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$1-$2 game at the MGM Grand. Table is loose. Relevant player information:Seat 1 (me): $180 Probably seen as fairly tight. Seat 2: $200 A reasonably solid player.Seat 4: $97 Decent player, has taken some beats lately and has been moaning about it.My hand: K:heart: J:diamond:, in the cuttoffPRE-FLOP:3 Limpers. I limp. Button and small blind limp. Big Blind checks.FLOP: K:club: Q:spade: J:club:$14 pot, 7 players. 5 checks. I bet $10. Button calls, Big Blind calls everyone else folds.TURN: [K:club: Q:spade: J:club:] 2:diamond: $44 pot, 3 players. Big Blind goes all-in for $85, ...Preflop is standard. Not a huge fan of the hand but I'll take a cheap flop in position with it. On the flop two pair is excellent but with that many players it's quite possible for someone to have the straight and there's the flush draw to contend with. When I saw the turn I was going to bet $25 or $30 and then probably check the river unless I filled up. The guy moved in on me and I didn't know what to do. It was a very strange bet and I still had a guy behind me who might have flopped the nuts but I was more concerned with the better.I started talking to him trying to get a read on him. "It would be really sick if the deuce hit you." That got a chuckle and he seemed fairly relaxed. I really couldn't put him on a hand. Maybe KQ and wanted to wait for a blank in case someone had a draw he couldn't get them off (Ax :club: ) Maybe he had A:club: 2:club: or Q:club: T:club:. I really struggled with it and decided there's more ways for me to get my money in bad (drawing to 2 or 4 outs) than good and since he had to have atleast a big semi-bluff to do move-in there plus the guy behind me...

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TOugh one here. Played at the MGM last week and would have killed to find a loose table. Tightest 1-2 tables I have ever seen. You say the table is loose, how bout this guy?? KQ is possible but so is JQ. I guess in that case a10 and 9 10 are very possible also. I agree there could be a lot of hands that have you beat a lot worse then you have them beat. Not to mention you do have the other guy behind you that, like you said could be sitting on the winning hand. I would probably let this one go like you said wiht one still to act and only 12$ invested. Could probably find a better spot to get most of your money in.

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