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03-16-2019 , 04:25 PM

donknfold

newbie

Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 19

Would appreciate some advice about the following hand played at my local casino live in a 9 hand table.

4th hand at the table, so no reads whatsoever.

I am middle position with K

and open with 5BB.

Late position calls.

Effective stacks are 200BB

Flop comes K

9:spades: 3:clubs:

I lead for 8BB and min raised to 16BB.

I call. Turn is 8

Check, V bets 30BB. I call.

River is T

V bets 15BB. I call. V shows pocket 9s

Should I have folded at some point?

When he raised on the flop maybe?

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03-17-2019 , 03:10 PM

Markulous

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,530

Why the 5BB open? Is that pretty standard for live?

Typically on a super uber dry board like that, I'd usually prefer to check. There aren't many Kx type hands the villain can have since we have blockers.

As played, I don't mind calling the min-raise on the flop, but I'm probably throwing this away after more aggression on the turn. Think about what he can have that's raising you on that flop. Like I said there aren't as many K combos and if there were, does he do this with KJ/KT type hands? Although there really aren't any holdings where he should be raising here, but he's flipping his cards over here telling you he has it. I'd let it go.

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03-17-2019 , 06:53 PM

NittyOldMan1

old hand

Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1,452

fold turn and say you were bluffing

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03-27-2019 , 03:13 PM

jimmyb23

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 236

Fold turn. Rarely you will see raise on flop then another bet from turn without something good on a dry board like that

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