1/2, top pair facing a jam
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 38
Eff stack is 200bb (400)
straddles to 4, 3 callers, I made it 21 total with KJs. CO calls, another 2 person calls.
Flop - K35r, checks to me, i cbet 56 into 90, CO raise to 130, I tank called
thoughts: V is a pretty decent guy that does squeezing and 3b every now and then, makes play in certain spots too...his value hands kinda only have AA in here, occasionally he'll show a set.. I felt folding to be kinda weak here so I called....Could I have folded?
Turn - 4.. I check to him, he jams abt 200ish into 350, Hero??
As played i folded and he tabled a 4
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 471
Not a ton of info to use here. Against an unknown I would have folded to flop raise. If you have sufficient evidence to think this guy is a maniac, you can call flop and turn shove. But given your very small description, I dont think he'd play a set this fast on such a dry board. The only draw is 46, which is unlikely given preflop action. I think he has KQ or maybe a AK he decided not to 3bet. As played you may have to call, because you shouldn't have called flop just hoping he would shut down. So either fold flop, or call and commit. I lean towards folding flop until I have reason to believe he's raising with worse.
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 191
PF your raise should probably be slightly larger ($25-$30). Your flop bet was sufficient, however, when CO raises OTF, you should be able to find a fold. It's not the raise OTF, but how future streets will be played. I would've folded OTF. Before he tabled the 4, there are several other hands you're well behind with (AK/KQ/33/55/K3s/K5s). When he tables the 4, it looks like he could've been on the straight draw. That's why I feel IMO if you raised a bit more PF, there's a better chance of him folding pre.
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 1,987
How loose is V pre? Thrus-Sat evening games get real fishy where I play. People don't come to fold, and will call your raise w/ 35s, and Kx pf. His flop action suggests 2p+, or at worst a better kicker. I'd fold here, unless I had better reads or a history suggesting V would play-back.
Also consider that his raise suggests we're not quite likely to check this one off to the river if we call. If that makes you uncomfortable, there's little reason to continue OTF.
