Party Poker $11 - Could I have got away from this? Or just unlucky?
 

Hi guys, could I have got away from my hand here, or was I just unlucky? Villain hasn't really done much up to this point, but appears quite solid. All comments on preflop, flop and turn play are welcomed [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

PartyPoker, Big Blind is t60 (10 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t1940)
UTG+1 (t1281)
MP1 (t1940)
MP2 (t1709)
MP3 (t3355)
CO+1 (t864)
CO (t2654)
Button (t2247)
Hero (t2110)
BB (t1900)

Preflop: Hero is in SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, <font color="red">MP2 raises to t180</font>, MP3 calls t180, <font color="gray">CO+1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, <font color="gray">Button folds</font>, Hero calls t150, <font color="gray">BB folds</font>

Flop: (t600) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, <font color="red">MP2 bets t180</font>, <font color="gray">MP3 folds</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t600</font>, MP2 calls t420

Turn: (t1800) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
<font color="red">Hero bets t1330 (All-in)</font>, MP2 calls t929 (All-in)

River: (t4059) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Results in white below:
<font color="white">Hero shows [ Kh, Ad ] two pairs, kings and eights.
MP2 shows [ Ac, Ah ] two pairs, aces and eights.
Hero wins 401 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, kings and eights.
MP2 wins 3658 chips from the main pot with two pairs, aces and eights.</font>

Re: Party Poker $11 - Could I have got away from this? Or just unlucky
 

I think you played it great. Some might say your flop bet is a bit small, but I don't think it's a big deal since it's HU now. The turn push is standard after the flop action.

Re: Party Poker $11 - Could I have got away from this? Or just unlucky
 

Looks very good to me. At the $11s, i'm probably pushing AK a lot preflop, since you WILL get calls from A7+.

But i think you played this hand perfectly, as did your opponent (excluding the waaay too small flop bet by him.) Nothing you can do here.

Re: Party Poker $11 - Could I have got away from this? Or just unlucky?
 

Destiny.

Re: Party Poker $11 - Could I have got away from this? Or just unlucky?
 

Unlucky, next time you'll double up against pocket Js, Kx, AQ or the like. Start a new one and put this $11 STT behind you.

Re: Party Poker $11 - Could I have got away from this? Or just unlucky?
 

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Re: Party Poker $11 - Could I have got away from this? Or just unlucky
 

Out of position, would leading out post-flop assist in learning where Hero stands? I'm not sure I'm folding to a re-raise anyway, but it would at least help me narrow villain down to flush draw, AA or KK (maybe 88), or typical $11-er with Kx. From there I can better evaluate action on 4th street.

I probably go broke anyway but I think leading post-flop is only way to have a chance at gauging if you should get out.

Re: Party Poker $11 - Could I have got away from this? Or just unlucky
 

I don't think betting out helps at all here. I'm going broke no matter what the "signs" say..(there is too great a chance that they are a donk)....it's just a matter of getting the most when you aren't beat, and the check/raise is the best way to do that IMO.

Re: Party Poker $11 - Could I have got away from this? Or just unlucky
 

Not really.

Hero bets out T500 on the flop and villian calls. Now it looks like we have the same hand or we're ahead of KQ, KJ, KT.

All the money gets in on the turn either way.

Re: Party Poker $11 - Could I have got away from this? Or just unlucky
 

I'm currently at the 11s like OP, so I know very well the times I see KQo or A8o here - but at what level should we stop giving villain credit for living in donk-dom?

Also I fear giving the free card possibility to a flush draw.