Quote Originally Posted by sonatine View Post
Quote Originally Posted by OSA View Post
QK hearts in the cutoff. Blinds 200/400, I make it 1k, SB and BB calls. Flop comes Q 2 4 rainbow. Maniac makes it 1500, BB calls and I make it 4500. SB calls and BB calls. Turn 7. SB goes allin for 7kish and BB just calls. I fold.

SB shows gutshot and BB shows pocket 4s. His second set back to back hands.

Down to about 16k.

I dont understand the bump to 4500, but hey that must be why I dont get these juicy porterhouse stakes.
Quote Originally Posted by big dick View Post
nice raise on the dry board step. You protecting your hand?

This is the only hand he's posted which isn't a complete disaster. I'm assuming the SB is the maniac here (he's not clear, but that's what it seems.)

When the maniac fires out on a board like Q24 and you have KQ, you need to kick it up, as the maniac will pay you off with less. The BB just calling on the flop means he's probably behind, and you want to charge him for it.

When the BB flats the 7k on the turn, then you have to consider whether he's calling that much off with worse than your QK (though I don't know the BB's stack size here, which is important), and it's actually a tough decision on what to do. Much of this is player dependent -- whether you think the BB is the type who would still flat this much with a better hand, and how much of a chance he's flatting with a worse hand or a draw. Much of this is also stack size dependent.

In this case, OSA made the right fold, as the BB was flatting with a set, and the SB (maniac?) had shit.