KKK flop

[swiggidy]

This is 10th hand of 18 man, $5 @ ps. Would you approach this hand any differently? Since it was so early I was playing the hand only for set value.

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t10/t20
8 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t1690
UTG+1: t1430
MP1: t1400
MP2: t1470
Hero: t1450
Button: t1300
SB: t1400
BB: t2230

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is CO with T T
UTG calls t20, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls t20, MP2 folds, Hero calls t20, Button folds, SB calls t10, BB checks.

Flop: K K K (t100, 5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets t100, SB folds, BB calls t100, 2 folds.

Turn: 8 (t300, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t200, BB calls t200.

River: T (t700, 2 players)
BB bets t200, Hero calls t200.

Results:
Final pot: t1100

[Staresy]

Hero bets more on the river. If villian shows the case K, well, good for him.

[mcatdog]

Well played.

[GatorJH]

Either villian is an idiot and shows AXs, made his flush on runner runner and thinks he played the hand brilliantly. Mark him as a fish and move on.......or he has the Case K and played it as well as you did, but with a better hand.

[TheAntar]

Or he held a smaller pair.

I played a similar hand yesterday with a pair of 2s after watching the other two players check around to me, so I bet out large got a fold and a call, and then pushed on the turn. Guy had less than a full house so I won. Point being, any pair likes their hand after a KKK flop, not just 10s+.

Don't you think?

[drmcboy]

Looks standard.
Don't raise the river.

[swiggidy]

or he has the Case K...

He did, K9. I figured I was beat when he called my turn bet. He hesitated on the flop call, but the turn was an insta call. I know using the response time isn't perfect, but few players at $5 are smart enough to use that to their advantage. That's something I need to work into my game.

... and played it as well as you did, but with a better hand.

I like that. My reads on betting patterns have improved drastically over the last couple months, thanks guys.

Or he held a smaller pair.

I played a similar hand yesterday with a pair of 2s after watching the other two players check around to me, so I bet out large got a fold and a call, and then pushed on the turn. Point being, any pair likes their hand after a KKK flop, not just 10s+.

This is what I was hoping for on the flop. I was not afraid of AA, QQ, JJ, but with 5 limpers it's very possible someone had Kx. With bigger blinds I play the same as you (and in my situation go bust). The problem with 22 is the overcards on the turn (and possibly river). Had a JQKA fallen on the turn I would have checked behind on the turn and folded to a river bet >150. I've had recent success playing extremely tight/weak until the blinds reach 100 (or even later if I was lucky enough to double up).

[Rondavu]

Raise TT in position here even though it's early. Just make it between 120-140 to go for isolation. Position is powerful, so use it. EP and MP I might limp for set value as well, but not in the cutoff with semi isolation already granted. That's a weak move. I might limp here if the table was loose and isolation was mute. As played post flop I like it. Lower pocket is the villain read.

[Dunk]

Looks like pair over pair, so you're beat by AA,QQ,JJ,Kx and beat 99-. It's going to be painful for BB to be holding smaller pair, but I think you gotta figure the odds are on your side.

It's the river bet that makes me nervous - looks like extraction of that last bit of money, hoping you'll reraise. But by that point you pretty much have to call and if he has the K then you were dead the whole time.

[GatorJH]

Or he held a smaller pair.

I played a similar hand yesterday with a pair of 2s after watching the other two players check around to me, so I bet out large got a fold and a call, and then pushed on the turn. Guy had less than a full house so I won. Point being, any pair likes their hand after a KKK flop, not just 10s+.

Don't you think?

That is true and a good point, however the difference here is the betting pattern. I am not sure that someone with a small pocket pair would check/call on that flop. I think they would either bet out or at least check raise to prevent you from pairing up your hand to beat them.

For example (time for a thread hijack), I played the following hand last night:

Stage #326369799 Tourney ID 452916 Holdem Single Tournament No Limit $50 - 2006-02-14 22:28:30 (ET)
Table: 5834277 (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - SM4147 ($4010 in chips)
Seat 2 - GATORJERRYH ($2875 in chips)
Seat 3 - GOHAN66 ($3002.50 in chips)
Seat 5 - CV62 ($667.50 in chips)
Seat 6 - SB STUDLY ($1895 in chips)
Seat 7 - LITTLEKING69 ($1050 in chips)
GATORJERRYH - Posts small blind $50
GOHAN66 - Posts big blind $100
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to GATORJERRYH [4h 4s]
CV62 - Folds
SB STUDLY - Folds
LITTLEKING69 - Folds
SM4147 - Folds
GATORJERRYH - Raises $350 to $400
GOHAN66 - Calls $300
*** FLOP *** [5c Kc Ks]
GATORJERRYH - Bets $800
GOHAN66 - Folds
GATORJERRYH - returned ($800) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GATORJERRYH - Does not show
GATORJERRYH Collects $800 from main pot

I certainly wasn't worried about him having a K, but wanted to take down the pot before he could match something up. If I checked there was a possibility he would check behind me. Now, there are 9 cards that would nullify my hand (if you assume he doesn't have a pocket pair).