K5o blind battle
 

Villain in this hand is your standard issue TAG 6max player. I have noted on him that he properly plays middle pairs during steals, value betting when on a steal and playing WA/WB correctly when defending.

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Preflop: Hero is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (4 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls.

Turn: (4 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB calls.

River: (6 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 6 BB

Re: K5o blind battle
 

Assuming he never folds any ace &gt; A4 on the flop there are 80 ace combos and 55 pocket pair combos (22-KK, minus QQ and 55). It seems reasonable to think he'd play either of these hands this way.

Re: K5o blind battle
 

I think you have a value bet here.

Re: K5o blind battle
 

Biggest reason to bet turn here is because u want him to fold a hand with outs. If he calls u are behind most of the time. That isnt a valuebet, is it? Its a bet, trying to protect your small pair against JT, KJ, KT, etc.

Personally I think its a very thin one. If this TAG is known to bluff if we show weakness on turn and if our Hero is known to check a turn like this without a hand and capable of a laydown on river, I would prefer inducing a bluff/hoping to catch up.

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Biggest reason to bet turn here is because u want him to fold a hand with outs. If he calls u are behind most of the time. That isnt a valuebet, is it? Its a bet, trying to protect your small pair against JT, KJ, KT, etc.

Personally I think its a very thin one. If this TAG is known to bluff if we show weakness on turn and if our Hero is known to check a turn like this without a hand and capable of a laydown on river, I would prefer inducing a bluff/hoping to catch up.

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We have K5 not Q5

Re: K5o blind battle
 

i play this hand the same

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I have noted on him that he properly plays middle pairs during steals

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don't really have much to say about the hand, but i found this statement curious... as well as this one

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and playing WA/WB correctly when defending.

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Biggest reason to bet turn here is because u want him to fold a hand with outs. If he calls u are behind most of the time. That isnt a valuebet, is it? Its a bet, trying to protect your small pair against JT, KJ, KT, etc.

Personally I think its a very thin one. If this TAG is known to bluff if we show weakness on turn and if our Hero is known to check a turn like this without a hand and capable of a laydown on river, I would prefer inducing a bluff/hoping to catch up.

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We have K5 not Q5

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Re: K5o blind battle
 

I would check the turn.

Re: K5o blind battle
 

I check this turn almost always. You've got a small pot where free cards aren't killer and a scary card hitting which will often put you behind in the hand and may allow your opponent to bluff you with a worse one becase of it. Check it and hope to induce river bluffs.