Heads up game

[CfPoker]

I'm going to show the whole hand here, including results. I just want comments on my general play. Namely:

- is the shove correct?
- is not shoving preflop ok?
- is checking the flop ok?

Reads wise I've been raising quite a lot preflop recently but seldom OOP.

Blinds: 600/1200 (quite far into it)
Hero: ~9000
Villian: ~20000

My cards: AKo

Villian calls 600.
Hero raises to 3200.
Villian calls 2000.

Flop: KJ6 rainbow

Hero checks (wanting to induce a bluff)
Villian bets 2500.
Hero shoves
Villain calls and shows J6 and I miss on the turn and river.

 

[CubanaD64]

That hand was played perfectly. You bet before the flop, you checked with a monster (top pair heads up is like flopping a set in a full table) and you just got unlucky.

 

[SubT33]

I think you were pot-commited with the pre-flop raise, and you knew you were going all-in if you hit your hand, so maybe you should have went all-in pre-flop? But this was heads up so you most likely made the right play. The villain actually played this hand very well. That was a perfect bet on the flop. It looked just like he was trying to buy the pot.

 

[Kenzie 96]

I'd reply but Cuban said it quite well.

 

[Bentheman87]

Only minor mistake I see is raising a little small preflop. Raise at least 3600, you're out of position and even two small cards are only a 1.7:1 underdog against two overcards. Other than that you played it fine just got unlucky.

 

[OzExorcist]

Can't fault the play, you just got unlucky.

With the stack sizes and blinds as they are you could probably have shoved this pre-flop as well, but it really depends on how the game's being played: just calling the big blind heads up shows little if any strength on villain's part, and you'd probably prefer to get a bit more action with what is really a monster hand heads up.

As played, once you hit the flop it's standard play. TPTK is definitely shove-worthy in this spot.