NL25 two KK hands from same session - opinions?

nycplayer · #1 10-11-2007, 09:05 PM

got KK twice in a couple of orbits - hows my play?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed)
saw flop|saw showdown

BB ($14.40)
Hero ($28.95)
UTG+1 ($3.50)
MP1 ($13.95)
MP2 ($22.45)
MP3 ($24.50)
CO ($9.15)
Button ($6)
SB ($48.25)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
Hero calls $0.25, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.25, 4 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB bets $0.5, BB folds, Hero raises to $2.5, MP1 folds, SB raises to $6, Hero raises to $28.7, SB calls $22.70.

Turn: ($58.40) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: ($58.40) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: $58.40

Results in white below: 
SB has 5s 5h (three of a kind, fives).
Hero has Kc Kd (one pair, kings).
Outcome: SB wins $58.40. 

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

CO ($19.25)
Hero ($28.55)
SB ($13.75)
BB ($19.70)
UTG ($22.65)
UTG+1 ($19.60)
MP1 ($26.15)
MP2 ($25.30)
MP3 ($74.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 4 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, SB raises to $13.75, 1 fold, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls $12.50.

Flop: ($28) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

Turn: ($28) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: ($28) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: $28

Results in white below: 
SB has Ad Ac (two pair, aces and twos).
Hero has Kc Kh (two pair, kings and twos).
Outcome: SB wins $28.

pterodactyl_ · #2 10-11-2007, 09:11 PM

You could have avoided the difficult situation you found yourself in in hand 1 by raising PF though occasionally going for a l/rr is ok. This would be very read dependent for me. Againt an unknown I'm not too crazy about stacking off here. If you know hes a donk or know him to be overaggressive with draws then I dont mind stacking off.

Hand 2 is so mind numbingly standard.

nycplayer · #3 10-11-2007, 09:17 PM

i'm still in the same session: someone else just got KK and stacked off to my 2pr, so maybe there is a god.

SABR42 · #4 10-11-2007, 09:17 PM

Hand 1: fold to the flop re-raise. When your limp-re-raise backfires, you have to be cautious about going broke unimproved in a limped pot.

Hand 2: zzzz... standard.

nycplayer · #5 10-11-2007, 09:25 PM

After the LRR didn't work out, there were so many possible scare cards that could come on the turn, that calling can't possibly be right, and I don't think I can fold KK there.. so I thought the shove was best.
What would you have done?

nycplayer · #6 10-11-2007, 09:28 PM

You really fold there? Aren't you folding to KQ, QJ, QT a lot of the time? I see people reraising there with a lot of crap. Maybe that's because I'm stealing a lot.

SABR42 · #7 10-11-2007, 09:31 PM

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You really fold there? Aren't you folding to KQ, QJ, QT a lot of the time? I see people reraising there with a lot of crap. Maybe that's because I'm stealing a lot.

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You're rarely a big favorite there. People don't 3-bet with top pair (no redraw) in limped pots unless they are the biggest of donks.

If you had RAISED pre-flop, that would have been a different story.

nycplayer · #8 10-11-2007, 09:38 PM

in looking at the hand again, I think you are right. The weak lead, small reraise should have set off my spidey sense that someone was trying to bleed me.
Oh well. Live & learn.