Hero has TAG image, $120 stack effective.

Standard raise in this $1-$1-$2 game ($200 max) is $12-$17.

Limps to CO who raises to $10 (he's been fairly tight). Button calls, I call with K♣J♣ in the SB, BB calls.

$40 to the flop: 7♣A♦3♣.

I check, BB checks, CO (original raiser) bets $15:$40, button folds, I re raise to $45. BB then goes all in, CO folds.

I put the remainder of my stack in, $65.

BB shows A7 for flopped top two. We brick out on turn and river, BB scoops.

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What would you guys have done in my position on the flop with the flush draw? Would you have just called the $15:$40 bet by the original raiser in the CO? I felt like CO's flop bet was weak, but obviously I did not suspect the BB to flop top two. But, if I just called the $15 bet and a club came on the turn or river, I felt like it would be hard to get value when I'm the one leading into two players. Also, if I had flatted the $15 bet on the flop, there's a good chance that BB would've either re raised or shoved with his top two pair.

Was my re-raise a good move? Or was I only folding out worse draws, and if someone had an Ace, they'd never be folding against my stack size?

Would you have 3x bet with K♣J♣ in the SB after a small PFR of $10 (standard opening was between $12-$17)? CO was a fairly tight player.

What if instead of my $120 effective stack, I had $1,000 instead? Would your strategy change?

Buy in full, fold pre or at least raise. Flop is fine.

Just muck preflop, even with a full stack you don't really want to play this OOP vs a tight raiser and with your stack, no way. Rest of the hand looks fine.

ProPokerTools Hold'em Simulation

386,980,704 trials (Exhaustive)

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
KcJc	46.60%	170,317,033	20,031,953
20%	53.40%	196,631,718	20,031,953

ProPokerTools Hold'em Simulation

190,065,744 trials (Exhaustive)

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
KcJc	37.93%	68,528,627	7,136,964
10%	62.07%	114,400,153	7,136,964

the hand looks prettier than it is

I did buy-in for the full $200, topped off with another $100 once I bled down. $120 was all I had left and wanted to spend (BRM).

What's your reasoning for 3 betting the fairly tight player, pre flop?

What if I was $500 effective instead of $120 effective? Would you say the re-raise to $45 on the flop was still an okay play?

Thanks for the equity calcs! I take it those are the equity calcs pre-flop, and on the flop, respectively?

BTW, what do the 20% and 10% mean, from your table?

No, I'd then probably want to flat and maybe rep an ace later in the hand. With a deeper stack you don't really want to build a big pot from OOP, you'll get yourself into difficulties later in the hand.

Not a big fan of check raising the flop.
Why?
- A73 hits the pfr more than us, he has AK AQ AJ in the range (not folding for this SPR), (better to c/r when we have a range advantage ex 875, 776, etc)
-we rep a thin value range

If we are deeper it gets more interesting if we think v is capable of folding AQ, AJ to sufficient heat, as our value range is pretty much sets.


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I misread the hand actually

Thanks. That response was helpful.

Okay, good input. However, I felt like CO's bet $15 into $40 on the flop was pretty weak (although..he could've easily had an Ace and was just trying to get some light calls for value).

The difficulty in my hand is that if I hadn't raised, and just called, then if I had turned the flush, it would be difficult to get value from OOP.

Defending this hand preflop seems very debatable, and I think the flop xr is spew

Hero should not have much of a real value range to xr either as small sets should fold preflop and defending weaker ax hand out is also bad

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You’re right it will be hard to get value. You have low implied odds. The good thing tho is that u are getting good direct odds.
15 to win 55, almost 4:1
So it’s ok if u don’t get paid off much or very often.
Deception is one aspect of the game, but it isn’t everything. Sometimes it’s ok to make a play that reveals the contents of our hands if it is +EV and there aren’t other more +EV lines. If u want your range to be more deceptive I would suggest playing a wider variety f hands this same way rather than trying to play this hand differently.



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That is KJs equity against both the top 20% of hands preflop and vs top 10% of hands preflop. Depending how tight your opponent is opening.

Yes, I agree playing KJcc is debatable. That is - I think it's very defendable for $10 ($8 to me). Are you saying you wouldn't defend it, despite the pot odds, because it's difficult to play a drawing hand OOP? The least I would do is call to see a flop with these broadway suited cards. Surely I'm not the only one who thinks like is, am I? I can be convinced otherwise if my logic is of the minority. That's why I'm posting here, to get feedback and adjust my game.

I do see what you mean by my x/r on the flop. You don't like the x/r because it's not a believable move on my part. However, I definitely do have sets in my range, as well as 2 pair. Also, I think x/r with flush draws balances out my range. Finally, CO's bet of $15 into $40 was so weak, I could have x/r with any two cards to get him off.

I do agree that defending Ace + rag from OOP is bad play. I wouldn't usually play like that. However, I don't agree that I would fold a pocket pair from early position. For a small raise of $8 to me, I'd definitely call with any pocket pair.