KJ Danger Will Robinson

[SirFWALGMan]

Last night I was up overall but could have been much more so. I guess this is not technically a bad beat, but it shows the danger of weak kickers. I am not sure how I could have played this differently.

I am dealt KJ in LP and I bet it. Nobody had shown any strength to this point. The flop is a wonderful KKx. Three people in at this point. Trips baby! Oh Yeah! I check the flop, one guy bets, and the other guy calls.

I check-raise the turn. One guy calls, the other guy fold. It is down to the two of us. I bet the river and he calls me. The pot mysteriously slides over to his side. He had KQ! Ouch!

I asked him why he did not raise me on the river. He said he was scared I had AK. Ha! What a loser! I had been playing with this guy for hours and ALWAYS raised AK. I got beat enough with my AK's last night that this guy should have known I did not have AK. Oh Well. Better luck next time KJ.

[Aequitas58]

That's terrible. The play at Party surprises me so much - whenever I face someone at a showdown, and they have more than a pair, I'm surprised.

[junYUN]

yeah i was reading up on some stuff by howard lederer talking about QJ, KJ, KQ weakness and how some beginers will almost always play these hands. the more i play the more i learn kickers win and lose a lot of pots...especially online.

[brokeagain]

Muck that hand pre-flop, raise or not. The only spot I like this hand is when it is folded around to me on the cutoff or button. Then it needs to be ramm jammed to steal those blinds, and if you do get called, against random hands you are in the lead.