Poker Stars $25+$2 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t25/t50 Blinds - 7 players
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Hero (BTN): t1380 M = 18.40
SB: t2655 M = 35.40
BB: t1500 M = 20
UTG: t1405 M = 18.73
UTG+1: t1335 M = 17.80
MP: t1345 M = 17.93
CO: t3880 M = 51.73

Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is BTN with K K
4 folds, Hero raises to t125, SB calls t100, 1 fold

Flop: (t300) 6 6 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t175, SB calls t175

Turn: (t650) A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t400, SB calls t400

River: (t1450) Q (2 players)
SB bets t450, Hero calls t450


- I c-bet small because I raised small from the button preflop, so I'm trying to fake a c-bet-bluff here. The flop is very dry as well. Thoughts?

- When he calls I either think villain has 3x, 6x or PP or just two overcards, lots of randoms tend to call down c-bets with overcards when they think I'm bluffing. So I (think I) beat quite a bit of his range here, even though the ace hits some of his range. This is why I fire the turn as well, is this correct?

- I called the bet on the river because it was so small, but here I guess I should have folded? I don't see villain leading out on the river with much worse than Ax/6x/set.


Input on the whole line would be great!

(I'm currently going through a 40 buy-in downswing, and it kinda gets to me, so I'm not sure if my game is as good as it was prior to the downswing)

I would start by making it 150 pf. If they are calling 125 they will also call 150, and we want value with KK.
I'd bet 190 on flop, and on this turn I'm definitely checking behind, to call a river bet.
As played fold river (and I almost never suggest a river fold..)

check turn and either call a bet on the river or make a value bet if checked to.
As played fold river imo, he has a 6 or a A here a huge amount of the time.

The river bet is screaming value here. Def fold imo.

Deurdy: My standard raise in L3 is 125, I don't think I should change this only for these situations. That could easily be exploited, right? I used to raise to 150 all the time, but I like it better with 125, as I can c-bet more comfortably etc.


I definitely agree with you on the river fold, he showed A6 btw

So the standard line here is c-bet, check, bet/call. Great, thanks!