4.4/180, AA on a KKx flop
 

How do you guys like my line? Villain was 40-12 over about 20 hands. I don't bet the flop because villain folds all his JTx type of hands and only calls with pps and kx hands that have me crushed. I bet the turn to protect against a fd and to get some value in case he has a pp. I don't care for the call on the turn, so I check the river since fds fold and bluff the river and only small pps or A6 type of hands call a river bet. This is your classic WA/WB situation. Normally I ram and jam with an over pair but when a big card pairs on the flop against one opponent I tend to play my hand like this. My image is super tight, something like 10-0.


Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t25/t50
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t1425
UTG+1: t4997
MP1: t3100
Hero: t1520
MP3: t2790
CO: t3765
Button: t1785
SB: t1965
BB: t1823

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to t150</font>, MP3 calls t150 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t225)</font>, 4 folds.

Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t375, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 checks.

Turn: 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t375, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets t250</font>, MP3 calls t250 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t625)</font>.

River: 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t875, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">MP3 bets t450</font>, Hero calls t450 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t1325)</font>.

Results:
Final pot: t1775

Re: 4.4/180, AA on a KKx flop
 

I like the flop check behind, no reason to bet to protect - I find that in the 4/180s players are terrified of paired boards and will fold most pairs when you bet so you're probably not missing value.

All the rest I play the same as well.

Re: 4.4/180, AA on a KKx flop
 

I play it the same way.

People love bluff raising on paired boards (This has been discussed a lot and I think there is a really good post on it somewhere on 2+2), therefore I like the flop check.

The turn is fine, I definitely dont check it.

I dont mind the river either, there is no way I am folding to this bet since I have already gotten my AA to the river very cheap on a scary board.

Re: 4.4/180, AA on a KKx flop
 

Expert imo.

Re: 4.4/180, AA on a KKx flop
 

I'm betting this flop..a check looks suspicious and will deter action from a smaller pp

As played I dont mind the turn and river