Hand 3 : 4th Feb

Hand 3

Stack sizes:
Hero: $1047
SB: $1496.25

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with Kd Qc
UTG folds, Hero raises to $35, Button folds, SB raises to $125, BB folds, Hero calls.

The SB here is an aggressive regular and will definitely 3-bet a wide range. I opt to defend with KQ, which is pretty standard when I open from the cut-off.


Flop: As 3d 5s ($260, 2 players)
SB bets $220, Hero raises to $500, SB folds.

These types of flops are excellent flops to make a play at imo. Anything that comes Axx, Kxx, or even Qxx, isn't going to hit a guy with a wide 3-betting range that often. Also, I'm very likely to defend with AQ-AT. Note that my raise is only just over a min-raise (I actually do min-raise here sometimes). Furthermore, I raise to an amount where he can't bluff-shove me off a draw as I've 'committed' myself, so he either has to fold or risk going with a weak pair.


Uncalled bets:
$280 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $700