KJo NL5

Posted 8 years ago

Can you let me know how you guys would've played this hand?

Villain is 29/2 over 52 hands Aggression 3.0

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$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem PokerStars
8 Players

Blinds$0.02/$0.058
UTG Megadöner $3.98
UTG+1 howard7269 $0.99
MP1 lpavel3010 $4.53
MP2 swesda21 $5.12
COHero $5.12
D Jerozzz $4.10
SB RossTislav $2.17
BB Zhorik1990 $5.36
Preflop
8$0.07Hero is COKJ
4 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, Jerozzz calls $0.15, 2 folds
Flop
2$0.37QJ2
Hero bets$0.17, Jerozzz calls $0.17
Turn
2$0.71K
Hero checks, Jerozzz bets $0.34, Hero calls$0.34
River
2$1.398
Hero checks, Jerozzz bets $0.25, Hero calls$0.25
Final Pot$1.89
Jerozzz shows a straight, Ten to Ace AT


This is what I was thinking during the hand.

Preflop: I feel KJo is a standard open here.

Flop: I made the C Bet as I felt I could get Villain to fold some part of his preflop calling range (smaller pocket pairs mid suited connectors which weren't clubs) whilst keeping in his draws - With middle pair here I wouldn't mind taking down the pot on the flop - I should have made this CBet larger perhaps around 2/3 pot.

Turn: I decided to Check Call - I feel if I would have bet here I would have aloud him to fold out all his air hands and only continue with the nutted part of his range so I feel check call is the best option here?

River: At the price he offers I don't think I can fold two pair here so I feel a call is correct - Had the villain made a larger bet here then I would have been put in a more difficult spot.
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Posted 8 years ago
bet turn, bet/fold river for value.
Flop w/e vs fish, but bigger if cbet.
Posted 8 years ago
Against a passive player this should be a simple bet, bet, bet line to get maximum value from our hand.

As played, I would most likely be raising the river for value against their small bet.

At the micros, don't think about folding out certain parts of their range, just get the money in the pot as fast as you can with big hands that how you will make money.
Posted 8 years ago
Pre: Standard as you said.

Flop: I like betting here but not for the reasons that you have given. He will have some worse Jx, along with some gutshot/open ender type hands that can peel at least once so we are betting for value here. Folding out underpairs of unsuited connectors without a flush adds very little value to our bet since they are drawing so slim against us. I like your sizing here though, I would not be going much bigger ever.

Turn: Not a bad card for us but not amazing either, I like betting again here for value. He will have hit the K sometimes with hands like KT, and also may have picked up a flush draw with some other combos he can show up with that will encourage him to call another street. Note - If we get raised here we probably have to fold unfortunately.

River: If turn goes bet/call from us then I would be leading here again on any card that is not a club, K, Q, T or 9. Again, if we are raised on the river then we fold our hand. On any of the cards that are listed above then we should be checking and making a decision based on villains sizing if he opts to make a bet.
Posted 8 years ago
I would usually lean towards checking the flop with a strong second pair, but this guy looks fishy enough that betting works well too. Most of the time we can fire twice which should put him off bluffing the river if he ever feels like it.

The turn simply has to be a value bet. Allowing villain to freeroll a club on us is a disaster. Not to mention that we want 3 streets of value with such a strong hand. If villain checks and no money goes in then we're going to be hurting our win rate a lot if this is constantly repeated.