Hello all,
Third level sng blinds 30/60. I get kq and limp along with 4 other limpers. I have about 1600 in chips. Flop comes 10 2 6 rainbow. My hand is off suit. First to acts bets min I call with my two over cards, another caller then a raiser. I decided with my two overs to call the min raise. My question is in this position would you guys have done the same?? Ends up I caught a K on the turn and won the hand, went on to finish 2nd.
In times past I would have folded to a raise like that but with two overs I decided to play it. Thanks for your input.
JEFF

You weren't aggressive at any point in the hand, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. On that flop, you should dump your K-high to any bet. You don't want to be drawing only to overcards, especially not in a multi-way pot. Think about it this way... the pot is small and you have a slim chance of winning it. Give it up! It's not worth it.

On the other hand...

laak, you don't give what position you are in at the table. As EP said, this is a hand I wouldn't play with people behind to act. This hand will cost me chips if I play this in an early to middle position. If I'm on the button with three limpers in front of me, I might have raised it pre-flop. I would limp in the CO or button, no doubt, and see a cheap flop. This isn't a good flop for me, but now, with my position, I can see what happens in front of me. If I had raised, and someone had bet this flop in front of me, he's saying he's got something. Depending on how I have seen this player play, I'm probably throwing this hand away. If he's a donkey, however, I might call his bet or even raise him. Now, he's in a bad spot. Unless he limped with TT and is fast playing--which is why watching his play earlier is important--he's under some considerable pressure. My raise says I have a pair larger than tens. He'll have to think that I raise preflop and now am raising again, which means he should let this one go and shouldn't have called my raise in the first place. I may take this one down without further ado. If he calls, and the turn is a brick, I may get to see the river for free. (I better, because I'm not putting in another dime without improving my hand.) A K or Q on the turn or river, and this pot is mine, unless he really does have a set of tens. If so, nh.

See what I'm saying? Position is the key in every hand. With position, you can play hands like this and control the pot. Out of position, you're much, much weaker. Hands like this can become expensive. With position, aggression is rewarded. Out of position, aggression is just spewing chips.

CJ