Yep. Especially if we were a bit deeper, I'd have only calls and folds in this spot. Our calling range works much better if we are not excluding all the strongest hands already on the flop by raising them.
Yep. Especially if we were a bit deeper, I'd have only calls and folds in this spot. Our calling range works much better if we are not excluding all the strongest hands already on the flop by raising them.
Personally, on this flop considering we raised preflop, you could easily be representing a nut flush draw/backdoor low/high pair combo (AA2/A2K) here. And someone who flopped a set of nines/sevens will often stack off here, at least in the spewy games I've played...since I play my draws as strong as my sets, they'll often put me on the hand they can beat!
Id flat KK with the nut spades and even the nut spade blockers, and be looking to raise KK that need more protection like this one.
I think KK benefits alot from shutting out hands that
have little nut equity, but have a ton of equity vs KK. A hand like 86 with spades is flipping with us(for the high) but can't really call a raise.
I think we should have raises in all spots, otherwise we give too much equity for super cheap
I think as a general point, with shorter stacks all in, we don't have to protect our ranges as much by strengthening checks, because the third player is the deterrent to bluffs, moreso than having strong hands in our passive ranges
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, MP(500) calls, Btn(2000) calls, fold, fold, fold.
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