Kq In The Bb

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Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cxReads: Button raises almost everytime he has the button, or the CO. He keeps betting afterwards, but if you raise him he will throw his hand away when he has completely nothing. SB is a calling station.Preflop: Hero is BB with [Kh], [Qs]. UTG calls, 2 folds, Button raises, SB calls, Hero calls, UTG calls.Call seems standard? I can see the arguments for 3-betting, but i think folding would be a big error.Flop: (8 SB) [Qd], [3h], [9c] (4 players)SB bets, Hero raisesI am protecting my hand, but do i really need to? Thoughts?

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Bump.

[Pancake407 0]

I like the raise to protect your hand, SB worries me though because calling stations rarely bet their own hand, but I really dont think you can fold just yet. Whats your play if everyone folds back to SB who 3-bets?

[sirch1 0]

i like the raise that way you can get a sense of how strong the small blind really is. You probably have the ebst hand but you want as much information as possible and if a calling station is three betting and capping it you have to put him on a hand

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Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cxReads: Button raises almost everytime he has the button, or the CO. He keeps betting afterwards, but if you raise him he will throw his hand away when he has completely nothing. SB is a calling station.Preflop: Hero is BB with [Kh], [Qs]. UTG calls, 2 folds, Button raises, SB calls, Hero calls, UTG calls.Call seems standard? I can see the arguments for 3-betting, but i think folding would be a big error.Flop: (8 SB) [Qd], [3h], [9c] (4 players)SB bets, Hero raisesI am protecting my hand, but do i really need to? Thoughts?

There are certain times where smooth calling here is best. But with the pot reaching 10sbs, I think it is better for you to raise now. If the pot were a tiny bit smaller, and you could count on your opponents making loose calls on the flop and turn (and sometimest he river), then calling would be a much better option.Edit: Of course if your opponents are very loose, and will call 2 cold with weak draws/bottom pair, then it is best to raise it up right away regardless of the pot size.

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I like the raise to protect your hand, SB worries me though because calling stations rarely bet their own hand, but I really dont think you can fold just yet. Whats your play if everyone folds back to SB who 3-bets?

Im calling down if he 3-bets.