Daily Hand Quiz

What would you do if the CO had shoved? Then you’d be calling about 6000 to win about 7300. Against a loose player’s range, KQs is probably about a flip, so a call wouldn’t be terrible with the money added. If you lose, you still have a playable stack, and if you win, you can really start to push the table around a bit.

So what to make of the fact that he didn’t shove? That’s pretty player dependent. Against a savvy player, you’d have to recognize that with their stack (about 15BBs to start) they are likely committed to this hand, so the smallish raise is likely to indicate a very strong hand looking to induce. Against weaker opponents, the small raise might be an attempt to pick up a pot cheaply, since they figure if they have to raise-fold, they just have to play pushbot with their 10BB stack.

Against a pretty strong range, you’re a 2-1 dog. This is a pretty close play, but if you don’t have a sense that you’re against a strong opponent, I think you can go ahead and make the raise. You should pick up the pot enough times to compensate for when you’re actually up against the strong range.

What actually happened: You re-raised and the BB folded. The CO called and showed TT; you won the race.

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I thought call as if he’s loose he has more chance of calling a reraise than most players. So there’s a big risk of getting called by a hand don’t want to see; Ax and to a lesser extent pairs.

If you hit after calling you have a good chance of getting paid by the loose guy anyway, so it seems more sensible to me to take a look for 1000 than lump the 6000 in.

Also saves you on the odd chance BB has a big hand

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This guy keeps raising in late position. When he’s in late position, you’re in the blinds. You MUST make a stand against somebody who’s constantly attacking your blind.

KQs against a loose raiser is more than good enough to call. What about a raise? He has ~5,200 behind, and with 1,050 in the pot to start out with, he would have an M of 5 if he folded here. It’s not out of the question, but I think any raise you put in commits you to calling his all in. In that case, if you’re going to raise, you should raise enough to put him all in.

So the options are either to call or to raise 5,200+. Now you have to know what villain’s been raising with in late position. Has he just been on a hot run of cards in that spot, or is he raising the blinds with QJ and 10-9? His showdowns are crucial here to determining your best strategy. However, with the information we’re given here, I like making the loose player decide if he wants to risk his entire stack in this situation. I raise 5,200.

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At 3-1, calling is attractive, however a raise would likely knock the BB out and get me heads-up with a loose player. KQ not good enough to play oop, so a shove may be the best. Nevertheless, I’m at least a 5-4 dog and would not want to jeopardize the tourney with my current stack of ~40 bbs. I’ll call; would fold to a BB raise.

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Only call if you are capable of laying down top pair here if a Q or a K (without two diamonds to go with it) flops.

Otherwise fold. Why tempt fate with your large stack and a sup-par holding?

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I like a call. Why get crazy? We’ve got a nice hand, but its nothing to write home about. Its a drawing hand. Lets draw and see what happens.

As a side point, honestly, raising 1 out of 5 unopened pots in a 30 hand sampling from late position doesnt make this guy a LAG playing crap. We dont have showdown information and as far as Im concerned, using that bit of information, which doesnt even tell us much, to make a play for a lot of chips would be unwise. This is the mid stages of a MTT….its a marathon, play solid and try not to spew chips.

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I too call for the reasons mentioned above. We may be ahead and we may not, and there is still a BB who may well wake up with a hand.

At flop I CR any K and Q and fold to a bet if I don’t connect.

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I voted fold. The raise is suspect, 1077? Does he raise a little off every time? 2.5xBB preflop with 5000 behind, I would expect a big pocket pair because he’s saying, “I’m pretty sure I’m going allin at some stage in this hand, but I want action”. I think raising from the CO stat isn’t as meaningful as M here. You could be done already. Combine that with whiffing the flop 70% of the time and you are certainly behind percentage wise, but pot odds make it a closer call. If he had 20xBB behind, I would call here probably, but he’s looking for action.

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i agree. just call KQ suited is still a drawing hand.. hope to hit the flop big n take down a big pot

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I would call or all in. a reaise is a bad play because your out of position if he calls. then if he goes over the top you will be wishing you seen a flop with the chips you put in. plus you have the x-factor with the big blind still left to act.

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