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Yuk. Its so ugly | 1 | 9.09% | |
Great. I like it | 4 | 36.36% | |
I dont care. I dont play there anyway | 6 | 54.55% | |
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How do you play KQo?
I recently realized that I don't know how to play KQo.
How would you play this: Party NL $50 sit & go, 3 players left. BB has 6500, button has 2000 and you (SB) have 1500. Blinds are 100/200. Button folds; action is on you. BB has loose, but not maniacal calling standards. Why? |
#2
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Re: How do you play KQo?
All-in.
With KQo, you are satisfied with the blinds.Small/medium raises will normally be called by Aces. This way, a weak ace will think twice about calling. Take care, William |
#3
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Re: How do you play KQo?
I voted for raising all-in.
In this situation, with only 7 BBs in my stack and three handed, I am looking to move in or fold most of the time. KQ is clearly beating a random hand, and has a lot of hands your loose calling BB will call with in big trouble (Kx, Qx). So I'm playing this one, and my only play at the moment is to move in. Guy. |
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Re: How do you play KQo?
I voted all-in as well.
Fold - too strong a hand to fold when short stacked. Call - weak, invites a bluff-raise so you don't know where you stand. Raise - 3xs the blinds virtually commits you if called so... All-in it is. |
#5
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Re: How do you play KQo?
I would raise to about half my stack and hope the button called or re-raised me all-in. If I know I'm going all-in anyway, why not try to induce a bluff re-raise? If I just get called, I can look at the flop and decide what my next move is, having a bit more info to make a decision with.
True, the flop could come with an A, and I'd probably have to fold to a bet, but I'd still have T750 to work with. If I'm all-in and the flop has an A, and one of my opponents does, too, I'm out. With the usual caveats that I'm just a beginner at NL, and all comments, criticism, quid pro quo, advisos or provisos are welcome |
#6
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Re: How do you play KQo?
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I would raise to about half my stack and hope the button called or re-raised me all-in. If I know I'm going all-in anyway, why not try to induce a bluff re-raise? If I just get called, I can look at the flop and decide what my next move is, having a bit more info to make a decision with. [/ QUOTE ] Rare (dare I say never) is the time when you should put in 1/2 your stack preflop when planning to possibly fold on the flop. Also, you don't really want him to call/raise here. Sure KQ is a pretty good hand 3-handed, but it's not a favorite over a weak ace, which might have folded to an all-in and might come over the top to a weak raise like this. |
#7
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Re: How do you play KQo?
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I would raise to about half my stack and hope the button called or re-raised me all-in. If I know I'm going all-in anyway, why not try to induce a bluff re-raise? If I just get called, I can look at the flop and decide what my next move is, having a bit more info to make a decision with. [/ QUOTE ] The only reason I disagree here is, most of the hands that you would be reraised all in with would contain an ace anyways, which you wouldn't be a favorite against. Plus if the flop didn't hit you right, it would be very hard to play post flop, especially if the big blind got even a piece of the flop. |
#8
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Re: How do you play KQo?
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I would raise to about half my stack and hope the button called or re-raised me all-in. If I know I'm going all-in anyway, why not try to induce a bluff re-raise? [/ QUOTE ] Because you don't want to see a flop. Any time the blinds are significantly large, which is almost all the time in tournaments, you would rather win them without a fight. This is especially true here where the blinds are 20% of your stack. You're not folding this hand, so you move in to maximise the chance that you win uncontested. If he calls, he calls, and you're in with a decent chance a lot of the time. Guy. |
#9
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Re: How do you play KQo?
No brainer for me - shove 'em in. And hope the BB thinks you're on a steal. This is a very strong hand heads up.
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#10
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Re: How do you play KQo?
This is an easy push for me.
I just want to mention however that while KQo is great in a 3 handed game and especially for an all in from a steal position like this, it is tricky and often overvalued in a full game. For instance, if a reasonable UTG raises 3xBB in a relatively full game then you should muck KQo from MP, because even if you hit the flop you may be beat. |
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