Checkraised with TPTK on very dry board

[jo]

I'd only played four hands against this guy, but he'd not done anything crazy so far. I think my only options are push or fold. It looks like he's fairly confident he's got me beat, and I've defined my hand pretty well. What do you guys think - too weak?

Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($297.35)
Button ($349.05)
SB ($181.15)
BB ($89.65)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, K. SB posts a blind of $1.
Hero raises to $8, Button calls $8, SB (poster) calls $7, BB calls $6.

Flop: ($32) K, 6, 2 (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $30, Button folds, SB raises to $85, BB folds, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $147

[Irisheyes]

fold.

[dsaxton]

Why are you raising so huge preflop?

I also don't bet quite as much on the flop, but this is mostly a stylistic thing. There are no draws present, and I want K-Q, K-J or K-T to call.

I might fold suspecting opponent slow-played A-A preflop, as this is the only hand that really makes sense given the action. I highly doubt he's making this play with a worse king.

[aislephive]

The PFR isn't huge, it's barely more than pot-sized. On the flop you are betting way too big. There aren't any draws on the board, so I'd bet about $20 and go from there. As played it's close, but without a read I fold, too. He'd be very stupid to check-raise with KQ or KJ, so it looks either like you both have AK, or he has a set or maybe a slowplayed AA. I like the fold though vs an unknown.

[Robert]

Yeah fold. and amen to dsaxton and aislephive about betting less, there are not draws present and you want weaker kings or even MP to call

[Muxy]

he only raised 4x

[Robert]

My comment was towards his flop bet, not about his prfraise (which is fine imo)

[jackvance]

he only raised 4x

He bet $30 on a $32 pot.

[badandy519]

All the confusion is because the converter says $1 BB and in the actual hand the SB posts $1, so it's obviously $200NL. Dsaxton (as well as myself and others probably) originally thought the PFR was to 8x the BB but it was really only 4x.

[Muxy]

he only raised 4x

He bet $30 on a $32 pot.

Why are you raising so huge preflop?

I was answering sax

[jo]

Yeah, sorry 200 NL, with a BB of $2, so my preflop raise was 4x.

As to my pot-sized flop bet, given the multiway action I decided to play it very straightforwardly, and just try and take it down there and then, but given the lack of draws perhaps that was a mistake. Anyway, thanks for the advice.

Incidentally, if villain did have a set of sixes, do you think he played it well? Would it not have been better to wait till the turn to check raise?

[dsaxton]

A set rarely plays this way, and two pair is highly unlikely. This is clearly a one pair hand interested in taking down the pot right away, and he seems fairly confident, so my guess is A-A. A-K is also a possibility. Without knowing in advance that your opponent also plays weaker kings like this, you have to fold.

And yeah, I thought it was $.50/$1 NL because of the converter.

[alias2211]

given the multiway postflop action, and since you don't know him (4 hands) i think you give him the benefit of the doubt.

[UG]

given the multiway postflop action, and since you don't know him (4 hands) i think you give him the benefit of the doubt.

Those are my thoughts exactly.

A fold is definitely good here......but, in my day I have definitely come over the top of this for a push, gotten a call, and seen Kx a few times here.......

But, without a read.......I fold 95% of the time here.

[bdawg56kg]

Potting this flop is not a bad thing if you do it often. It is bad however, if you will only do it with a very narrow range of hands, and the rest of the time check or bet 2/3 - 3/4 pot. Like dsaxton said, it's more of a preference of style.