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Originally Posted by answer20
Typically, cash or tournament, you should be pretty willing to call a C-bet here in this spot. You have position and K-high might be good here 'a lot' against some player's range, eh?
As Kelvis pointed out KQo is one of the worst possible hands to have in this spot. It has no backdoors whatsover, and it's already losing to (if not dominated by) many of villain's bluffs. If you float the flop, what cards are you hoping to see on the turn? Are you going to call again if it's a blank, or even if you make a pair? If villain checks the turn, are you going to bluff with no draw at all? KQo is 12 combos. That's a lot of total air to be floating with, when a more optimal range contains so many better hands for calling. When Villain bets 2/3 pot, I'm already kind of sighing with TT (as I'm not keen to call three streets and get shown JJ+, so I'll be hoping villain slows down), but with KQ my fold is pretty much instant, because I'm not even gonna feel great if I bink top pair, but I definitely can't check it down and win with king high.
Except maybe against the absolute worst players with clearly exploitable leaks, I don't think KQo is a profitable flat pre, and it's a very -EV float on this flop. You're often drawing to a 3-outer at best, and the turn and river are going to be very hard to play correctly.
Also, to give Kelvis more props, T9s (with BDFD) is indeed a much better hand (and just 3 combos) to put into your floating (or bluff-raising) range. At least with that hand, you know what you're drawing to, or bluffing with. KQo is just a trouble hand. If OP has indeed been getting into spots like this "frequently", then he's been calling pre-flop too often. Offsuit Broadway hands are really bad hands to call EP raises with.
Last edited by ArtyMcFly; 07-19-2017 at 04:27 PM.