Value betting your kicker.

[ArchAngel71857]

I am very new to short handed.

.50/1 at TGC for the OIC, you down with OPP?

Its me and a pretty poor player HU.

I'm in the BB with K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].

Fish completes. I check

Flop comes A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].

He takes a sec and checks. I bet, not really to bluff but because I think I have the best hand.


Turn comes 6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. he check calls

River comes 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. he check folds.

Is this how any of you would have played it? I didn't really think he had an A on the flop, thereby giving my K the best hand.


-AA

[KSU78]

If you don't suspect that your opponents have the case ace or a pocket pair, and you think your kicker will hold up, ie the 8, then it is certainly the proper play.

IMO, you played it well.

[sweetzer]

Since he didn't raise before the flop heads-up, it seems very unlikely he has an ace or a pocket pair. Even a king would qualify as a raising hand heads up. Thus your king is likely the best hand all along.