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Silver Level
this is a hand i played at a casino [$100 NL holdem]. i believe i made the right play, but my friend disagrees. i want to know if i might the right move, where i went wrong, and how others would have played.
im in the BB with K/K [offsuit*] and everyone limps in. its on me to complete the blind and i raise $20 over the blinds [$24 to go]. the person in 5th position calls and the button reraises me $40 dollars over. this after the button limped in so im thinking 3 things: 1) he could have pocket Aces in the hole to beat me. 2) he might be holding pocket Js/Qs and thinks he has me beat or fears i have him beat. 3) he could be holding something like A/K and is hoping to out draw me. my read on him was since he limped in, then reraised after me was he was holding at most QQ and at the least A/K, so i push all in. player 5 folds and the button calls.
my KK vs his AA.
flop is [x] [x] [A], [8], [8]. ...as if A/A wasnt bad enough he had to hit a set, then run the full boat on me. talk about over kill.
now here is where our discussion begins. i believe i made the right move by pushing all in. the reason why i put all my chips at risk was this: i was holding K/K. the only hand i really had to fear was A/A. if he wasnt holding pocket A/A, but A/K then i risked the chance of him cathing that A on the flop if i just called. by going all in on what i believed was the best hand, i then made it hard for him to call if he was holding A/K on a pocket pair like Q/Q. btw, my all in was $200 for roughly a $130 pot, because i didnt want to risk him catching a card that could beat me. even though he couldve got a set with small pockets or hit 2 pair to beat me, then i wouldve known i was a big favorite to win the hand and his win was on luck.
my friends response is that i should've just called the 40 and backed off if i saw an ace hit the flop. he couldve been holding A/[x] and hitting that lone Ace is what wouldve killed me, so risking that much wasnt worth it because then im looking for a miracle king to hit and i only have 2 outs.
my response to that is: if he was holding A/[x] suited or not, it wouldve been a very hard call for him to what clearly was a very strong hand. he'll also have to hit that Ace [3 left] within 5 cards to beat my made hand. or get lucky and call with a/2 - a/3 - a/4 - a/5 and flop a low straight [very unlikely].
so...was my play the right move and how wouldve others played.
also, we were wondering: if we played a 100 hands (full table) and i was dealt KK and my friend was dealt A/[x] and i can only win if he doesnt hit an A. (i cant hit another king) who is in the favor to win more hands. i believe its KK because of my made hand vs a hand looking for 3 outs.
*poker humor*
im in the BB with K/K [offsuit*] and everyone limps in. its on me to complete the blind and i raise $20 over the blinds [$24 to go]. the person in 5th position calls and the button reraises me $40 dollars over. this after the button limped in so im thinking 3 things: 1) he could have pocket Aces in the hole to beat me. 2) he might be holding pocket Js/Qs and thinks he has me beat or fears i have him beat. 3) he could be holding something like A/K and is hoping to out draw me. my read on him was since he limped in, then reraised after me was he was holding at most QQ and at the least A/K, so i push all in. player 5 folds and the button calls.
my KK vs his AA.
flop is [x] [x] [A], [8], [8]. ...as if A/A wasnt bad enough he had to hit a set, then run the full boat on me. talk about over kill.
now here is where our discussion begins. i believe i made the right move by pushing all in. the reason why i put all my chips at risk was this: i was holding K/K. the only hand i really had to fear was A/A. if he wasnt holding pocket A/A, but A/K then i risked the chance of him cathing that A on the flop if i just called. by going all in on what i believed was the best hand, i then made it hard for him to call if he was holding A/K on a pocket pair like Q/Q. btw, my all in was $200 for roughly a $130 pot, because i didnt want to risk him catching a card that could beat me. even though he couldve got a set with small pockets or hit 2 pair to beat me, then i wouldve known i was a big favorite to win the hand and his win was on luck.
my friends response is that i should've just called the 40 and backed off if i saw an ace hit the flop. he couldve been holding A/[x] and hitting that lone Ace is what wouldve killed me, so risking that much wasnt worth it because then im looking for a miracle king to hit and i only have 2 outs.
my response to that is: if he was holding A/[x] suited or not, it wouldve been a very hard call for him to what clearly was a very strong hand. he'll also have to hit that Ace [3 left] within 5 cards to beat my made hand. or get lucky and call with a/2 - a/3 - a/4 - a/5 and flop a low straight [very unlikely].
so...was my play the right move and how wouldve others played.
also, we were wondering: if we played a 100 hands (full table) and i was dealt KK and my friend was dealt A/[x] and i can only win if he doesnt hit an A. (i cant hit another king) who is in the favor to win more hands. i believe its KK because of my made hand vs a hand looking for 3 outs.
*poker humor*
