KK is this Standard

[Robbie01]

I wanted to protect my hand is this fine?

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1140)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1920)
Hero (t1500)
Button (t1460)
SB (t1480)
BB (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is in CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">UTG folds</font>, UTG+1 calls t20, <font color="gray">MP1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, MP3 calls t20, <font color="red">Hero raises to t120</font>, Button calls t120, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, <font color="gray">BB folds</font>, UTG+1 calls t100, MP3 calls t100

Flop: (t510) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
UTG+1 checks, MP3 checks, <font color="red">Hero bets t350

[loveminuszero]

ya but be wary of a set if you get check-raised

[betgo]

Fold preflop.

[whynot?]

think this is perfect - can look like a c bet miss plus you want to get some money in the pot

think if you get called or raised it is far more often kj, aj or a spade draw. i'd go broke or double up on this hand if c/r

[Easy17]

not bad but I would bet a bit more preflop, 150-250 depending on how loose the table is. With blinds at 20 early on, sometimes I get too many callers with 120 raises. I really do not want to go to a flop with 4 of us with a hand that will not improve.

Other strategy is to min raise preflop, hope you get reraised by a big ace then pop them.

You want action with your KK but you do not want 4 to the flop, where you may be around 35% to win. I would rather get the same amount of chips in with one other and be 75%.

[Jeff76]

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Other strategy is to min raise preflop, hope you get reraised by a big ace then pop them.

[/ QUOTE ]This is a good way to lose a lot of chips.

[durkahdurkah]

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Other strategy is to min raise preflop, hope you get reraised by a big ace then pop them.


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This is not good.

OP, you played it fine.

[HerbieGRD]

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Other strategy is to min raise preflop, hope you get reraised by a big ace then pop them.


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This is not good.

OP, you played it fine.

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[Fiksdal]

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]Other strategy is to min raise preflop, hope you get reraised by a big ace then pop them.


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Wow... yeah this is just incredliby terrible advice.

[AceLuby]

This is totally standard. You could raise more PF, but it's kind of pointless. Raising 120 or 150 isn't going to make a difference. I might bet 400-500 on this flop w/ 550 in it, but looks ok overall.