In a difficult full table game, does anyone fold KQo UTG?

[eugeneel]

I almost never play full table games, and I recently had an argument with a friend about KQo utg. He claimed that he does not know a single player at foxwoods who would fold KQo UTG (in a 20-40 game which often gets difficult) and he claimed that it is always incorrect to fold this hand UTG.

Please help settle our argument.

[bugstud]

Really depends. Probably not giving much away by mucking it and AJo UTG ten handed.

[Eric P]

[SinCityGuy]

I will routinely muck KQo UTG, along with AJo.

Let's expand the scenerio a bit. Suppose you're UTG+2, or EMP, and it's folded to you. In a typical game, I will amost always raise with KQo and AJo. I think folding would actually be better than limping.

Opinions?

[Depraved]

[mike l.]

[Ed Miller]

In a tough, 10-handed game, I muck KQo UTG. In a soft game, I play it... sometimes for a raise and sometimes for a limp. Whether I raise or limp depends on who is in the blinds, what is likely to happen behind me if I raise/limp, etc.

In any event, even in soft games, the hand is not worth much UTG. There are a lot more worthwhile things to argue about.

[Pipedream]

I try not to play in games where I can't play KQo utg.

Pipedream

[Paluka]

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I try not to play in games where I can't play KQo utg.

Pipedream

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I agree completely with this. Whether or not you can play KQo utg is a good barometer for a game.

[slavic]

I try not to play in games where I can't play KQo utg.

Sometimes you just don't have a choice. With the must move chaining on the 10/20 the 20/40 is normally a better game, but the tougher players are tougher.