Re: Extremely interesting hand
Hi Bluff1,
This is a variation of the Three Hand Squeeze, and you played it correctly. There really aren't a lot of hands a good player would limp with from UTG, and when the button called you had the ideal setup to assess the value of your KK.
The best part of this situation is that you're going to check the flop regardless. On a K-high flop, you're going to get a nice payoff. On a non-K flop, with a bet and all-in raise behind your check, you know one of them has either a set or AA (in this case both), and you're out with zero bets lost (only the BB) on a hand where most players would have gone bust.
Excellent play, and a good example of why it's often better to check big pairs (other than AA) against 1-2 limpers when you are in the BB, especially if the limpers are aggressive post-flop, and especially if one of the limpers was UTG.
Cris
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