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  1. #1

    Default Two KK hands

    I have just been pissing off stack after stack in the last two weeks with AA-QQ. I am running so terribly with those hands it's not even funny. Long term game though, so I'm not worried about it, but I do need to know if I'm playing them alright.

    Both vills were fairly tight.

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    BB ($4.75)
    UTG ($2)
    Hero (UTG+1) ($12.10)
    MP1 ($13.50)
    MP2 ($1.45)
    MP3 ($2.95)
    CO ($10.45)
    Button ($10.10)
    SB ($11.15)

    Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K, K
    1 fold, Hero raises to $0.40, 3 folds, CO calls $0.40, Button calls $0.40, 2 folds

    Flop: ($1.35) 9, 4, 10 (3 players)
    Hero bets $1.20, CO calls $1.20, 1 fold

    Turn: ($3.75) J (2 players)
    Hero bets $2.40, CO raises to $8.70, Hero raises to $10.50 (All-In), CO calls $0.15 (All-In)

    River: ($21.45) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

    Total pot: $21.45 | Rake: $1.05

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

    BB ($10)
    UTG ($7.15)
    UTG+1 ($10.25)
    MP1 ($11.10)
    MP2 ($6.90)
    MP3 ($10.55)
    Hero (CO) ($10.30)
    Button ($7.40)
    SB ($2)

    Preflop: Hero is CO with K, K
    UTG calls $0.10, 2 folds, MP2 raises to $0.40, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.40, 4 folds, MP2 calls $1

    Flop: ($3.10) 9, 10, 2 (2 players)
    MP2 checks, Hero bets $2, MP2 calls $2

    Turn: ($7.10) 2 (2 players)
    MP2 checks, Hero bets $6.90 (All-In), MP2 calls $3.50 (All-In)

    River: ($14.10) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

    Total pot: $14.10 | Rake: $0.65
    Ich grolle nicht...
  2. #2
    edit: double post
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  3. #3
    Hand 1 I'm not sure if I call or raise here. I need a read on villain, or I may even fold.

    Hand 2 is fine.
  4. #4
    Get PNLHE book and learn about conditional commitment.

    1. Need read to felt this, against postflop tightass, sometimes you'll see QQ there, but generally your equity vs his shove range sucks, so muck it. However, if he just flats turn and river is airball, then you can value shove river.

    2. Well played on every street.
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  5. #5
    Given the villans are tight:

    Hand 1: I'm about 99% sure villan is playing KQ based on his flop bet. I'm gonna min-raise this turn and fold to a 3bet. You're flop raise is too aggressive, and has you pot commited. You could get away from this cheaper.

    Hand 2: You're fine. I don't see any way to lay this down against a 60BB effective stack.
  6. #6
    Quote Originally Posted by kb coolman
    Hand 1: I'm about 99% sure villan is playing KQ based on his flop bet. I'm gonna min-raise this turn and fold to a 3bet. You're flop raise is too aggressive, and has you pot commited.
    Huh?
    Ich grolle nicht...
  7. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by kb coolman
    Given the villans are tight:

    Hand 1: I'm about 99% sure villan is playing KQ based on his flop bet. I'm gonna min-raise this turn and fold to a 3bet. You're flop raise is too aggressive, and has you pot commited. You could get away from this cheaper.
    Spot the guy who read the hand the wrong way around
  8. #8
    I don't really see how you can be 99% sure he has KQ in this spot based on the flop bet, no matter how you're misreading the history.
  9. #9
    LOL...lack of sleep, guys. sorry.
  10. #10
    Hand 1 I think you can find a fold. that turn card made the board really wet, and completes a ton of straight draws, 2 pairs, and sets

    Hand 2 nh
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    Hand 1: That turn card just blows. I just can't find a hand that is calling a shove that KK beats. That hits the SC's range really hard, and at this level, I don't know if a villain is 3 betting 9s or Ts. I am probably folding this, even though I would hate myself for doing it.

    Hand 2: NH.
  12. #12
    Stuff like H2 I get, and H1 I am slowly (and expensively) applying to my game. H1 I just didn't think through in the heat of the moment, which is just so stupid.
    Ich grolle nicht...
  13. #13
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    If the villain is tight... what can he have in hand 1?

    87,KQ,99+,9T,44,JT,KsJs,AsTs

    those are "reasonable" hands he can have
    you have 22.6% equity against this range
    he also has air some % of the time but he'll never have air here often enough because he thinks you'll call

    also, leaving a few cents behind is usually a sign of strength
    I wouldn't go by that solely, but your equity is terrible regardless

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