Live $2/$5 NL game.

A pretty good LAG ($800) straddles. Theres a 50 /50 chance he'll raise when it gets back to him so I limp [Kd] with $900. Button ($800) who is decent limps. The solid TAG SB 9$450) now raises to $40. LAG folds and its back to me.

Theres only one other guy in the pot so I decide to just call the $40 to trap the SB. Shes predicable and should have TT+ here most every time. She rarely raises. Everyone OK with that?

Flop play to come shortly.............

OK, so I call the $40 and th ebutton calls also.

Pot $135 or so. Flop [6h][7s]. SB bets $50. I make it $200. How we doing now?

I cant fold to a push from SB once I raise to $200. If she pushes, it will be $140 to me with a pot over $700. I have no intention of folding to her push. If she has AA so be it.

Thought u were both deep, nm then. I prefer the turn raise/bet even more then...unless you're 100% willing to stack off on this flop...if you are, then the raise is fine-ish, I still like waiting till the turn since you're WA/WB.

Yeah, but she bet $50. Theres a guy behind me and if I just call, its $50 to him into a $235 pot and theres a flush draw on the board.

You have to raise this flop, if it was heads up you could wait and raise the turn, though I would still prolly raise the flop heads up. This is a pretty good flop against the PFRers range. If she has AA sucks but this isnt one of those situations where you can get away from KK against AA. The other reason I like the flop raise is it defines your hand to the deep stacked button, after she raises preflop and you make a raise on the flop he can only call with a monster. A decent player isnt going to be able to call a bet and a raise on a draw. If he calls or raises it costs you the least.

I think the raise saved you money.