KK hand, weak tight or easy fold?

Inevitable · #1 09-02-2005, 09:58 PM

Villian in this hand is 19.21/4.13/.79 out of 229 hands. I played this hand awful. For starters, I definately should have re-raised pre-flop at LEAST to 4X his raise ($2.8) because 3x his raise + the caller. I'm not sure what that little re-raise was supposed to represent. On the flop, the check is awful. I definately should have bet out but I feared a KK, QQ and I wanted to see where i was at. If I had bet, I would probably see where I was at better than a check. On the turn, I lead out a little probe. His minraise represented great strength in my head, and I think he has either a set or a straight. How much would you raise pre-flop, and how would you have played out the hand? Lead the flop, fold to a big raise or minraise? If called, what's the plan on the turn? I feel like if he flat-called my flop bet, I would half-pot the turn and see what goes on from there. If he does a huge-reraise or push, I think I would fold. If he calls again, i check the river and call a small bet?

It was the texture of the board that made me fold. It puts 4 to a straight and the pre-flop play to post flop play seems to telegraph a set.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) converter

MP1 ($5.45)
MP2 ($1.80)
MP3 ($7.90)
CO ($2.90)
Button ($0.70)
SB ($6.65)
Hero ($17.95)
UTG ($8.85)
UTG+1 ($14.85)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG raises to $0.7, 2 folds, MP2 calls $0.70, 4 folds, Hero raises to $1.4, UTG calls $0.70, MP2 raises to $1.8, Hero calls $0.40, UTG calls $0.40.

Flop: ($5.45) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

Turn: ($5.45) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets $3, UTG raises to $6, Hero folds.

River: ($14.45) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: $14.45