1/3 : decision with KK on turn

so, button folded preflop?

call, he’s got QQ at best.
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if he hit a set, so be it. He’s trying to talk you out of a call, I think.

Funny, when I read he shoved, given his 3-bet… Jacks was the likely answer. Interesting situation. The only person I’ve ever seen make that move – telling the other person what he has, clearly the better hand for a pure bluff move – is Daniel Negraneu.

Here’s the thing though. The usually when a player asks if the other player has the nuts, it typically means they have 2nd or 3rd nuts. And he seems cautious until the Jack hits. I’m not sure how you can let this go, but in that situation, I have to read Jacks or Aces. What else would he shove with? Unless he’s Negraneu.

As far as the 4-bet situation. I like the 4-bet for two reasons. (1) They’re splashy players, so the likelihood of them coming along is greater, so we want to play a bigger pot (2) we charge big hands like A-K suited, A-Q suited, and smaller pairs. I wouldn’t worry about 4-betting giving your hand away as most, especially splashy players don’t read it that way at 1-2, or 1-3. But I am also ok with you playing the hand under repped, especially with players who are going to likely fire more at the pot. HOWEVER, the big kicker is that by you calling a 3-bet, this basically gave away your hand at the table anyway. Therefore, I would have like to see you 4-bet. Regardless… you got cold decked which is unfortunate.

So, my conclusion is you could have gotten away from the hand of you were able to think clearly and pick up that basically you were only beating Queens or Tens and his shove didn’t make sense if he thought you were better (given his caution on the flop). But I would say that if you were able to find the fold there, you wouldn’t need this website : ) That would be some high level play.