K8o Blind Battle
 

Villian is about 21/16 over about 150 hands. Seems decent enough. We haven't had any big confrontations that come to mind. Anyone play this differently?

Party Poker 10.00/20.00 Hold'em <font color="#0000FF">(6 handed)</font> link

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB calls.

Flop: (4.00 SB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.00 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB calls.

River: (8.00 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 11.00 BB.

Re: K8o Blind Battle
 

I normally 3-bet the flop and lead turn.

Re: K8o Blind Battle
 

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I normally 3-bet the flop and lead turn.

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Re: K8o Blind Battle
 

I'd also lean towards 3betting the flop. Even though he's a TAG, a lot of cards are gonna freeze him up and make him check the turn, or not call down with a worse hand if you checkraise. Also there are several draws that he could take a free card with.

Finally, getting 3bet on the turn will often put you to a much tougher decision than getting capped on the flop will.

Re: K8o Blind Battle
 

3bet and lead the turn... generally my philosophy in this spot is that an 8 is too small of a pair to go for this checkraise because there are too many overcards that can come that will scare him from betting or scare you from checkraising.

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I normally 3-bet the flop and lead turn.

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