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bad spot with KK

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  1. #1

    Default bad spot with KK

    UTG is unknown but everyone else is loose, and the button is 55/15 after 150 hands. I wish I had better reads but I was trying multitabling for a bonus.

    How would you play this???

    Poker Room skin
    No Limit Holdem Ring game
    Blinds: $0.50/$1
    5 players
    Converter

    Stack sizes:
    UTG: $100.00
    hero: $260.45
    Button: $102.20
    SB: $132.20
    BB: $99.60

    Pre-flop: (5 players) hero is CO with K K
    UTG (poster) checks, hero raises to $6, Button calls, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

    Flop: 5 6 8 ($24.5, 4 players)
    BB checks, UTG bets $5, hero raises to $20, Button calls, BB folds, UTG calls.

    Turn: 9 ($84.5, 3 players)
    UTG checks, hero checks, Button checks.

    River: 6 ($84.5, 3 players)
    UTG checks, hero bets $25, Button raises all-in $76.2, UTG folds, hero calls.

    My thought with the weak ass river bet was to get value from a worse pair, but also possibly induce a bluff from a missed flush draw or pay off 7x. I figured a set would have played the flop a little stronger...but still wasn't sure.

    Results:
    Final pot: $236.9
  2. #2
    So what are you beating here...?
  3. #3
    You're not beating much there besides a bluff, and I don't think that's very likely in this spot. Be careful of talking yourself into calling by thinking you're inducing a bluff here.
    TheXianti: (Triptanes) why are you not a thinking person?
  4. #4
    I do that too much. People play really weird at this site so sometimes I'm right but yea - not really a good +ev type play/call most likely.

    so...can anybody plz suggest a better way to play this? maybe check the river and only call a small bet? raise flop more?

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