Check or bet?
1/3. Hero in the BB with K9hh. Ep raises to 15. One caller. Folds to hero who calls. Starting effective is about 650
45 in the pot. 6/4/3 flop. 1 heart.
Hero checks in the BB. PFR bets 20. MP folds. Hero calls.
About 100 in the pot. 7h on the turn. 4 to the flush now.
Hero checks again and PFR bets 45 this time. Hero check raises to 175. PFR thinks and calls.
River is a 6h that pairs the board. About 450 in the pot. Board is 64376. Hero has a Khf and PFR covered who has about 450.
Hero to act, check or bet?
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Bet.
don’t like the preflop call and hate the flop call.
Probably bet small. V doesn't look very strong. Maybe 1/2 pot.
Fold pf to an early raise. I'd peel the flop but if you're going to try to push him off his draw, jam unless you are extremely deep. As played on the river, all you beat is a bluff at this point. I'd just check/fold. He isn't folding to a bet now.
Fold pf to an early raise. I'd peel the flop but if you're going to try to push him off his draw, jam unless you are extremely deep. As played on the river, all you beat is a bluff at this point. I'd just check/fold. He isn't folding to a bet now.
Please tell me you overlooked OP made a flush.
Not sure what you are thinking pre, flop, and turn? Do you have a read this guy is weak? Or, do you just think you can outplay him post? You got here, so bet and hope he can't fold a hand you beat (and doesn't have one that beats you).
pre I 3-bet or fold , never calling
as played flop is a check / fold
as played bet 1/2 pot river
Fold pre and then fold flop.
Fold pre. Fold flop.
As others have mentioned, K9 is not a great hand to get involved with OOP.
As played, you want a cheap showdown, so check. This doesn’t look weak as it’s unlikely villain risks another check-raise. V raised from EP, barreled, then called a x/r, so I don’t think he’s floating, but he may want a cheap showdown too.
EP action screams pocket pair that he’s hesitant to let go of. There’s no reason to suspect that he hit this board, so if he bets his likely 2pair, you’ll need to call. It would help to know villain’s skill level, but I don’t think he played Ah5h or small pockets this way.
This is a spot that you never should have gotten involved in & it could cost you, but with the info given, I don’t think I’m folding now.
I would bet smallish to get a cry-call out of an overpair, like $150 or less. Kind of worrying that they bet/called the turn on a 4-straight which shouldn't be bet that often (and he shouldn't have a lot of 5's), especially if he doesn't know if we have a donking range on the turn. If he raises the river I would probably fold as I'm not giving most V's credit for turning an overpair into a bluff or a chop trying to bluff out another chop. He could potentially have worse flushes but seems a bit optimistic.
As others have said, preflop and flop are entry-level folds. It's an EP raise to 5x and you have K-high no kicker and a hand which can make a non-nut flush. Flop call is arguably worse, check-raise would be marginally better but it's still a fold.
(I must admit I'm not sure what I'm doing preflop with, say KJs or even KQs. Probably still doing quite a bit of folding. Some squeezing, although I wouldn't hate an overcall either.)
Turn is fine, maybe go bigger. Problem on the river is that if you breathe on the pot an overpair should fold. I'd still bet (small).
I think I might at least consider jamming as your line does look a little FOS. If I was villain, I’d think you would raise the turn a bit more than you did if you had 55 or a set or a FD. When the river pairs the board, He might get more sticky with an overpair.
Right. He gets stickier with an overpair, not less. I still don’t think an all in makes sense because at 1/3, $450 is a lot for V to call with just a single pair even though he seemed competent and capable of a call like that.
