1/2 KJo in UTG+1 - Line Check
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 925
Playing full ring, 1/2NL
Villain (BB): Cowboy hat, moustache, in his 50s. Maybe played 10 hands with him, he has been quiet, tight, and passive. I have not played many hands since he sat down, so he would not have much of a read on me.
MP: Asian guy in early 40s. Seems solid, been winning several smaller pots but no showdown.
BTN: Plays a lot of hands, limp/calls a ton, passive.
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UTG Folds, Hero has KJo and raises to 12. MP calls, fold fold fold, BTN calls, fold, Villain calls.
KJ UTG+1 4 handed pfr 12
Flop: AA2r (Pot: ~$50)
Checks all around
Turn: K (Pot: ~$50)
Villain bets 10, Hero calls, fold fold
River: J (Pot: ~$70)
Villain bets 50, Hero folds
Was this line okay? What do you think about raising here pre-flop?
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 37,493
I don't love raising KJo there.
We often end up in RIO spots being OOP.
I think that I often lead the flop. We can sometimes get folds from smaller pocket pairs.
I guess the turn is fine. Raising doesn't really get value from worse or fold out better.
Folding seems a bit nitty.
River, I dunno. I'd prolly just fold. Tight passive villain leading into the PFRer for two streets, one a healthy sized bet? Yeah, fold sounds good.
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 6,237
Preflop, your too early to be raising KJo. It is dominated by too many hands that will call the raise and your stuck playing it OOP. Going 4 way to the flop, I'm just giving up that flop and checking also. On turn, your hand is too good to give up to a small bet, which could be a lot of pocket pairs seeing where they are. River, when villain makes a much bigger bet I'm giving up without a specific reason to think they are bluffing.
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 25,855
You want to fold KJ in EP except under certain conditions which you're not ready to exploit yet based on how this hand played out. As played, I'm going to make a cbet, even though there are 3 villains. I'd bet 30 on the flop and expect a majority of the time it won't work.
Once I had worked into your position on the turn and river, I'd do the same thing. The difference is I'd never get in this position.
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,161
Fold preflop. Your decision making post was alright though.
