I don't usually play KQ from early position. However, apparently once in a thousand hands something like this comes up. I know perfectly well that my hand needs to hit well on an ace-free flop to play past a single cbet.
<u>Reads:</u> The villain is completely unknown. He's been on the same table for almost an hour but hasn't shown down a single hand and has been invisible in practically every regard. The table is soft, even for 10NL.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed)
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<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>
SB ($5)
BB ($6.15)
UTG ($17)
UTG+1 ($6.15)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($17.45)</font>
<font color="#C00000">MP2 ($4.90)</font>
MP3 ($2.65)
CO ($10.10)
Button ($12.35)
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
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2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.4</font>, MP2 calls $0.40, <font color="#666666">
5 folds</font>.
<font color="blue">I don't play this from early position unless the table allows to steal with impunity. Surprisingly villain calls, and I know I need TP 95% of the time to take the pot if cbet gets called.</font>
Flop: ($0.95) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $0.6</font>, MP2 calls $0.60.
<font color="blue">Standard cbet, 2/3 of the pot and villain just calls. Strange.</font>
Turn: ($2.15) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $1.3</font>, MP2 calls $1.30.
<font color="blue">A blank on the river, so I keep firing. Villain calls again and I start to suspect sneaky AA.</font>
River: ($4.75) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets $0.1</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3.4</font>, MP2 calls $2.50 (All-In).
<font color="blue">I suspected villain would fold any hands I beat, if I bet out. I wanted him to bet with the worse hand here. His minbet was honestly weird. What kind of hands would he call twice to do this? I figure my hand is good and any raise is as good as shove against villain's stack.</font>
Final Pot: $9.95
Yes, Yes. The river shove against a minbet wasn't that well thought out. I expected the villain to show AA. How would you have played this?