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Old 10-12-2007, 11:41 AM
CORed CORed is offline
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Default Re: KJo in Cutoff, should I have stayed in as far as I did?

Raise preflop if you think it will thin the field. If not, limping is OK. KJ offsuit is not a great hand, but it's probably better than what your opponents have, and it plays better heads up or three-way than multi-way.

Unless you think you're likely to get threebet, raise the flop in order to buy the button and (you hope) get a free card on turn. This is dependent on your opponents; you really don't want to get threebet here. Calling the flop isn't too bad either, with a gutshot draw to the nut straight and one overcard with a decent kicker, you've got the implied odds to see one more card. The turn call is very loose. You're really just bleeding chips on the turn.

In general, more agression on the cheap streets is better with these marginal hands in late position, as long as you can get away from them if it becomes clear you are drawing dead or mighty thin, or if you haven't connected on the turn. It
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