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Thoughts on this hand? Playing a 2-5 game. Stack is around 800. Villian has around 1500 and opens to 30 UTG+1. Button calls. I 3 bet to 130 with AsKh from the SB. Folds around and Villian calls and button folds. Flop comes 2s,6h,8c rainbow. I C bet 175 with such a dry board. He calls. Turn is the Kd. My remaining stack is a little more than a pot size bet. I go ahead and shove the rest of my stack. Villian tanks for about 30 secs and folds. I win the pot but wondering y’all’s thoughts on how I played the hand. Would it have been better to check the turn and hope to bet for value on the river? Is the preflop play ok?Just lookin for some input. Y’all are awesome!
I think you played everything fine but the jam on the turn. Yeah, you have about a pot-sized stack, but I think this is one of those spots where you’re not getting better to fold or getting worse to call. If he has 2 pair he’s called, but I think you’re giving a hand like A8 or 98 a bad price to call. I’m not even sure how comfortable 10-10 or JJ is calling here given how much that king hits your range.
I think $250-275 is a better bet here. You can easily get all of the money in here by the river, and you allow hands like second pair to call.
Yeah, I think like John. I would’ve bet a little smaller on the turn to let him call with under pairs, or Kx smaller kicker, and with that dry of a board, I wouldn’t be afraid of too many river cards
nhEspecially since the K completes the rainbow, there really is not a realistic draw. 97 | 75 suited? Not sure that would call your three bet pre. The one better hand that may have folded there is ducks (22), but most folks will fold that pre to a 3 bet and would probably re-pop your flop bet.
So, yeah, I think in this specific spot, disguising your hand strength a bit with a smaller bet (1/3-1/2 pot) may have goaded him into a call with whatever he felt was worth calling on the flop.
I agree with John however, this turn is a great spot to check in my opinion if you wanna incorporate some checks with big hands. You have many kings in your range, but what if you have 10s,JJ, QQ, AQ, and the rest of your 3-bet range OOP which you do a lot of the time, would you jam as well? It is very exploitable if you’re only shoving here when you have it and because we rarely have it, I would consider checking the turn for balance if you’re playing against some of the players often or early on in the session.
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