Quote Originally Posted by nutsinho
When you c/r turn, at least 4 bets are going into the pot postflop unless river somehow goes check-check, and that generally means TPGK is not a favorite at showdown.
I don't mean to butter your nuts here, but that's a fascinating thought. I've never looked at a poker hand from that exact angle, although obviously it's kissing cousin to a lot of textbook strategy. Neat.

On a related note then, how would you feel about the way I played this hand? Stacks are 100 BBs. Button is TAggy and seems very aware of the power of position. Button raises to 3 BBs pre-flop; I re-raise to 10 BBs with KK, and he calls.

Flop is Q9x with two hearts (I don't hold a heart). I lead for 3/4 pot, and he calls.

Turn is a low blank. I check, he bets 3/4 pot, and I raise all in. He insta-folds.

Good or no? Is KK much different from AQ here? I guess if he happens to have AQ I might stack him; that's probably the principle difference (and I figure that AQ is probably a decent chunk of his range after the flop). I felt like his range was made up principally of three hand categories: AQ/KQ (hands I can extract value from); 99/xx (hands that will get my stack if he plays them right); air (because I know he likes to float). vs. the first group I'm better off barrelling away. vs. the third I like giving him at least one bluffing opportunity. vs. second, it probably doesn't matter a whole lot how I play it. I don't credit him with a lot of draws because I think he raises the flop a lot with the good ones.

(Sorry to post-jack, I just find this subject interesting.)