$100nl: Worst possible river for KK

[dkdrums]

Villain is 31/9/2.5 over 300 hands. This hand occurs early in the session, although I have been decently active so far (23/18 over about 20 hands).

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

Stack sizes:
UTG: $36.44
CO: $95.70
Button: $232.23
Hero: $156.05
BB: $239.87

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

Flop: 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($16, 3 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $11</font>, UTG folds, Button calls.

Turn: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($38, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $32</font>, Button calls.

River: A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($102, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">Button bets $60</font>


I am not really totally lost here.. I just want to make sure that I did make the right move.

[keikiwai]

if you check the river you should call to snap off things like 76 and vbet from KQ and such..... it's hard to put him on an ace except for AQ..... he rarely has a bdf

since he is quite aggro, i think check call is superior to bet fold

an oesd did hit, but i still think you're ahead of his range

[vortex86]

raise more pre

[MyTurn2Raise]

Raise more preflop
you have a top pair hand that plays better heads-up and can be tough to play out of position

On turn, I likely bet smaller or check
I don't want to near the commitment threshold quite yet
There aren't many scare cards that can hit the river (runner runner flush???)

Basically, by the turn you either have him in a bad way or he has you (ie sets)

If he calls a big bet (like he did), you've now committed 1/3 of your stack and are in a tough spot

I would've led out $22 or so on the turn, or checked

[keikiwai]

checking turn is bad imo, there's just too much value left, also i would bluff the Q so often, that a bet w/ KK is very useful here.... i would have made it smaller though

also there's 2 oesds, a double gutter, and some gutshots on the flop that hit a donkey blind defense range, so you def. want to keep charging draws on the turn with a bet

[orange]

uhh ez call. the ace shouldnt have changed too much either. i might just b/c the river.