Early in pokerstars weekly round 2

[Nikeballa07]

How would you guys have played this different, i raised that high because everyone at the table had been playing pretty loose, and i didn't want many callers lowering my chances to win
Stacks:
bobertsno2 with 1745
BTN with 1415
SB with 1735
BB with 1280
UTG idiot with 1100
UTG+1 with 2015
MP1 with 1505
MP2 with 1330
MP3 with 1950

Blinds: 15/30
Site: Pokerstars
Dealt to Hero:K♣ K♠
Sklansky group 1
Preflop:
UTG idiot calls [30]
1 players fold.
MP1 calls [30] Hero raises 300 to 330
5 players fold.
UTG idiot calls [300]
1 players folded.
Total folds this street: 7
Potsize: 735
Flop: 9♥ 3♥ 10♠
1 players fold.
UTG idiot bets [770] [ all-in ] Hero calls [770]
Potsize: 2275
Turn: J♥
Potsize: 2275
River: 6♣

idiot shows 7♣8♥

my question is who in the hell makes that call with 78 off suit? what a joke?

 

[Jillychemung]

Not much to analyze here. Belongs in the BBV forum. You read the table right and you read the villain right. Nothing more you can do here. There is no 100% winner in NLHE, preflop, feel good about getting it AI with the best hand with a great read and let the donk suckout fade away.

 

[JoeDi]

I agree.. People undoubtedly get bored and start chasing their hunches..There is no rhyme or reason to the insanity..

 

[Nikeballa07]

alright thanks i just want to make sure i wasn't just being stupid or ignorant or something

 

[Yeti]

Of course not, you played it fine. Similar to a donk getting me with K8o from the SB after a preflop raise with AA. It happens.

 

[mallyworld]

why not just go all in to begin with and make the idiot call without seeing the flop?

 

[Yeti]

why not just go all in to begin with and make the idiot call without seeing the flop?

Because chances are said idiot wouldn't call an all-in. When you hold a hand such as AA and KK it's worth playing it with a raise and not an all-in to let someone see the flop. After that they may fold, but it gets money in the pot rather than simply winning the blinds (which 53o could do just as fine).

 

[cardsDontMatter]

i raised that high because everyone at the table had been playing pretty loose

It's always cheaper to engage action than it is to ward if off. As soon as UTG called your preflop bet, you're not looking at the flop. You're looking at the pot. It's 735, your villain has 770.

This mistake here is your preflop bet. You want action with Kings. Raising 4xBB here gets chips into the pot, and leaves you room to price out draw heavy boards.

When the blinds are low, bob and weave through the hands. Keep the pots small if you can. There is a lot of poker left to be played.

 

[THGE]

The tournament was early and freeroll. I play very freerolls and see many players pushing all early in tourney.
I think that if you are playing a freeroll, you can risk more early in tourney and try to earn chips against bad players. If you lose, you don't lose real money and I don't lose much time on the table. But if you win, you can get a good condition in the tourney.

 

[trubluffer]

bad move by other player, yes this was awful move and got lucky it happens in poker.

 

[silverslugger33]

It's a freeroll and it's early. Are you really that surprised to see this play? Round 2 or not, people screw around in these things.