It didn\'t seem stoooopid when I played it.
 

Party Poker 0.50/1.00 Hold'em <font color="#0000FF">(9 handed)</font> link

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls.

Flop: (5.50 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls.

Turn: (3.75 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls.

River: (5.75 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls.

Final Pot: 7.75 BB.

Re: It didn\'t seem stoooopid when I played it.
 

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Party Poker 0.50/1.00 Hold'em <font color="#0000FF">(9 handed)</font> link

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls.

Flop: (5.50 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls.

Turn: (3.75 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls.

River: (5.75 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls.

Final Pot: 7.75 BB.

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This is HIGHLY read dependent. What is MP2 like? If he's very loose and very passive, and is capable of calling down with any pair (or worse!), I like this.

Re: It didn\'t seem stoooopid when I played it.
 

I might check behind on the river, but that's the only thing I'd change

Re: It didn\'t seem stoooopid when I played it.
 

painfully standard

Re: It didn\'t seem stoooopid when I played it.
 

Everything's standard except maybe the river. The flop is drawless except for hearts, and that got there on the river.

Unless MP2 is loose enough to calldown with a pocket pair under 9s (with two overs on the flop) or exactly a weak 9, I check through the river.

Re: It didn\'t seem stoooopid when I played it.
 

Seems ok now, too.

(Damn. I wanted to rip something this morning. Oh, well, next post.)

Re: It didn\'t seem stoooopid when I played it.
 

...grunch...

I probably play it the same way, but I still dont like it.

Continuation bet with second pair. Not crazy about the ace, but maybe he isnt either.

Again, no reason to slow down on the turn.

I may check the river because I cant see a better hand folding, and there are only a few weaker hands I see calling.
Oh, and because I'm weak on the river.

Blech...I'm glad it's your hand and not mine

Re: It didn\'t seem stoooopid when I played it.
 

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(Damn. I wanted to rip something this morning. Oh, well, next post.)

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LOL Boz-I will see if I can come up with something. I had a Hover session this am. I don't think I played real bad but I am sure there are plenty of dumb arse hands. I am trying to accept the idea that very few people at .50/1 can have more neuro response to a raise than a simple reflexive call/raise response. I am trying to unlearn everything that I have learned and start over.

Re: It didn\'t seem stoooopid when I played it.
 

A serious question - why raise pf? K9s is essentially a drawing hand and pays better with more active players when it hits and is A LOT easier to let go when it misses and there is action to you. I really don't see the value of isolating a EP limper with this hand.

Re: It didn\'t seem stoooopid when I played it.
 

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A serious question - why raise pf? K9s is essentially a drawing hand and pays better with more active players when it hits and is A LOT easier to let go when it misses and there is action to you. I really don't see the value of isolating a EP limper with this hand.

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vs a weak limper they will usually suck enough to make this iso profitable. OTB, there is no way this will be multiway and I am raising as well. Would you raise KTs OTB? I think most wouldd, and K9s is pretty much the same thing in a hand like this (with just 1 limper).