BTN open facing 3bet KQo

Posted 7 years ago

Anonymous table on BetVictor. Villain has 3bet me a few times before in different spots. I'm about to move to a different table, because he is getting in my way.

Than I get KQo, I think he uses a 3b/5b strategy here almost always, or at least is pretty unlikely to call me OOP. Therefore, I decide to just flat here, instead of turning KQ into a bluff (correct right?).

OTF: do you always bet, when he checks here? Do you bet most of your range? (except maybe 66-TT/JJ).

FWIW I hate my check...

As played, call turn and fold to a river bet?

Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
$0.10/$0.20 No Limit Holdem Prima
6 Players

Blinds$0.10/$0.206
UTG Player1 $20.30
UTG+1 Player2 $21.63
CO Player3 $20
DHero $53.66
SB Player5 $23.93
BB Player6 $37.68
Preflop
6$0.30Hero is BTNQK
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.40, Player5 raises to $1.60, 1 fold, Hero calls$1.20
Flop
2$3.4026K
Player5 checks, Hero checks
Turn
2$3.40A
Player5 bets $1.80, Hero ...
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Posted 7 years ago
4betting KQ here is fine if they are 3betting you a ton, expecting them to fold quite a lot.

Flop I'd bet when they check, don't think they have us beat as they would be betting all value hands, turn is bleh, if they are 3betting you a lot, no reason why they can't have almost every Ax in their range.

Turn we only beat a total bluff that gave up on the flop but decided to bet the turn, which does not make that much sense as they would bluff the flop. Would sign fold as I expect them to have Ax or better.
Posted 7 years ago
A 4b is likely +EV here but I don't see it being more profitable than a flat IP vs a range you are likely ahead of.

Not sure why you checked the flop - we should be looking to get it in over 3 streets on a lot of runouts so clear Vbet. I might choose to bet 100% of my range largely because it doesn't seem like villains are protecting their checking ranges enough at these stakes and there's a lot of value in the protection you get with your weaker pairs.

OTT folding might be exploitatively fine if you decide that villain always has SDV when he checks the flop. calling is also fine I think but never great as you might just be behind 100% depending on what villain is doing and you can expect to get bluffed OTR sometimes so readless it's tough to see this being super-profitable.
Posted 7 years ago
Thanks guys, flop check/back is just stupid... Bet bet bet!