Comments on: Trouble Hands in Texas Holdem http://www.mosesbet.com/trouble-hands-in-texas-holdem/ Poker Tournament Strategy & Training Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:30:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Orly S http://www.mosesbet.com/trouble-hands-in-texas-holdem/comment-page-1/#comment-2089 Orly S Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:56:02 +0000 http://www.mosesbet.com/?p=1684#comment-2089 As Phil Helmuth has said, we are not good enough to fold KK. After the flop, unless there is an A, or the board is paired or coordinated for a possible flush or straight, I cannot fold my pocket Ks. Sometimes a fish calls a 3x to 4x raise pre-flop with junk hands and gets lucky to get a 2 pair against your KK, but small probability. Sometimes even if you bet pot size on the flop, a fish, having top pair or even mid pair, would call, hoping to catch 2 pairs or trips on the turn or river. Nothing you can do about that. I played in a mtt tournament 2 weeks ago. Level 4, everyone folds, dealer button raises 3x the blinds, sb calls, I had KQ suited and call. Flop goes K K 8, sb checks, I raise half pot size, dealer button calls, sb shoves all in. Pot is around 6k, my raise is 3k, sb shove is 25k. I had 20k left in my chips, I though he had either 88, or K8 to go all-in. Since I had a K, it was more probable that he had 88. However, I cannot fold my trips of K, even if I'm 70% sure he had 88 for a full house. I called all-in, dealer button folds. Sb shows his 88, turn and river came A and 9. I busted out. There's nothing you can do about it. Would you have folded your trips K knowing the other player may already have a full house on the flop and goes all-in, with 3 players on the hand? Maybe, but I don't think so. As Phil Helmuth has said, we are not good enough to fold KK. After the flop, unless there is an A, or the board is paired or coordinated for a possible flush or straight, I cannot fold my pocket Ks. Sometimes a fish calls a 3x to 4x raise pre-flop with junk hands and gets lucky to get a 2 pair against your KK, but small probability. Sometimes even if you bet pot size on the flop, a fish, having top pair or even mid pair, would call, hoping to catch 2 pairs or trips on the turn or river. Nothing you can do about that.

I played in a mtt tournament 2 weeks ago. Level 4, everyone folds, dealer button raises 3x the blinds, sb calls, I had KQ suited and call. Flop goes K K 8, sb checks, I raise half pot size, dealer button calls, sb shoves all in. Pot is around 6k, my raise is 3k, sb shove is 25k. I had 20k left in my chips, I though he had either 88, or K8 to go all-in. Since I had a K, it was more probable that he had 88. However, I cannot fold my trips of K, even if I’m 70% sure he had 88 for a full house. I called all-in, dealer button folds. Sb shows his 88, turn and river came A and 9. I busted out. There’s nothing you can do about it. Would you have folded your trips K knowing the other player may already have a full house on the flop and goes all-in, with 3 players on the hand? Maybe, but I don’t think so.

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