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  1. #1

    Default KK vs. baudib, AAx flop

    I'm going to post this hand Fnord-style, with me as villain. How would you play this if you're hero?

    I don't know if he knows this, but baudib's UTG+1 opening range is AQ+, 77+. Let's say I would 4-bet about 90% of the time with QQ+, AK. I wonder if you guys can put me on a hand here.

    No Limit Holdem Tournament
    $23000 KO Guarantee
    7 players
    Converted at weaktight.com

    Stacks:
    UTG Brandon Ha (5370)
    UTG+1 baudib1 (4075)
    MP Mackal Roger (2835)
    CO thursd4y (3930)
    BTN Hero (3000)
    SB sleep w fishes (6075)
    BB ruler72 (2625)

    Blinds: 15/30

    Pre-flop: (45, 7 players) Hero is BTN
    1 fold, baudib1 raises to 90, 2 folds, Hero raises to 210, 2 folds, baudib1 calls 120

    Flop: (465, 2 players)
    baudib1 bets 360, Hero calls 360

    Turn: (1,185, 2 players)
    baudib1 bets 780, Hero calls 780

    River: (2,745, 2 players)
    baudib1 goes all-in 2,725, Hero goes all-in 1,650

    Final Pot: 7,120
  2. #2
    I would probably give you credit and fold the turn since this is a perfectly good board to slow play an A and you don't seem to be worried about that.

    if he calls turn he has to call river so I sure hope you had AQ even though with no read I would not call a re raise OOP with AQ.
  3. #3
    I would have to say AK is the most likely hand that you have. You bet out at the flop because you know he is strong and will continue on with his hand without an ace. Great pot builder. Unlikely you would call with AQ preflop. The rest of the hand is going to value town.

    The second hand that comes to mind is TT. But your flop bet wouldn't make a whole lot of sense, because what are you accomplishing. The turn and river bets make alot of sense if you for some reason bet TT on the flop.

    There is also a very small chance you are going ballistic with QQ or JJ. I wouldn't consider this to be the case this early in the tournament without any specific reads.

    Final Decision: Fold Turn give you credit for AK.
  4. #4
    loool never folding and baudib just got owned
  5. #5
    I had AQo, which I wouldn't play normally here but I couldn't fold getting 3-1 with 130+ BBs; button's three-bet range has to be wider than QQ+/AK. The only other hand I'd play this way is sometimes AA. They always call down with worse here because they never believe you'd lead out with flopped trips. Checking the flop or check-raising, or donking the turn is never as effective.

    I think he should have repopped to $270 preflop (which I definitely would have folded) but I'm not sure because you always want action on teh KK.

    also, if he had minraised the flop i would have been in a omgwtf spot.
  6. #6
    I didn't notice stack sizes, so I guess it's worse than I initially thought, but you aren't 130bbs deep, you're only 100.
  7. #7
    4,075 to start the hand/30 = 136 BBs, no?
    Playing big pots at small stakes.
  8. #8
    not if your opponent only has 3000/30=100, no?
  9. #9
    I'm risking 1/34 my stack while getting 3-1 on a call, which is pretty much the odds I need to outflop AK/QQ-KK and it's not certain the button is that strong.

    Implied odds? He's stacking off with an underpair when I tell him three times that I have trip aces.

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