Very passive 1-2 game. Average stack is 250. I’m in SB and cover table with 900, been playing somewhere between a LAG and TAG and had a few good runouts hence the stack, but overall I’ve been doing a lot of the betting at the table (which is not consistent with how I played this hand, lol).

Villain 1 is very passive, in CO. 300 behind. I’ve only seen him raise preflop a couple times, he likes to limp a lot preflop.

Villain 2 in BB is the only other somewhat aggressive player, he was initially to my right but moved to my left after I stacked him about an hour ago.

7 handed. Folds to HJ and CO who both limp. Button folds.

Hero has Ks9d in SB completes. BB checks

So my first question, K9 offsuit is obviously a trash hand to be OOP multiway, is this just a fold? Or is it a raise to “punish” the limbers and fold if BB 3 bets?

Flop is 789 rainbow.

I’m wasn’t that excited to lead out OOP multiway on a connected board and build a pot with limited equity of top pair.

Checks around to CO who bets 15. I call and BB calls as well.

Pot 55

Turn is K, giving me top 2 but also adding a flush draw. I lead out for $40, BB folds, and CO raises to $100.
To me this min type raise seemed very strong and seems that JT is high in his range, but I figure $60 more for a $200 pot is pricing me in.

I feel like a fold is just too nitty, even with the strength this villain is projecting. He could have a combo draw or worse 2 pair. So is this a call and evaluate on the river?

K9 is fine to complete as long as you don't fall in love with your hand.

I don't particularly like the donk here on the turn. You kind of nut cap yourself here, but what is your plan if CO does raise? Clearly, he is representing a straight or a set here, and I don't think he has a draw too often here. Maybe a slow played AhKx, but that doesn't seem likely.

If you call here, what's your plan on brick river/heart river?

Folding preflop is your best option. K9o is just a bit too bad even after a couple of limpers. K9s or KTo would be worth calling because of the great odds. Even then your mostly fishing for exceptionally good flops and otherwise trying to keep the pot small.

The flop is actually a fold when somebody bets. What you wanted is for this to check around and then you can evaluate on the turn. As is, the only likely betting hands you want to see are J9 and Q9. Everything else is a good draw or already ahead. Best to cut your loses before they can mount.

As played fold the turn. When a very passive player makes a small raise he isn't messing around with a good draw. He could have worse two pair but his range includes straights and sets also. Without a good read on his betting patterns so you have an idea where you stand against his range and what to do on river it's best to just get out.

I think completing is fine but we can fold to almost 2x pot overbet on flop. And as played, check turn.

I’m worried about reverse implied odds with K9o. The villain’s range has sets, worse two pairs, and straights. As well as random top pairs. I like a call and check/call on river if you’re worried about the nuts, but I do think folding is too weak. What else do you hope for when calling with K9o?

yeah, I think in hindsight, this whole hand is just negative implied odds and I should have avoided donking the turn.

I do feel that completing in the SB with these types of hands really serves little purpose given the negative implied odds. Like what kind of flop do I hope for with K9 multiway OOP,


I ended up calling the reraise on the turn.

the river was J making board 789 K J


completing the straight draw and backdoor FD. Villain acted out of turn very quickly and jammed for around $180 more looking excited, I'm guessing improved with the J, so I get the feeling I was up against some combo draw on the turn, but impossible to know for sure.

I was a snap fold for me after that since these types of plays are so unbalanced at 1-2 or even 2-5