KQs in late possition. (1 Viewer)

[DrStrange]

Playing 1-2 live, nine handed. It is just past midnight, the two table game has consolidated into a single table. The session has turned into a normal for us session. Big losers, big winners, good fun, good food and lots of action.

This is going to be a funny hand for Hero. I'd swear hero has played this hand before, but I can't remember wheather Hero was the villain or Hero way back then. {even down to the suits of some of the cards, a little freaky.}

Cast of characters:

SB playing $150 is Crazy Jr. It has not been his night. Played poorly. Bad luck + bad cards. On donkey tilt - which for him means passive calling station.

BB is the Cougar playing $500. Tricky, trappy passive ultra loose. Plays hands one or two streets late, bets draws check/calls with good hands.

UTG is playing $900. He is a skilled LAG - a young gun type of player. So far tonight has worked out well for him.

MP is the ultimate calling station with $250. It hasn't been the best night to be loose/passive. Dribbled chips all night but did catch a few LAGs on bluffs.

Hero is the CO playing $400. It has been a night of ups and downs. Hero is a little ahead but still smarting from middle set losing to the nut flush. Hero has been a little passive this session, likely no one noticed.

Crafy is the button with $600. He is on a volitile night. No doubt having fun playing his LAG style. Lots of big fights but basically at breakeven. Likely drunk.

The hand:

UTG opens for $7, his standard raise. Table standard is more like $15. UTG is not possitionally aware when raising. Likely thinks he is so much better than the field that it doesn't matter.

MP calls. Action on Hero holding Fold, call or raise? If raising, how much?

For what it is worth, I'd expect calls from Crafty and Crazy Jr, sometimes raises. The Cougar is calling / folding 50/50. He minraises with AA/KK

DrStrange

 

[slisk250]

I'm raising to $15.

 

[joker80]

I call and see what happens. Your hand needs help and is a nice drawing hand. You're not in position on crazy who will call your raise anyway

 

[Trihonda]

Flat

 

[moojersey]

I say flat with the crazies behind. We flat with intention of calling a 3 bet from one of the crazies. UTG raise is probably pretty wide based on info. KQ suited is fine to see a flop with good position.

 

[DrStrange]

*** On to the flop ***

Hero calls, so does everyone else. Six way action, $42 in the pot. Hero holds

Flop:

Crazy Jr. and Cougar check. UTG bets $30. Calling Station in MP folds. Action on Hero, fold {not ever}, call or raise? If raising how much?

Crafty already has chips in hand to call $30. Looks like Crazy Jr. is folding. Cougar isn't showing anything.

DrStrange

 

[slisk250]

flat

 

[Trihonda]

flat, pray for a raise, then re=raise!

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Let's get this money in. Raise to $120.

 

[DrStrange]

*** OK! This is going to be spicy ***

Hero raises to $100, a $70 raise into a $102 pot.

Crafty ponders a while then sigh/folds. Folds around to UTG who raises to $250, a $150 raise into $242 pot.

Should Hero fold, call or jam? Any thoughts on villain's range?

DrStrange

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Jam, easy. You're behind a few hands, but it sounds like his range is much more than that. And with the $242 + already in the pot, you're getting the right odds to call against even those hands (except As9s). 35% against A9ss, 42% against a set, 42% against Axss, 45% against 89ss, 46% against AAsx. You're 50/50 vs. AsKx, a 52% favorite against AKxx, 55% favorite against KK, 63% favorite against QQ, and freerolling vs. KQxx.

 

[moojersey]

UTG is the skilled lag. He can be putting you to the test, but I doubt this now with all the re-raising action. I doubt he's putting you on a steal. Looks like he has a hand. Two pair or a nut flush draw seem like good candidates.

Not sure what Heros image is. Does the LAG think he can push you around?

I don't think flatting is an option. With the Royal / Straight Flush draws I think you have plenty of equity to jam in most cases.

If you flat and brick you have $250 in the pot with 150 behind. Just seems awkward. You have a sick draw lets just jam.

Very small chance he folds...so we're gonna get action on all $400

 

[DrStrange]

*** Results ***

Hero shoves, villain snap calls.

Hero holds
Villain mumbles something about a big draw and tables Ok that is a big draw, nut flush plus gutter-ball straight.
That's a sorry situation. As I recall now, I was the player with the ace high flush draw and this same villain has the king high straight flush draw. I won if memory serves me well (it was a long time ago)

The board runs out < >

Better to be lucky . . .

My only struggle in the hand was the first flop action. Does hero take a lower varaince passive line and play a multiway hand or does he try to get more or his stack in the pot while his equity is highest? By the next day, I was leaning towards just calling and letting the other villains toss in their $30 and draw at what looks like 15 outs. A turn bet isn't likely to be so big that Hero doesn't have odds to call or Hero can make his semibluff on the turn with a much larger pile of dead money. Plus a big turn raise looks a lot more like a set than a similar action on the flop.

DrStrange