
Game type: 2/4 No limit cash, online
Your image: Very aggressive
Opponent’s image: Raiser is LAG, caller just sat down a hand or two ago
Your hand: K♦K♣
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The setup: You’ve been moving a lot of chips in this cash game, and so far you’ve kept more than you’ve given out. With a very aggressive preflop and flop style, you’ve gotten into your fair share of confrontations with the big stack directly to your left. With that set up, you’re happy to be dealt kings, and you raise it to $15 UTG. You get two callers, the button folds, the SB calls and the BB folds. The flop could be worse:
Q♥J♦3♦
The SB checks and you lead for $50. Player B raises it to $130, and Player C flat calls. The SB folds.
What’s your play? Player B has been very LAG, and Player C just joined the table a couple of hands ago.
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This quiz is taken from our archives and originally ran on 7/25/07. To view the original quiz with comments, poll result and answer, click here
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I put B on AQ and C on a flush draw or a monster. I call and see what B does and what turn brings.
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I’m okay with any of the plays except flat calling. If you plan on calling OOP, there’s really no good card on the turn except one of the two remaining kings… so you’re gonna check and be in the exact same spot when he bets. Either reraise yourself and give at least a little fold equity or fold. I chose reraise ~300, but I would do it a little closer to 450 more (about 2x the pot). I know it sounds like too much, but the image I’m trying to convey is that I’m committed to the pot (and I’m giving myself the correct odds to call another reraise – practically 10:1, which is good enough for the runner diamond draw, runner straight draw, the two remaining kings and the deck, and a good chance we’re winning already).
This is how I think at the table… anyone agree/disagree?
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Very difficult situation with no wrong answer. I voted shove because I don’t want to get bet off my hand on the Turn and I want to give that flush draw a chance to fold.
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honestly C probably has the nut flush draw. i think he would push if he had a really big hand because the bet is over a quarter of his stack. B could have a monster but its most likely he has queens with that mini reraise and a flush draw on the board. I say shove because youre probably way in front of both players but folding may not be that bad of an option either. Calling or a raise to 300 is weakest here.
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i say reraise to 300 is weak because both players would be pot committed with either hand.
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my idea about calling is that I want to see what B does. If he stays in the hand I’m off but if he folds (I’d think folding even AQ in that spot) if a diamond doesn’t come I can buy the pot putting C on a flush draw. It remains a difficult decision but with 80$ I can stay in the hand without overcommitting
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Both your opponents are either on big draws or have top 2 pair or a set, and if you’re lucky one’s got AQ
Calling is horrible, as someone said before there is no card other then a king (or possibly a 3) that helps you
Basically either gamble your entire stack and hope for the best or fold (I think either is fine). If you go the gambling route ~300 raise makes sense because it basically pot commits everyone. And hopefully you win more then 1/3 of the time ;]
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I think you’re up against a reasonable range here, due to the $15 pre flop raise being consistent with your image. Top pair, open enders, and flush draws all look likely. The only hand I’m slightly concerned about is a set of 3s (I think you’ll see a reraise pre flop with Queens or Jacks).
I’m shoving here, on the assumption that the villains will be smart enough to let top pair go, and not be willing to risk their stack on a draw. The turn card figures to improve everyone except me, so I’m happy to take down a good sized pot right now.
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May be both have flush draw, so i call and if nothing is dangerous on the turn, i raise to 340$…..even if one of them has AQ i do the same, but it’s a very difficult situation.
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if nothing dangerous comes, dalil ??
lets see..
3 aces, 2 kings, 3 queens, 3 jacks, 4 tens, 4 nines + 6 remaining diamonds = more than half the deck is dangerous…
im shoving and hoping B has AQ or worse
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