Problem Playing Pocket Kings (2 hands to Review)

Joined: 20.07.2017

28.07.2017, 02:04 0

I have two different hands I want to show playing pocket kings. Please take a look and let me know if I should have done something differently.

I am playing on a site in the US called Global Poker, so I have to type out the hand.

Hand 1

I am in the SB
Villain is in the MP1

The limit is .05/.1

My stack is
98.9 BB

Villian Stack is
117.80BB

Hero Dealt K♣: K♠:

MP1 Calls 1BB
Hero Raise 4BB
MP1 Calls 3BB

FLOP
4♠: 5♣: 7♥:

MP1 Bets 9.5BB
Hero Raises 19BB
MP1 Calls 9.5BB

TURN
4♠: 5♣: 7♥: 4♣:

MP1 Checks
HERO Bets 35.6BB
MP1 Goes All In 94.8BB
HERO Calls 40.3BB

MP1 Shows Hand
7♦: 4♦:

RIVER
4♠: 5♣: 7♥: 4♣: Q♣:

MP1 Finishes with a Full House
HERO finishes with Two Pair

Should I have backed down not knowing what he could be on and he was staying aggressive?
I was nervous to fold with the best hand

HAND 2
I am in the bb
Villain is in the MP2

The limit is .05/.1

My stack is
107 BB

Villian Stack is
91.5 BB

Hero Dealt K♠: K♦:
MP 2 Raises to 3BB
MP 3 Calls 3BB
HERO Raises to 6BB

MP2 Calls 3BB
MP3 Calls 3BB

FLOP
J♥: Q♥: Q♣:

HERO bets 13.9BB
MP2 Folds
MP3 Calls 13.9BB

TURN
J♥: Q♥: Q♣: 4♣:

HERO Bets 34.7BB
MP3 Raises 71.6BB
HERO Folds

Was folding the right play here? I was thinking about the previous hand when I played this one and got scared off of the raise.

Overall this ended up being a terrible night and I have to redeposit because at the end of the night I lost with Pocket Aces, going all in and losing with a Full House. I had Twos over Aces and my opp had 7's over twos (but this is for another time)

Thanks in advance for the feedback on both hands. I wont give up after tonight, but it was extremely discouraging.

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la55i

Joined: 27.01.2013

Posts: 8,896

28.07.2017, 07:17 +2

Hand 1:
Villain limp calls and then donks big OTF on a board that I believe hits his range reasonably well. I would be very carefull here, so no raising. This hand was overplayed imo.

Hand 2:
Terrible squeeze pre. That should be around 13-16bb.
OTT this is a correct fold imo. Turn raises are often very strong.

If you have to re-deposit because you lost a couple of hands, I suggest going down on limits and having at least 25 buy-ins in your bankroll.

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kielonus

Joined: 21.03.2014

Posts: 226

28.07.2017, 14:25 +1

UP:
Hand 1:

I understand your line but this is fish so when we have pocket kings we are on top our range so there is a place to raise this KK, He has a lot of reasons to donk that kind of flop for pot size not necessarily sets or strit, he has a lot of hands like A7x etc but after his call on the turn I will be carfull especailly on that kind of turn.

Hand 2:

Like u said. Terrible squeeze. 13-15bb should be

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Hesticus

Joined: 24.06.2008

Posts: 2,612

29.07.2017, 13:18 +1

Hand 1: We shouldn't raise here. We don't have enough value to do so. I also think this hand is overplayed. We'd better call here and evaluate river later on.

Hand 2: We should raise flop bigger. It is always the amount of BB opponents place x 3 so in this case the raise should be 12BB. We should bet around 30-35% psb OTF and not more. There is no reason to bet larger since people defend more tight and we want to lure people by chasing draws.

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AnXfile378

Joined: 20.07.2017

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29.07.2017, 14:57 0

Thank you all for the incredible feedback! I know with this site and this forum my play will steadily improve.

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Hesticus

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