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Originally Posted by OGKUSH88
8 handed my stack $800~ im in seat 7 bill m in seat 1 peter the little man limps. i am iso raising here with any 2 100% of the time in c/o when folded to me after the limp, i look down at KdKh, make it 35$..bill m (covers me) snap flats out of the sb, peter calls out of turn, small dispute ensues with bb , bb folds
FLOP: ($100) Qh3d3s
really good flop for me, bill m checks, peter checks, i bet $65
bill m tanks for a min, calls
peter folds
Turn: ($230) 9h ..virtual effective blank... bill m checks, I bet $140. Bill m tosses out 3 white chips...
...hero?
I'd iso to $20-$25, $35 seems way too big and can end up forcing yourself into bloated pots, this is especially an issue if you have short stacks behind you because once they call the stack to pot ratio can get super low which will make it hard to barrel. I think it also might cost you money in the long since hands like K8, Q9, A9 and other marginal hands who would play for $20 might fold to $35, and hands like 56s and small pairs are more inclined to call since they know it's going to be a big multiway pot and all they need is to flop a set. So the raise size manipulates everyone's calling range to include more cracker hands that will only give you action if they have you crushed.
The only hand that bill can have here I think is a slow played aces or pocket 9s. I've seen him play a few hands from behind while waiting for a game to open and he's positionally aware and pretty snug, I think he'd toss K10 in this spot for example. If you made it $20 I think his range would be a little wider, but since you raised so large
and since he's in the SB his hand looks like pocket pairs, the worst hand I think he could have is A
K
, I doubt he'd c/r w. AQ, super super doubtful, i've seen him bet/fold AJ on a Jxx board before, he's not one of those "omg top pair lolz" It's hard to put him on a hand but your line looks really strong so it's hard for him to be making a play. I'd fold, there's better spots trust me haha.
Against a complete unknown though, in a 3/5 game, it's read based. Some players might think QK is the nuts in this spot, others are only taking this line with 3x. Against an unknown who's over the age of 45 I think this is a snap fold. Old people just don't make 'plays' enough for this ever to be a call. You're playing for stacks.