How do the experts play this?

[MrLob]

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Raising from the BB with such a mediocre hand as K9s is very, very BAD. You are way out of position, and you have the opportunity to close the action pre-flop. Why raise and give an opponent, who may be trying to LRR, the opportunity to do so.

Once the flop hits you, you have top pair with a mediocre kicker. Personally, I don't like to play this type of hand out of position for fear of being dominated. Look at the range of hands that have you beat that could possibly limp before the flop: 33, 77, K7, K10, KJ, KQ, AK.

Bottomline is that at no point would I be willing to risk any significant portion of my chips, much less my entire tournament, on this hand out of position. I would check PF, lead at the flop, but after that I'd pretty much be done with the hand.



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Exactly