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Overplaying KK?
Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com
Button (t1485) SB (t1605) BB (t1500) UTG (t1500) UTG+1 (t1500) Hero (t1410) MP2 (t1500) MP3 (t1500) CO (t1500) Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K[[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]], K[[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]]. <font color="Gray">2 folds</font>, <font color="Red">Hero raises to t90</font>, <font color="Gray">3 folds</font>, Button calls t90, <font color="Gray">2 folds</font>. Flop: (t225) 2[[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]], J[[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]], 6[[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]] <font color="Blue">(2 players)</font> <font color="Red">Hero bets t225</font>, Button calls t225. Turn: (t675) 4[[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]] <font color="Blue">(2 players)</font> <font color="Red">Hero bets t675</font>, Button calls t675. River: (t2025) J[[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]] <font color="Blue">(2 players)</font> Hero checks, <font color="Red">Button bets t495 (All-In)</font>, Hero calls t420 (All-In). Final Pot: t2940 Results in white below: <font color="White"> Hero has Kh Kc (two pair, kings and jacks). Button has 2h 2s (full house, twos full of jacks). Outcome: Button wins t2940. </font> My questions here would be: a) How stupid am I? b) Is this completely wrong, or is this one of those situations where "oh well, that's that" is the appropriate response? FWIW, at the moment I figured he had AJ (I've seen tptk being overplayed in superlow-buyin tourneys) c) I called the river bet pretty much as poker harakiri. I know that's not optimal, but I didn't think there was much of a point in bothering to play such a short stack, that early on... and perhaps he had QQ, TT or something of the sort. |
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Re: Overplaying KK?
Pretty standard. Maybe just check the turn?
The call on the river isn't that bad as you were essentially committed. However, with blinds this low, you probably could have worked your stack back up easily. Post this in MTT or STT (whichever it was) and see what they say. |
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Re: Overplaying KK?
Thanks for the reply,
Should I delete it from here, or just repost? Not sure on proper procedure here. |
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Re: Overplaying KK?
I think you should repost the hand (it should be too late to delete it, anyway), with some modifications. In general, you should not give the results immediately, or ask a leading question such as where you can find a fold, since this will bias the discussion. Many people will be more comfortable rationalizing whatever would work better against your opponent's actual hand instead of giving you the percentage play given the information you had at the time.
You might ask how much to bet on the turn, and cut off the rest of the hand. Or, you can cut the hand off just before your river check, or just before your river call, and ask about those decisions. You can post the results after a day. |
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Re: Overplaying KK?
Thanks, pzhon, you've been very helpful.
I'll probably do that tomorrow, what with it being 3:30 in the morning. But, thanks again, it's appreciated. I guess the turn bet is what I have to ask about. Perhaps if I had bet a different amount, I would've gotten enough info from a hypothetical re-raise to get away at the river and if I had been ahead, I think I could've stil been able of getting chips in at the river. Thanks again, anyway. |
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Re: Overplaying KK?
double barreling is standard here, but the bets don't need to be pot sized (unless you know he's a station and will call w/the same range as if the bets were 2/3 or 3/4 of the pot.
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Re: Overplaying KK?
It's very hard to overplay a KK overpair when you start with a stack of 50 big blinds and raise preflop. You don't really have room to become convinced you are behind before showdown.
The river call was justifiable because you were getting great odds, and there was a flush draw which missed. Your opponent could be bluffing with something like A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] or 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], both of which could call the pot-sized bet on the turn, and something like 64 was counterfeited on the river and might bluff. They aren't how I would play those hands, but others might, and you were getting 6:1 odds. Despite the results, you can discount many strong made hands because you were not raised on the drawish flop or turn. It's a common misconception that a small stack is not valuable. However, your last chips are the most valuable, since they come with a disproportionately large chance of second and lower places. So, don't give up your last few chips lightly. |
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