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Originally Posted by daviid
yes, that is a good point. how many KsXs hands we have in our range depends on sbs preflop strategy. as there was no info in the op i just assumed that villain will most likely have a mixed strategy with a high limping %age (just an assumption based on population tendencies, could be off) in which case we probably play more KsXs combos as preflop checks from the bb.
now given this, is it rly best for us to have a KsXs combo that blocks 2p as well? if we think villain will shrug b/f 2p in this spot ("cause nobody should ever bluff here") dont we want to unblock 2p hands?
I think we want to use a combo that means villain will likely be weighted towards thinner value bets. I understand what you're saying, because two pair while maybe not his strongest value bet, it still isn't necessarily his thinnest (depending on his pre flop strat). We would however, be blocking a set as well.
Another issue with the hand selection is that because we didn't raise KJo pre flop, it implies we have K2o-KJo in our range here. It seems like OP is down to float all at least all Ks combos on the flop (not that I have a problem with that), but if they all peel turn as well, then you end up with a very high combination of hands that are all K high. You can't jam all of them over a river bet, that will be way way
way too many combos as bluffs. So going back to using a pair + Ks(Ks8x being 3), not only does it block some of his value bets, it also ensures we select an appropriate number of combos to bluff with giving us a good value to bluff ratio.