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Why slowplaying monsters in Limit can bite you in the ass

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    Default Why slowplaying monsters in Limit can bite you in the ass

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    Preflop: BB has Q, T.
    UTG calls, Button calls with K, K, SB completes, BB checks.

    Flop: (4 SB) 6, 2, 3 (4 players)
    SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Button bets, SB folds, BB calls, UTG folds.

    Turn: (3 BB) 8 (2 players)
    BB checks, Button bets, BB raises, Button calls.

    River: (7 BB) 9 (2 players)
    BB bets, Button raises, BB 3-bets, Button calls.

    Final Pot: 13 BB
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    There's a couple things I don't understand here. First of all the button's limp with kings - baffling. Second, the BB's check-raise on the turn with just a draw. What's the point? After two bets from the button, and with a pretty sizeable pot going, fold equity has to be very low. BB has shown no prior strength in the hand and the board is scattershot.
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    BB can vary from LAGG to TAGG. Button can vary from Loose-Passive to LAGG.

    I can tell you BB's take on this hand - I can't tell you Button's. BB called the flop with the intent of raising the turn if there was no A K or J. Button was playing exactly the same way with hands like AK, AQ, 77 - he has folded turn raises previously. The turn raise actually became a semi-bluff thinking Button might fold and that he had 9-15 outs if it was called.

    I'm not saying it was a great or even a good play by the BB. I am saying it was a horrible play by the Button.
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