Trouble with TPGK (KQs)

[GrunchCan]

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Good chance we have the best hand. Good chance villain is drawing.

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I agree with this totally. And his turn bet reenforces this read. But supposing he does have a draw or a worse hand, we want him to make a mistake by making a bad call. A push is going to encourage him to fold. I don't want to root for a fold -- I want to root for a bad call.

Although, given stacks, a perfect bet might be impossible. I'd still try to make it 25, though. We're just as potstuck as if we had pushed, but we have a better chance of a bad call.

[Godfather80]

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Good chance we have the best hand. Good chance villain is drawing.

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I agree with this totally. And his turn bet reenforces this read. But supposing he does have a draw or a worse hand, we want him to make a mistake by making a bad call. A push is going to encourage him to fold. I don't want to root for a fold -- I want to root for a bad call.

Although, given stacks, a perfect bet might be impossible. I'd still try to make it 25, though. We're just as potstuck as if we had pushed, but we have a better chance of a bad call.

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Grunch, hero's turn push is for ~$12.50. That means villain only has to call $7.50 more. I don't see villain folding anything here.

I would not raise here preflop but I don't mind it.

On the turn half your stack is in the pot, you have a good hand, any better hand is going to get all in against you, and you have a very vulnerable hand. You are pot commited, so go all in.

I would have called preflop to keep the pot small and allow myself to fold if I flop top pair.

[orange]

I raise all in. I'm insta-called by AK. I lose. I was thinking maybe I play these TPTK hands too fast/hard. As of late, I've been getting my ass raped.

Am I under the wrong when thinking that TPTK at these stakes is almost always golden?

The lower the stakes the more OFTEN your hand is beaten. Also, the more often your hand is CALLED BY A WORSE HAND.

[GrunchCan]

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Am I under the wrong when thinking that TPTK at these stakes is almost always golden?

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In my opinion, yes that's incorrect thinking. Just becasuse the opponents are weak doesn't mean the hands they show down are weak. In fact, I'm with Kathleen -- it's usually quite the opposite.

Isn't that why the popular advice on 2+2 is to nut puddle at the low stakes games? Becasue you need to have the best hand to win?

[orange]

I suppose I was wrong then. Yes, I try to nut peddle, just because many of the players at 25NL (as I am learning) are very very loose. Thanks for comments.

With c44% of your stack already in the middle, you have no room IMO to fold. Your options now are either to call or fold. I would just push here and try to make it harder on the straight and flush draws to call you. (although they will most of the time)