Good Spot to Slowplay KK?
 

I very rarely slowplay AA and this is the first time I've done so with KK as far as I can remember - not counting shortstack situations etc. Villian in this one thinks I'm FOS and has been 3-betting me big frequently. The last one I called with AQs, flop ragged, he bet pot and I folded - probably weak play on my part. He seems very reckless postflop esp. in 3-bet pots. I thought he must be willing to stack off with very marginal hands or even complete air if he thought he could push me off a hand, which he seemed to think often. Under the circumstances who likes the preflop slowplay and if not why and if so do you think the flop slowplay is pushing it?


Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Hero: $108.51
CO: $139.61
Button: $79.41
SB: $105.48
BB: $94.32

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
<font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $4</font>, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">SB raises to $15.5</font>, BB folds, Hero calls.

Flop: 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($32, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">SB bets $21</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($74, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">SB is all-in $69.48</font>, Hero calls.

River: 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($212.96, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $212.96)


Results:
Final pot: $212.96

Re: Good Spot to Slowplay KK?
 

Preflop is so standard. You don't have to 4-bet this everytime. I usually raise flop when I just call preflop but with your read and this dry board this is perfectly fine. nh

Re: Good Spot to Slowplay KK?
 

Based on your read, play looks great. PF is fine to mix it up, and flop call works too. If he's behind, he can't have many outs. Give him a chance to keep spewing.

Re: Good Spot to Slowplay KK?
 

Preflop is pretty standard if his range is wide. Flop you can push or call, hand is fine overall.

Re: Good Spot to Slowplay KK?
 

Glad to get the SSNL stamp of approval for this play [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]