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Went to the local dog track over the weekend to play in a holdem tournament. Need a few comments on how you would have played the hand. Average chip count 39,000. I have around 65,000. Blinds are 800 - 1600 with 200 ante. I am big blind. Chip leader raises to 3200. I have pocket kings. What should I do?
 
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Hello Spudson,
I assume there was just the one other person in the hand. How many people were at the table/how many antes were in the pot? Of course it is a raise, for me I need a bit more info to decide how much. It depends on your read of the chip leader. Going in cold, I suppose I would say 1/2 to 3/4 of the pot.

Good luck to you,
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I'll reply to this as if there's 9 players outside of the money and the raiser is in UTG-UTG+2. You should be 3betting. If you've already 3bet QQ+ and haven't 3bet any other hands then calling here may be the better option to disguise your hand. That decision will depend on your table image and the level of aggression from the other players. Calling will improve your calling range preflop. If this is a TAG player and you 3bet and find yourself being 4bet I'd either jam if I felt he was holding anything I beat or call if I felt he had AA. The reason for this is many TAG get sticky once they get this deep preflop and will more then likely call this bet. LAGs will probably fold to a 5bet jam so I'd avoid that to keep him in with a worse hand.
 
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Pocket K's is a slightly problematic hand as in the year 2010
I could not win a hand with them. Even got them Back to Back, hands as
chip leader at the table and lost both hands to weak aces moving All-in.
Crippled my stack for sure.

All this will depend on the Villain players dynamics and your perception of his playing style. ie: Rock, loosy goosy etc...
normally I would re-raise about 3/4 to full pot bet, but
you being the last to act,
that gives the villain a chance to go over the top before the flop.
Probably the best move is to let the flop hit, as long as there is not an Ace,
I'd bet it VERY HARD even going or calling an All-in and hope you haven't run into the lucky small pair hitting a set.
If the Ace hits your done.
End of Story, Next Hand, please.


Little back info about me, I'm strictly a
NLHE tournament and Heads up tournament Player.
Of course, I can do cash and sometimes do in Vegas when so many recreational players are playing cash games, just to pick up some easy money.


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My fist thought is a reraise to around 8-9 K, but you are not giving us much to work with.
 
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It's almost impossible to fold kings with under 30 BB, so raise and call his all in if he shoves.
 
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Sure 3 bet is fine, or maybe just call and set a trap
 
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I'd 3-bet to around 10k. If he 4 bet I'm jamming for sure. Sucks if you run into AA, but that's poker. If he flats you'd have to try to use any reads you've picked up to put him on a range. Has be been playing really tight? Loose? How many 3 bet pots has he gone to showdown with and how did he play them? I'm c-bet low/middle boards and get it in if he gets aggressive and assume he's got 1010-QQ. Broadway boards are tougher to play. Stay aggressive. If he wants to play for stacks on a AQJ flop I'm throwing it away. QJ10 I'm calling 1 bet at least and re-evaluating maybe even check raise folding to jam. Go up to the odds calculator and run some scenarios. Also proper bankroll management makes stacking off here an easy decision if you believe yourself to be ahead.
 
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I'd 3bet around 8000. If he 4bet you have to allin. If he call, flop is cbet or check/raise.
 
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I think I would of called then depending on the flop if u had highest cards I would of checked to him then all in raise if he bets uk get him in a trap
 
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When you get that late in a tournament you want to play for stacks with AA or KK. How you get there depends as the responses suggest. You could call, raise, shove, but the idea is to get as much as you can in the pot. The problem is we don't know anything about the villain. Is have a passive player? A shove or 3bet other than a min raise may scare him off. Is he very aggressive and will certainly c-bet? It could be a call. Is there a lot of 3bets going on? If there is it certainly is a raise, if not, it certainly telegraphs your hand.

I'd be making sure I was heads up, I would raise unless I was in the BB just because of the weak raise. I don't want to go to a 3 or 4 way pot with KK. Then you need to extract what you can, but always control the pot if an Ace hits.

It is always better to win a pot pre-flop rather than letting people see cheap flops and out flop you. Don't be afraid of just taking what is in the pot because of a raise. Take the win and move on to the next hand.
 
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Out of position, I would re raise to 3.5x or more. You are looking to get all in here, unless you have an air tight read on this opponent that he has AA. Anything smaller than 3.5x is inviting him to call too wide and will make playing post flop OOP very difficult if this opponent will call 2.5-3x 3 bets with suited connectors
 
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