$25 6max - KQ in MP

by **Semillon** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:29 pm

Thoughts on my play here? The SB thought a long time before pushing all in.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) from (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB ($19)
UTG ($25)
Hero ($30.05)
CO ($9.40)
Button ($28.85)
SB ($23.65)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Q

, K

.
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.75, 2 folds, SB raises to $2, BB calls $1.75, Hero calls $1.25.

Flop: ($6) 9

, T

, K

(3 players)
SB bets $3, BB folds, Hero raises to $8.75, SB raises to $21.65, Hero calls $12.90.

Turn: ($49.30) Q

(2 players)

River: ($49.30) 4

(2 players)

Final Pot: $49.30

by **OrionShadow** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:00 pm

by **black_knight6** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:01 pm

by **Semillon** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:08 pm

by **JJSCOTT2** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:22 pm

by **Semillon** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:50 pm

Thanks for the comments, I shall be more careful in this situation in future.

I think my biggest weakness right now is not giving enough thought to the hand range of my opponent, and how many of those hands I can beat.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
SB: shows [9s 8s] (a flush, King high)
Hero: mucks hand
SB collected $46.85 from pot

by **Jossnaz** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:29 am

by **iceman5** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:38 pm

by **Semillon** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:57 pm

by **Kuso** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:53 pm

as others have asked, what exactly do you beat here?

a lag very well may be pushing you off the better hand, but a good lag will either have you as a marginal favorite or a HUGE dog.

trying to out-lag a lag at these stakes is silly, imo. if you think yhig, just let them bet into you. imo, you can profitably get into this kind of high-level gamesmanship at higher levels, but at the 25s?

by **Semillon** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:32 am

by **Kuso** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:51 am

by **Zmej** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:43 am

It's strange that no one mentioned it, but IMO you should have folded preflop. KQo is a bad hand to call a 3bet, it's too likely that you will be dominated by AK, AQ, KK, QQ, while you very rarely dominate your opponent hand.

I'd rather have a hand like 75s when I choose to call a reraise than KQo.

by **excession** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:59 am

6 handed on a $25 table you should not fold KQo in MP IMHO - though it starts to become a good idea at $200 and up

if you aren't comfortable raising it then just limp it -if a tightish player raises behind you can dump it no problem - if there are no raises behind it figures to be good if it hits either K or Q on flop - if there is a raise from a loose player behind you you can form a view when it gets back to you ...

by **Zmej** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:03 am

May be I was unclear. Preflop raise with KQo is fine, calling a 3bet with it is not good at all.

$25 6max - KQ in MP

$25 6max - KQ in MP

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