Bellagio 80/160 Hand#2, KK

[Fianchetto]

Full game.

1 EP limper, good tight aggressive player raises in CO, I 3-bet out of the BB with K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], EP calls, CO calls. 3 players.

Flop: A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

I bet, EP folds, CO calls.

Turn: 3 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

I check, CO bets, I call

River: 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

I check, CO bets, I call.

Comments on all streets appreciated.

[Buckshot]

I normally follow through with a bet on the turn and if I don't get raised I bet the river. I don't like to suddenly show weakness after 3 betting preflop and betting an ace high flop, but dat's me, dat's what I do.

But then again there's nothing inherently wrong with the way you played it...I guess. I think because the person is as good as you say he could certainly be betting a number of hands here that don't include an ace.

~stephen

[Fianchetto]

Yes, holding two black kings, I would probably take that line; betting the turn, and likely folding to a raise.

But here, I have outs to improve, and I'd rather not pay two bets to do it. I thought there was a good chance I was going to get raised on the turn, I felt like his most likely hand was something like AK-AT, maybe with a heart.

[RiverTheNuts]

WA/WB with 9 outs to the nut flush which would definately be good (a set would start pumping this sooner), I probably take the same line as you, lose the least to an ace, win the most from a bluff, and let him draw to his 2nd best flush with the idea that its good if it hits.

Are you donkbetting if you hit a heart on the river? What about a king?

[Fianchetto]

I lost to AJo for top two.

I planned on donking it if a heart came, probably if a K came off too.