50NL - Top Pair

[LGeneral]

I am sort of new this game and feel very unsure about this hand. Maybe I could have betted out on the Flop and see how he reacts, allthough I dont know what I would do if he just calls.
I dont really have any read on Villian.

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $126.35
UTG+1: $48.25
CO: $57.55
Button: $49
SB: $20.95
Hero: $61.05

Pre-flop: (6 players) ktec is BB with J/images/graemlins/club.gif K/images/graemlins/club.gif
3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Button raises to $2</font>, SB folds, Hero calls.

Flop: 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif K/images/graemlins/spade.gif 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif ($4.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">Button bets $4.05</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $10</font>, Button calls.

Turn: 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($24.25, 2 players)
ktec checks, <font color="#cc0000">Button bets $15</font>, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $15 returned to Button.

Results:
Final pot: $24.25

[hoyasaxa]

i do not like check raise on the flop
lead out and see if you get raised.
you are very very beat here.

[tarheeljks]

i think the cr on the flop is fine if you lead the turn. it was folded to him pf so there's a solid chance that he's trying to buy this pot. he could definitely just have a good ace, say AJ or a medium pocket pair.

[Lego05]

No point in check raising. I might check call. You seem to be beat.


Easy way to solve this problem: Fold pre-flop from now on.


No seriously fold this pre-flop.

[tarheeljks]

really, you're folding this from the blind when the action originally folded around to the raiser. he could be raising w/a lot of stuff here Ax suited, medium pp, etc. I prefer to lead the flop here, but i think he has a worse pair or a worse king much of the time.

[Lego05]

Yep I really fold and I don't give it a second thought.

[tarheeljks]

why? it's obviously the safer play, but his hand range is large here.

[hoyasaxa]

playing that hand OOP is begging for a hand like this to come up

[ciki57]

I don't like flop C/R.

I check/call flop, but i'm a station ....

[tarheeljks]

that's a fair statement, but this is a pretty good flop for KJs.

[Lego05]

You're not going to be able to play the hand well OOP. You'll need to hit something to win and he'll take the pot down with no hand a lot of the time. Your reverse implied odds are terrible. Chance of winning a big pot = small. Just fold it and play a lot more hands as the pre-flop aggressor in position.

[ciki57]

I don't understand why some are suggesting to fold this PF.

What are we calling (rasing) with then? Only pairs and AK/AQ? If we play this tight, it's profitable for button to raise every hand on the buttton...

[Lego05]

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I don't understand why some are suggesting to fold this PF.

What are we calling (rasing) with then? Only pairs and AK/AQ? If we play this tight, it's profitable for button to raise every hand on the buttton...

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What I'm reraising with depends on how much button raises. I'll raise pairs, AK, AQ, AJ, AT, occasionally weaker suited aces, KQ, suited connectors, suited 1 gappers, a lot of stuff. Of course I won't raise all of that against someone who had a pre-flop raise percentage of 4, but someone who has one of 17 and who attempts to steal the blinds 27% of the time sure I'll raise a lot of the stuff.

I will barely ever call though and if I do it's almost always with a low pair or a suited connector.

[Numfar]

Don't call OOP with an easily dominated hand - this post shows why. If you think he is raising to steal the blinds then re-raise.

Obviously each situation is different but avoiding hands like this will make your life easier.

[LGeneral]

Thanks for the help so far. I hadnt really seen the PF play as the real problem of the hand.

[tarheeljks]

i'm not saying you should call this everytime, (i don't think you should), but i feel that this is as good a time as any to look this guy up. lead the flop next time though.

[wslee00]

I can see where Lego is coming from, but if you've seen this guy being aggro, I might rr this pf.

As played - on flop, just c/c. To those advocating leading, why lead instead of c/c?