NL50 - KK on A high flop

[Nibster]

Villian is a decent player, 25/15/1.5 after 100 hands.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Hold'em Cash Game
$0.25/$0.50 Blinds
6 Players
Lego Poker Hand Converter

<font color="black">Preflop:</font> K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($0.75, 6 Players)
UTG folds, MP raises to $1.75, CO folds, BTN folds, SB folds, Hero raises to $5.50, MP calls $3.75

<font color="black">Flop:</font> 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($11.25, 2 Players)
Hero checks, MP checks

<font color="black">Turn:</font> 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($11.25, 2 Players)
Hero bets $7, MP calls $7

<font color="black">River:</font> A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($25.25, 2 Players)
Hero bets $11, MP folds
Uncalled bet of $11 returned to Hero

Pot Size: $25.25 ($1.25 Rake)

[crushednuts]

I might check/call the river instead of leading out. I like to check to induce a bluff and lose the minimum if he has the ace. He might think you were repping the ace on the turn and value bet JJ etc. Here he can just let it go. I think a check on the river earns the maximum

[Sir Winalot]

I would 3-bet to at least 6 because we're oop.

Your postflop line is fine in a 3-bet pot. I don't think villain would call with many worse hands if we bet the flop. I don't have any problem with giving villain a free go at 2 outs in here and there's not really any draws he could have so checking flop is good. If he bets the flop I would usually call but I'm probably folding to another barrel at the turn.

I would usually bet slightly more on the turn as played. Something like 8-10 sounds about right. The river card wasn't the prettiest in the deck, but I would still bet here because I think villain checks behind with many hands we beat. He might be scared we have a slowplayed Ax or whatever. I probably bet more like 15ish there.

[Big Poppa Smurf]

Check call river and let him value bet his jacks or tens or whatever

[Sir Winalot]

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Check call river and let him value bet his jacks or tens or whatever

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Do you think a decent player v-bets these hands very often here? In my experience he will call our bet far more often than bet himself.

[monkeymaps]

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Check call river and let him value bet his jacks or tens or whatever

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Do you think a decent player v-bets these hands very often here? In my experience he will call our bet far more often than bet himself.

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agreed OP should be the one VB here.
Think this was well played from OOP

[CanYouDigIt]

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I would 3-bet to at least 6 because we're oop.

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Does the additional $0.50 make a difference? I like the idea of raising more OOP like you said but had more in mind if I were to do so

[Sir Winalot]

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I would 3-bet to at least 6 because we're oop.

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Does the additional $0.50 make a difference? I like the idea of raising more OOP like you said but had more in mind if I were to do so

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At least 6 means 6 or more.

[CanYouCallThis]

Why would you want to make the pot bigger when you are OoP? I would prefer to make the pot big when being IP.

I like your lines BTW, QQ/JJ/TT would call that more often then bet out themselves.

[rakes.a.beach]

stake sizes?