FkCoolers said:

jshilling09 said:

does anyone else just call the flop?  I don't like building a big pot with top pair bottom kicker in any situation.  I think pot control is important here, because it leaves you with easy decisions the next streets.  You could easily be facing a 400 chip bet on the river here, where if you just call the flop, then bet/call the turn the pot will only be around 260 on the river and you are facing a smaller bet.  Also calling the flop lets him barrel his bluffs, while raising eliminates all the hands you are beating except for maybe very strong jacks.

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I don't hate the flop raise because we have position. I like a check behind on the turn for pot control when it's this early in a tournament and we don't have that strong of a hand. If the river brings a heart and he pots it (because at the lower stakes so many will just pot the river when they hit their hand) we can release the hand at the low cost of 130 chips.
I like the flop raise because he'll come over the top with a better hand and on the turn he'll check with a worse hand and we get a free card. When he just calls we can narrow it down to a Jack, QT, and a heart draw so often. Doubt bottom pair calls the raise and a 2nd barrel but god bless him if he wants to donate.

Im not big on the raise flop because we have a small ball hand we should play small ball. Also thats such a draw heavy board I dont want someone with a draw to get aggro and force me to laydown what is the best hand on the flop.  FkCoolers you then say you like a check behind on the blank turn. But what are we repping when we raise flop check behind on turn? A weak hand with draw or air most of the time is played  that way. If I was the other guy I would be betting huge on any river card that doesnt complete a draw because of the way it was played….thoughts?