5NL 6-Max:KK on paired flop facing bet.

[Sean Fraley]

First hand I played at the table.

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.02/$0.05
6 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
Hero: $10
UTG+1: $21.79
CO: $3.83
Button: $5.53
SB: $8.98
BB: $5.74

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif K/images/graemlins/club.gif
<font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $0.25</font>, UTG+1 calls, 3 folds, BB calls.

Flop: 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif ($0.77, 3 players)
<font color="#cc0000">BB bets $0.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $1.25</font>, UTG+1 folds, <font color="#cc0000">BB raises to $2</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: 3/images/graemlins/club.gif ($4.77, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">BB bets $0.5</font>, Hero ???

[barryc83]

Push flop. As played AI on turn.

[thac]

I think you gotta raise more on the flop, 1.75-2 sounds about right. Other than that, stick him in here, if he has a 9, so be it. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Sean Fraley]

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Push flop. As played AI on turn.

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I'll be honest, practically every time I get that aggressive with an overpair on the flop or turn, I wind up with an aching rectum. This is WA/WB here. Assuming he's not bluffing, he either has a small to medium PP or a single 7 and I'm golden, or he as a 9 or 77, and I'm screwed. Why is it such a good idea to push here?

[thac]

Because he will call with a 7 and any pocket pair if he's a typical player at these stakes. You wanna get his money in before he gets scared of a 3rd spade on the river.

[Esmerelda]

I raise that flop to about 2.5.

As for pushing over his raise. I think this is close.

You get called so by enough hands like overpairs and A7 that it is +ev to push this unless you have a read that villain is a nit or good (unlikely).

This would definitely be a bad play with deep stacks or at a tougher table but here I think it is best against typical villains.

[bozzer]

Call. Huge pot, and it looks like you'll get to SD cheaply.

Edit: this advice is for the turn only.

[freedom18]

he could have the flush draw... I think you ATLEAST need to raise this =/

[biblo22]

deleted, read HH wrong

[barryc83]

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Because he will call with a 7 and any pocket pair if he's a typical player at these stakes. You wanna get his money in before he gets scared of a 3rd spade on the river.

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This is exactly right sean. He will call off all his chips here w/ 55 a lot on the flop, but when an over card hits he'll get scared.