Playing KQ vs Aggressive Player

[checkoutftr]

Got really stung by this yesterday.

Here is some info I googled about this scenario:

Playing KQ against an aggressive player after a raise- The problem with playing a hand like K-Q out of position is that against an aggressive player, the reverse-implied odds are pretty high, meaning that if you flop a hand like top pair, it’s still possible to get into a lot of trouble, because you might be up against something like A-Q or A-K, and if you’re not careful, it’s easy to lose a lot of money in that situation.

Playing a hand like that [from out of position] against an aggressive player would be very difficult, because it is hard to be sure if he’s value-betting or semi-bluffing or just making an outright bluff. It’s hard playing K-Q out of position profitably against really aggressive players.

What do you guys think?

Assume that its about 1 hour into a tourney and you have average stack while aggro player has 2x what you have.

Thanks,

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[dthorne04]

Not to be generic, but it's situational. Stack sizes, blind level, reads, stats, hand ranges etc. all play into this. Blanket statements like playing KQ against an aggressive player after a raise is bad/good/whatever are usually things you shouldn't adopt as a mantra. There's too many factors that go into a hand to make blanket statements.

So yeah, it depends.

Being out of position does suck, obviously.

Do you have the hand history from the hand(s) you lost? That would help a lot more than googling it.

[baudib]

It's a tough call but poker is rarely an easy game. As dthorne says, you have to be a bit more specific than saying an "aggressive" player. Most good players are aggressive, and a whole hell of a lot of bad players are aggressive. By aggressive do you mean he's raising every other hand, pushing on draws, cbetting every flop, or do you mean he bets his TPTK or overpairs strongly and selectively attacks weakness?

If you've seen him pushing JJ on a K-high flop or raise KJo in EP then yes, KQ might be good against him.

[Sabr1988]

Well, i think it depends on if you got plenty of cash yourself or not, if you can afford to loose the tour, then take a chance, i would do.

Or else just fold and be patient, at some time you will get a hand you cant fold, and there is your destiny made..hehe