25NL - KK flops top set

[Willem]

I think this is a very basic hand, but I think I need to work on the fundamentals of my game because I'm losing at 25NL at the moment.

Villain seems like a solid player. I have been playing solid too I think.

1: Is pf okay? I was thinking reraising lets villain play perfect so a call was better.

2: What is my plan for the flop and the rest of the hand? I think betting out makes it the easiest to stack AA and AK, while checking gets a c-bet out of QQ and perhaps AQ.

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UTG ($26.50)
Hero ($33)
CO ($65.60) (23/14/6.5)
Button ($33.15)
SB ($22.40)
BB ($13.75)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $3</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls $2.

Flop: ($6.35) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero ...?

[reef2287]

repop pre most of the time, that way a c-bet on the flop makes it larger, more enticing for villan to call and then, i like a c/r here because we can give him a free card and some time to catch up and if he has a good hand, he regard our check as weakness and we'll stack him

[reef2287]

and then that makes a bigger pot so more monies, sorry i didn't finish my thought before moving on to what i'd do as played

[hunt1897]

Based on Villians stats, I would re-raise pre-flop, this villian is a strong player and probably not easy to stack. If he has AA, nothing we can do, if he has 1010 JJ QQ, a lot of flops will put on the brakes because we called his RR.

As played, his af is so high, crai.

IMO.

[reef2287]

don't CRAI, your losing value, you have the nuts with no draws, slowplay it to maximize monies

[hunt1897]

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don't CRAI, your losing value, you have the nuts with no draws, slowplay it to maximize monies

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You think a Villian with those stats is not going to call with AA? If he has QQ, he is not gonna put in another penney if we call his flop bet anyway.

[monkeymaps]

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don't CRAI, your losing value, you have the nuts with no draws, slowplay it to maximize monies

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The only way your making much money here is if he has AA or AK so I actully like leading sometimes here you will most likely get raised on the flop if you lead and then ity sets up a crai on the turn.

I dont really see checking flop and turn.

[Fiksdal]

Interesting hand OP. You have managed to find a hand where I am gonna reccomend slow-playing.

I typically c/c here. THe board is really dry, and we dont want to scare away QQ and lower pairs by representing AK with a CR. If a PSB goes in on the flop the pot building process is going well enough.

Lead any turn for 1/2 pot. If flop happens to check through (unlikely but possible IMO), lead any turn for 3/4 pot.

[monkeymaps]

do you ever donk bet here? I find that most TAGS put in a obligitory raise here in a 3 bet pot. then agian alot of TAG shut down with QQ in a A/K high flop so I can see your point.

[Fiksdal]

Yeah I guess.. actually this got me thinking. I am wondering how villain will respond with QQ/JJ here if we donkbet. I know one thing, if I was in villains shoes, I certainly wouldn't give hero credit for a move like that. Because donkbets are often full of [censored].

[Willem]

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Yeah I guess.. actually this got me thinking. I am wondering how villain will respond with QQ/JJ here if we donkbet. I know one thing, if I was in villains shoes, I certainly wouldn't give hero credit for a move like that. Because donkbets are often full of [censored].

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This is actually the main reason why I chose to donk the flop here. Villain tought for a long time and then folded, so I don't know, he might have gotten fancy with a SC pf, or he might have folded QQ because he was thinking that me having AK here was too likely.