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[Closed] $8,80 5k GTD: QTs limp at Q82 Flop after bet

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MrEpisode
Joined: 12.09.2007

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $8.00+$0.80 Tournament, 125/250 Blinds 30 Ante (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB (t5010)
UTG (t15793)
UTG+1 (t16154)
MP1 (t1970)
MP2 (t4569)
CO (t7565)
Hero (Button) (t15850)
SB (t6930)

Hero's M: 25.77

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q♥, 10:heart:
UTG calls t250, UTG+1 calls t250, 2 folds, CO calls t250, Hero calls t250, SB calls t125, BB checks

Flop: (t1740) 2♥, 8♣, Q♠ (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, CO bets t1000, Hero calls t1000, 4 folds

Turn: (t3740) 5♠ (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

River: (t3740) A♦ (2 players)
CO bets t1250, Hero calls t1250

Total pot: t6240

I limped QT to hit a nice flop, but I only hit top pair with marginal kicker. One player bets the flop and I call to play it passively. Is it ok to play it that way or should I fold the flop/preflop?


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QTs looks a bit weak even for a limp from the button.
but you get so wonderfull odds, that i would limp with this hand too.
your stack is big enough to pay those hands in a good position with good odds.

on the flop, it depends on your opponent, but normally i would raise him.
because he made the bet from a late position and you have a queen, so there is a good chance his bet was a steal, or with a mid pair.

i would raise here to define my hand right now. if he reraises or calls the raise (to around 3.000) then i`m done with the hand, but most of the time this raise will win the hand right now.

the call down looks cheaper in the beginning, but suppose you call and he bets the turn again say around 2000 ? do you fold then ?
and if you call again, what to do on the river ?

so i would like to stick in a raise here to define my hand.

as played, bet the turn. he made on bet from a late position and now he checks on the turn.
i would bet the turn here and if he raises im gone. if he calls i like to check behind the river.

as played you have to call the river bet i think. the A is a scary card, so he might be bluffing, or he might have A8, or A2 and just made two pair.
anyway you played it so passivly, that his bet might just be a steal because of the ace, and you get good odds, so call.