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KQ suited in SB

Scott610

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September 23, 2012 - 7:09 pm

I don't have much of a read on villan. Only 22 hands against him and he was running 14/15. He was raising first 25% of the time though. I know I played this hand terrible especially with 23bb left. My question is should I have played this hand in the first place?

Another question is since I played this hand is should I have 3bet pre or made a move on the turn? I called his cbet because he has cbet every flop that he has raised. I thought his bet on the turn was weak because of how small it is and that's why I was thinking maybe I should have checked raise/jam the turn.

Thanks in advance for your replies!!

Poker Stars $4.10+$0.40 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t150/t300 Blinds + t25 – 7 players
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter

Hero (SB): BB = 23.2, t6962
Ferblink.Rc (BB): BB = 16.1, t4827
crystall99 (UTG): BB = 53.4, t16029
ugin118 (UTG+1): BB = 35.6, t10686
69sBigLick (MP): BB = 46.2, t13853
brava999 (CO): BB = 25.8, t7739
dexPP (BTN): BB = 54.6, t16376

Pre Flop: (t625) Hero is SB with K of spades Q
crystall99 raises to t600, 4 folds, Hero calls t450, 1 fold

Flop: (t1675) 2 of hearts 9 of spades Q of clubs (2 players)
Hero checks, crystall99 bets t666, Hero calls t666

Turn: (t3007) 8 of hearts (2 players)
Hero checks, crystall99 bets t1353, Hero calls t1353

River: (t5713) 8 of spades (2 players)
Hero checks, crystall99 bets t3542, Hero calls t3542

Final Pot: t12797
Hero mucks K of spades Q
crystall99 shows A of hearts 8 of diamonds (three of a kind, Eights)
crystall99 wins t12797

thedonator716

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September 23, 2012 - 7:28 pm

I'm 3bet shoving this pre and moving on. You should be well ahead of his opening range and he will fold a lot of weaker aces that have us beat. A little deeper say 26-30bb I probably 3bet fold vs the type of player you described.

JLUDEOBV

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September 24, 2012 - 2:07 am

This may seem really nitty but I think it’s a rather easy fold, unless villain has been opening EP a lot and you know he has a really wide range… I think it’s interesting to note that BB could wake up behind us as well. I don’t like flatting at all and playing OOP with only 23 BB’s. As played I am trying to get it in before the river. I like check/raising flop or check/jamming turn. His bet on the turn is really bad IMO.

ShortStackJack

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September 24, 2012 - 11:39 am

With your stack, flatting is a bit gross. I prefer a fold with a possibly nitty EP raiser, but I don't hate a re-shove pre.

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September 25, 2012 - 8:27 am

yeah i prefer folding too against this UTG open

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September 28, 2012 - 3:10 pm

oops, mis-read positions. vs utg I fold most of the time here. If you're flatting you can't be flop dependent as far as making a hand goes and you need to be willing to play back on boards that are likely to miss is opening range. With 23bb you don't have any room to mess around so it pretty much means comitting yourself to putting all your chips in on a good flop whether you hit or not. High variance play but can build a stack quick (if it works). As played I try to get all my money in on this flop