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!!micro lurker asking a stupid pf question!!

why the threebet pf? It seems like KQs is only marginally better than neutral vs a typical stealing range, and you're oop. Is this purely a value raise?

I can see the advantage of being being able to follow up and represent a piece of this flop, but it seems like you're representing into a player whose range includes quite a bit of this flop as well, especially if you include potential draws from QT and KT.

why not just call and let BB put the extra bet in for you? your hand plays well multiway, and if BB comes along many decisions become much easier.

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also,

is villain capable of checking behind on the turn to induce a river bluff?

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It seems like KQs is only marginally better than neutral vs a typical stealing range

KQs is a lot more than margnially better against a CO's open-raising range. You have the best hand here a ton of the time. Also, by not 3-betting you will sometimes make it easier for CO to win the hand when you both miss the flop; In other words, a fair amount of the time the preflop aggressor will win these types of hands by default when both players miss. Let that be you, not your opponent. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

but it seems like you're representing into a player whose range includes quite a bit of this flop as well, especially if you include potential draws from QT and KT.

See? You are taking into account that CO could have KT or QT. KQs is ginormous preflop!

- Jags