Butchering two kings HU

[rmarotti]

Not sure if this should go in HUSH instead, yell at me if it should.

Villain had plain vanilla stats 30/10/1.5ish(iirc) and was capable of stealing in this position.

I was trying to explore a more subtle way to play a big PP heads up as I have seen better posters than myself advocate in the past. How bad did I screw this one up?

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Preflop: Hero is BB with K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">8 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (4 SB) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Bleh! This flop sucks. Unless he doesn't have that Ace. . . I decide to call and let him sweat it when I pop him regardless of the turn card. Looking over this I think I may have missed bets here. . .

Turn: (3 BB) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB calls.

Villain checks fouling up my swiss watch of a plan to raise him here. I bet and planned to fold to a c/raise. Would that be really bad?

River: (5 BB) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 7 BB


Would it be retarded to raise here? I have a feeling everything else I did in this hand was short-bus to the max. This may have been the only street I didn't drool on.

Comments all over appreciated.

[MarkD]

I don't like the pre-flop play. You should be 3-betting a lot of hands here so your Kings should already be disguised just because of the situation you are in.

Post-flop seems reasonable on every street. It's a tough hand and a tough board. The flop wasn't all that bad for you and I would be contemplating raising the turn or simply calling on every street. The fourth spade on the river is shitty but that's poker. Call and expect to win sometimes.

[Knoler]

I'm no good at this blind defense stuff either, but it is easier when you have KK. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Personally, I 3-bet this PF. But, I can see calling PF with the intention of raising any flop.

BTW, I actually like this flop a whole lot more than I like any flop with just one ace.

Regards,
-Brian