[NL5] KQo 3 bet pot

Posted 7 years ago

Pacific, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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Hero (SB): $7.50 (150 bb)
BB: $7.32 (146.4 bb)
UTG: $1.98 (39.6 bb)
MP: $5.63 (112.6 bb)
CO: $5.05 (101 bb)
BTN: $5.22 (104.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with KQ
3 folds, [color=red]BTN raises to $0.10[/color], [color=red]Hero raises to $0.35[/color], BB calls $0.30, [color=grey]BTN folds[/color]

Flop: ($0.80) T86[color=blue] (2 players)[/color]
[color=red]Hero bets $0.40[/color], BB calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.60) 6[color=blue] (2 players)[/color]
Hero checks, [color=red]BB bets $0.80[/color], Hero calls $0.80

River: ($3.20) J[color=blue] (2 players)[/color]
Hero checks, [color=red]BB bets $2.40[/color], Hero calls $2.40

Results:[spoiler] $8 pot ($0.40 rake)
Final Board: T866J
Hero showed KQ and lost (-$3.95 net)
BB showed QA and won $7.60 ($3.65 net)
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How should I play this hand?
RegiTime

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Posted 7 years ago
Not sure I would even bet this on the flop. I think you have a lot better hands to bluff with on the flop to offset your value hands. It does have some backdoors, but they aren't that great. Just not sure you are getting enough folds on this flop from a button call 3 bet range.

As played I think you kind of have to call the half pot turn bet. I think I x/f the river. Just not gonna find the average micro stakes players bluffing a river like this that often. Might be exploitable, but I have made the call far to often and have them show the As or Ks. I would need some reads to feel good about calling it. You basically need him to be value betting 6x or a worse flush or bluffing. There just aren't that many worse flushes that are gonna bet with the Js and Ts on the board. People at micros don't value be that thin
Posted 7 years ago
Agree with the above for the turn and river. We are almost never ahead on the river unless the guy is known to bluff, expect them to bet As and check back all other flushes. Flop I don't mind the bet but I'd make it bigger and barrel good turns. However, the more I view it the more like Felix's advice on checking.
Posted 7 years ago
I don't like this cbet at all. We should be looking to check/fold mostly and check call sometimes if our opponent makes a smallish bet.

The turn barrel isn't great either. We pick up a draw but the board has now paired and our flush draw isn't even to the nuts. Again, we can consider check/call but betting seems like overplay.

As played, I probably try to bet small, folding to a raise on the river but this pot is way too big for our hand strength, which makes it a much tougher spot than it should have been.