$200 NLHE Full Ring: LIVE - KcKs on Ah9h2h board versus two villains

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  1. LIVE $1/$3 GAME - 9 handed
  2. how would you have played this? did hero play this as standard as possible?




hero stack ~$100
villain 1 (OMC) stack ~$200
villain 2 (OMC) stack ~$300

hero looks at black kings from UTG
hero opens to $12
villain 1 calls from MP
villain 2 calls the BB.

FLOP: Ah9h2h
pot: $37
v2 checks.
hero checks.
v1 checks.

TURN: Ah9h2h + As
pot: $37

v2 fires for $20
hero folds
v1 folds
 
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I call but i also suck at cash, so maybe fold is best lol
 
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Any particular reads on opponents other then they are old ? :)

It is a bad board for you sure, but I see no reason not to c-bet, when you decide to raise 4x from UTG it says a lot about the range, meaning A is a huge part of it, as well as QQ, KK. If you do have pocket pair, it is very likely you have one with a heart, therefore it is easy to represent a hand. In case you get re-raised, which is a possibility, then fold.
Also, on such a board, c-betting would seem really strong, especially in a live game. But once the action is checked around, you pretty much allow first to act on the turn to bet it with any two cards that have one heart like JT, QJ, KJ, KT, QT...
I know that the size (20$) would mean you would invest total of 30% of your stack, but KK is worth it. More so, when that A hits the turn, it becomes less likely opponent has one.
If you are that afraid of all the hands opponent can have, I think you would end up folding way too many of your hands.

To sum it up: c-bet the flop, but the way you played it turn is a 50-50 decision.
Personally would opt for a call, considering that villain is mostly semi-bluffing there rather then value betting.
 
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Any particular reads on opponents other then they are old ? :)

It is a bad board for you sure, but I see no reason not to c-bet, when you decide to raise 4x from UTG it says a lot about the range, meaning A is a huge part of it, as well as QQ, KK. If you do have pocket pair, it is very likely you have one with a heart, therefore it is easy to represent a hand. In case you get re-raised, which is a possibility, then fold.
Also, on such a board, c-betting would seem really strong, especially in a live game. But once the action is checked around, you pretty much allow first to act on the turn to bet it with any two cards that have one heart like JT, QJ, KJ, KT, QT...
I know that the size (20$) would mean you would invest total of 30% of your stack, but KK is worth it. More so, when that A hits the turn, it becomes less likely opponent has one.
If you are that afraid of all the hands opponent can have, I think you would end up folding way too many of your hands.

To sum it up: c-bet the flop, but the way you played it turn is a 50-50 decision.
Personally would opt for a call, considering that villain is mostly semi-bluffing there rather then value betting.


Yes, OMC at my home casino likes playing AX hands. But other times, they’ll play suited connectors and pocket pairs (all of them) just to hopefully make jackpot.
 
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$200 NLHE Full Ring: LIVE - KcKs on Ah9h2h board versus two villains

I would cbet 50% pot here for my entire UTG range, and prepared to check fold next street unless Kd hits the turn. If you check every time on this flop without an Ace or set (which I assume you would cbet for value) you could be exploitable.

As played, fold to turn bet
 
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