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Unknown villain 3bets and shoves otf, Hero has top pair

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04-22-2017 , 11:51 AM

dmccoy87

grinder

Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 647

Blinds 25/50 in 22 player live MTT, ~16 players remain
Tables have just been rebalanced, have never played with villain, first hand after the rebalance.

Hero (UTG) ~2800 K

raises to 150
4 folds
Villain (BTN) ~3200 raises to 400
2 folds
Hero calls

Flop comes K

Hero bets 450
Villain raises to 2400 (all-in to call)

Hero?

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04-22-2017 , 12:08 PM

Igotsevens

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Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 35

Fold he has QQ+ and if he doesn't there'll be plenty of chances to take his money later

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04-22-2017 , 12:17 PM

spand42

adept

Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 758

Fold pre - you're going to keep getting into spots like this when you open with hands that are easily dominated from EP.

Calling 3Bet is OK with the pot odds we're getting.

I really don't like this flop lead - this basically turns your hand face up as some sort of marginal hand that doesn't want to see any more cards.

You now have to fold to the shove - he has all the value hands in his range e.g KQs, AK, AA, KK, QQ

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04-22-2017 , 12:28 PM

dmccoy87

grinder

Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 647

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Originally Posted by spand42

I agree on the pre fold. I was frustrated with a long dry spell of cards and was definitely opening wider than I should have been. Other than hitting a full house with 8-3 when in the BB, my entire stack was built off steals and one big river bluff. I was in a "make something happen" mentality and instantly knew my mistake after the shove. (I folded)

How would you have played the flop? X/c?

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04-22-2017 , 01:02 PM

noswear

stranger

Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 2

It's totally fine to open pre, KJs flops and plays postflop good enough.I can't see any reasonable explanation for that flop lead tbh, x/c and evaluate on turn.If heart or ten giving you flush draw/OESD doesn't come on the turn you can easily fold to his 2nd barrel.

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