NL100: KK on drawy board

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BB: 20.3/4.5/2.07 - 1241 hands


Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
10 players
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Stack sizes:
hero: $99.50
UTG+1: $222.00
UTG+2: $88.00
MP1: $110.75
MP2: $140.95
MP3: $201.10
CO: $63.05
Button: $36.35
SB: $96.85
BB: $105.90

Pre-flop: (10 players) hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
<font color="#cc0000">hero raises to $3.5</font>, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls, 4 folds, BB calls.

Flop: 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($14.5, 4 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">hero bets $15</font>, 2 folds, BB calls.

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($44.5, 2 players)
BB checks

[Mike Kelley]

Check. Take the free card. You are either Way ahead or Way behind, maybe another club will come on the River? But either way you don't want to play a big pot with your KK on this board.

[MarcusT]

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Check. Take the free card. You are either Way ahead or Way behind, maybe another club will come on the River? But either way you don't want to play a big pot with your KK on this board.

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QFT

[PokerFun007]

This situation confuses me. I understand the idea Mike presents. Checking behind controls the size of the pot, but with so many draws here, do we want to give a free card?

What about making a half pot bet (doesn't give odds for str8 draw) and seeing how villain responds? If he re-pops, then we fold?

I donno...

[Mike Kelley]

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This situation confuses me. I understand the idea Mike presents. Checking behind controls the size of the pot, but with so many draws here, do we want to give a free card?

What about making a half pot bet (doesn't give odds for str8 draw) and seeing how villain responds? If he re-pops, then we fold?

I donno...

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You have half your stack in the middle if you do this and fold. It's not good to do that in theory or practice. If you check. You can call a decent size bet on the river. You aren't maximizing the value of position if you allow yourself to be check raised off of a premium hand like KK.