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Originally Posted by Ranma4703
We have a strong suited connector - we don't have much RIO because we can fold our top pair to significant action. We're getting over 3:1 preflop. I can see folding KQo, and I would recommend it (or 3bet bluff), but not KQs.
Again youve got 24 cents of direct equity youre afraid to fold out of position against an uncapped range that dominates you.
the way IO works isnt that only big hands affect it, especially preflop. Being wary and often losing with top pair to a similar quality hand means you are regularly on the losing end of medium sized pots, and even when you do take it down, the pots will be smaller because value bets are thin against their range. You are regularly shoveling in at least one more bet if not two with top pair. You also dont have great opportunities to win medium sized pots. Even when you flop 2 pair or trips youre scared and gotta bail agains potentially AA. Beyond that you are folding basically 100% to cbets when you hit air. Youd be much better off with a hand like 76s where you can confidently play your trips and win reasonable money vs overpairs, even though its quite likely that 76s has lower equity.
Also, im not saying "fold pre" im moreso just saying calling is very marginal and is only really EV+ based on skill differential, and as others said, the villan sounds like not the opponent youre typically trying to get money out of. Folding pre here is definitely not a leak. This hand pretty much tells the tale of the issue with facing such a tight range OOP with a dominated hand.