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K9s light 3bet and 2 barrels?

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rogue34
Joined: 15.02.2010

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2 (100 bb)
BB: $0.84 (42 bb)
UTG: $2.80 (140 bb)
MP: $2.09 (104.5 bb)
CO: $7.99 (399.5 bb)
Hero (BTN): $2.22 (111 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with K♦: 9♦:
2 folds, CO raises to $0.06, Hero raises to $0.18, SB folds, BB calls $0.16, CO calls $0.12
I know the 3bet is a bit loose but people fold to 3bets OOP pretty often and if they don´t they give up OTF a decent amount of times. Also K9s isn´t that far from regular 3betting range.

Flop: ($0.55) 4♦: 7♣: 6♠: (3 players)
BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets $0.30, BB folds, CO calls $0.30
I decided to Cbet IP with backdoor FD and my 9 kinda playing along with the 6 and 7 on the board. Also the flop shouldn't hit my opponents that often so I expect them to fold a decent chunk of their range.

Turn: ($1.15) 7♠: (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks
Turn didn't help me at all. However in hindsight i feel I should've probably fired another barrel. I think the villain folds a big part of his range that called our flop Cbet. I think he's folding all broadway cards that called OTF (he's of course continuing with suited spade broadways). So altogether I think we have enough fold equity to fire for the second time.

River: ($1.15) K♣: (2 players)
CO bets $0.56, Hero calls $0.56
I think my river call is OK.

Results:

Spoiler

$2.27 pot ($0.08 rake)
Final Board: 4♦: 7♣: 6♠: 7♠: K♣:
CO showed 5♣: 5♥: and lost (-$1.04 net)
Hero showed K♦: 9♦: and won $2.19 ($1.15 net)


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DannyHorsley
Joined: 03.12.2014

Your 3bet pre flop isn't bad but it isn't amazing. You need to have a reason for 3betting this light. Is CO raising a wide range? Is he also folding a lot to 3bets? Also we need to look at the blinds. Are they playing loose or tight? 3betting hands like this too often can make us very exploitable. Before long we are going to be facing a lot of 4bets which we will be folding to and ultimately losing a lot of money.

As played post flop you can bet with two overcards and as you say, a BDFD and a three-to-a-straight. However villain is going to be expect you to have missed here a lot of the time and is therefore calling you very often. Therefore I think you're right that you could have fired a second barrel. River call is fine imo.

As Vorpal pointed out in one of my earlier posts, this may have been a good situation to delay your cbet by checking the flop and betting the turn if your opponent checks behind.


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clovenhoofsdoom
Joined: 04.03.2016

On the flop I think small cbet is ok, with planning to 2nd barrel every :5x::8x::9x::Tx::Kx: and any Diamond, although I think a lot of Villain will call you off twice with any pair here, no matter if it's top pair or not.

PS: I wouldn't 3bet K9s preflop, as Danny Horsley pointed out, you getting prone to 4bets if you 3bet too wide. Now that you went to showdown everyone on the table could see that you 3bet very light. This hand is also dominated by KJ(s), KQ, 99, maybe KTs and Ax of Diamonds so it's sometimes hard to play if you hit. I would advice you to use a good book to make a solid 3bet-gameplan that you can follow thru.


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rogue34
Joined: 15.02.2010

Thank you for your comments. I just wanted to point out, that I play Zoom, which is pretty anonymous so I usually don´t worry about people exploiting me unless it´s a reg I meet often on the tables :).


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DannyHorsley
Joined: 03.12.2014

Originally posted by rogue34
Thank you for your comments. I just wanted to point out, that I play Zoom, which is pretty anonymous so I usually don´t worry about people exploiting me unless it´s a reg I meet often on the tables :).

Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure that players can use HUD stats in zoom room.


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DannyHorsley
Joined: 03.12.2014

Originally posted by rogue34
Thank you for your comments. I just wanted to point out, that I play Zoom, which is pretty anonymous so I usually don´t worry about people exploiting me unless it´s a reg I meet often on the tables :).

Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure that players can use HUD stats in zoom room.


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rogue34
Joined: 15.02.2010

Yeah, you're right, they can. I just wanted to say that I won't see most of the players ever again. If I'm playing against a reg I meet often then I don't 3bet so lightly. Maybe my logic is flawed - I don't know, I just sometimes want to try something different :).


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