285)
UTG (t1580)
MP1 (t1470)
Hero (t1875)
CO (t1170)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with [Ts], [Tc].
1 fold, MP1 calls t150, Hero raises to t600, 3 folds, BB calls t450, MP1 folds.

Flop: (t1425) [Kh], [5s], [7c] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero ???

[bjsaust]

Its not the hand, its your stack. You only have about 12 BBs. Without a caller ahead of you, you might be able to get away with raising to say 400 and leave yourself enough room for a c-bet on a flop like this. With a caller in front though, a 4xBB raise only leaves you 8 BBs behind, and the pot will be more than that, leaving you nowhere to go. Now you're in a spot where you can push and hope he doesnt have a K, or check and hope he doesnt bet on turn or river putting you to a tough decision.

I push usually, without any reads to affect me. Villian being loose is one thing, but does he bet his hands or does he check and trap you? I try to take the pot with a c-bet, and if he has a K, ahh well, hopefully I'll suckout. There could be an argument for checking and folding later if need be as you still do have 8 BBs which is plenty to operate with.

In general though, push over the caller in front of you and save yourself getting into these positions.

[DetroitHusling101]

Push preflop.

[taipan168]

Bjs said it very well, just shove it preflop then you don't have to make this decision.

As played, you have less than a PSB behind, shove the flop.