KK Play

I think I played this hand just fine, even though I lost. I couldn't put him on the cards he held. But if I did something wrong, I'd love to hear it from you.

***** Hand History for Game 2877689630 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, November 13, 18:21:58 EDT 2005
Table Table 36534 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: PorkChopMone ( $35.85 )
Seat 2: UNHOLYFETUS ( $55.47 )
Seat 3: cepholla ( $140.85 )
Seat 4: rogerje ( $141.26 )
Seat 6: SMELLY_ASS ( $69.16 )
Seat 7: jammy66 ( $116.31 )
Seat 8: ddpd04 ( $90.85 )
Seat 9: ChicoCPA ( $88.20 )
Seat 10: AJofHerts ( $69.17 )
Seat 5: Babyshark510 ( $50 )
jammy66 posts small blind [$0.50].
ddpd04 posts big blind [$1].
Babyshark510 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PorkChopMone [ Kc Kd ]
ChicoCPA folds.
AJofHerts folds.
PorkChopMone raises [$4].
UNHOLYFETUS folds.
cepholla folds.
rogerje folds.
Babyshark510 folds.
SMELLY_ASS calls [$4].
jammy66 folds.
ddpd04 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, Tc, 6d ]
PorkChopMone bets [$8].
SMELLY_ASS calls [$8].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kh ]
PorkChopMone bets [$15].
SMELLY_ASS raises [$30].
PorkChopMone is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
SMELLY_ASS shows [ As, Qh ] a straight, ten to ace.
PorkChopMone shows [ Kc, Kd ] three of a kind, kings.
SMELLY_ASS wins $6.15 from side pot #1 with a straight, ten to ace.
SMELLY_ASS wins $71.20 from the main pot with a straight, ten to ace.

Looks standard. His min raise on the turn basically tells you AQ but the pot is so big that you have to call since you have outs (10).

Yea, standard play.

Money is short too. Stupid easy plays.

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Originally Posted by Fnord

Money is short too. Stupid easy plays.

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I've been buying in at $50 to NL$100 tables since recently moving up, so I often have short money. Do you think this is bad, Fnord?

If I had $135 instead of $35, do you see the hand going differently?

I'm just looking for any little spot to improve my game.

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Originally Posted by WildBobAA

Looks standard. His min raise on the turn basically tells you AQ but the pot is so big that you have to call since you have outs (10).

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It's not even really a min-raise.. it's the same as a push because hero can't cover a min-raise. AK could make this play.

Nothing wrong with the play..

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Originally Posted by EasyT

Do you think this is bad, Fnord?

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Nope. It makes difficult decisons easier because you have less money behind and no longer have to make the really tough deep money laydowns. If you can still steal small pots, you're in good shape.

The flip side is that you no longer have as good of implied odds on some calls, particularly against predictable opponents with deep money who take over-pairs too far or idiots with deep money who take just about anything too far. You also can't threaten post-flop tight players with their stack by putting in raises that commit them if called/re-raised.

If I could have a constant stack size (adding and subtracting after every hand) I probably would play 50bb deep in many games.

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