Christmas in July: KJs in the HJ Facing Raise from a UTG Loose Passive

It’s Christmas in July at MGM Springfield. As Dan GK wrote in my last post, the high-hand promotion gives out 325 envelopes, one per hour. Three envelopes have $10,000, fifteen with $5,000, etc., in total $285K. The room overfills with loose passive recreational players. My bankroll got dangerously low, so I have been playing lower-rake games until now…

V (covers hero) is a fifty-five year old loose passive calling station. As he dribbled away 300 dollars over three orbits, his wife stood behind him and said she lost 75 dollars on the slots. He has limped about 60 percent of his hands. He has called down top-pair bad-kicker several times. He has not yet open-raised.

Hero (295) assumes V knows little.

OTTH

V open raises UTG+1 to 10. Hero in HJ with KJss? Hero considers 3betting, then thinks “after limping 15 hands sequentially, an open-raise by this V indicates a strong hand.” Hero calls. Blinds call. 4-way.

Flop (35 after rake): Ah6s8c

Everyone checks.

Turn: 3h

Everyone checks.

River 9x.

V bets 10.

Everyone folds