09-20-04, LearnTexasHoldem:

KQ in Tourney

Question: I was in a no limit tournament with a $35 buy in which got everyone $1500 worth of chips. Early in the tournament ($25/$50 blinds) I was two seats removed from the button (late position as there were 11 players at the table). I had Kh-Qh and four players limped in. I raised to $300. Big blind and one of the limpers called. The flop was ragged with a Jh, 7d, 4c. It was checked to me and I bet another $300. The big blind then went all in (check raise). I called based on two overcards, a backdoor flush and backdoor straight draw and lost to a AK offsuit when neither of us improved. The hit I took left me short stacked and I didn't survive long. How should I have changed my play or was I just the victim of bad luck?

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Answer: I don't mind your bet on the flop, I think that you put him in a bad spot for continuing with his AK (even though it was the best hand). Your call after that might have been questionable though and it depends on how much more money he raised. If he had a lot of chips left then it would have been an easy fold. If on the other hand he only had another $300 or so then calling might be ok. The last thing you think is that he just has overcards there.

You had to assume that he had you beat and you were drawing to 6 outs at best. Because of that you didn't want to have to pay much more. So the answer is that you didn't play well if he had more then a few hundred more chips to raise and you did make the right call if he had that much or less. The numbers might be slightly different then I mentioned here since there is quite a lot of money in the pot but you also have to take into account that he could have some of your outs tainted (like if he had KJ, QJ, or even a hand like 77 or 44).

Because of this I wouldn't want to pay more then another $300 to see the rest of the hand heads up; otherwise, I would just fold and wait for a better spot.

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