K9s in 3way

Hi guys,

the nice player JoMedici was asking to talk about a hand we played today and i think we can discuss it in this blog.


Holdem Manager No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed)

FISH ($29.62) 36/21/10 on 28 hands
Hero (BB) ($55.05)
UTG ($54.72)
Jo_Medici ($56.08) 16/12/2,6 on 1,2k hands
MP1 ($20.91)
MP2 ($50)
MP3 ($44.79)
CO ($50)
Button ($16.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with ,
1 fold,  Jo_Medici bets $1.50, 5 folds, FISH calls $1.25, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($4.50) , , (3 players)
FISH checks, Hero checks, Jo_Medici bets $2.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.50

Turn: ($9.50) (2 players)
Hero checks, Jo_Medici bets $5.50, Hero raises to $15.50,  Jo_Medici calls $10

River: ($40.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $22.50,  Jo_Medici raises to $36.58 (All-In), Hero calls $13.05 (All-In)

Total pot: $111.60 | Rake: $2.60

Results below:
Hero had , (flush, King high).
Jo_Medici had , (two pair, Queens and fours).
Outcome: Hero won $109




Preflop: I call because i can play a 3way pot and i am last to act on the flop + the fish is in the sandwitch, i get good odds because i m the bb and the reg got 15% openraise from early positions.

Flop: Good board to cbet for the reg, i guess he will cbet with 100% of his range. At this point i am not folding because of the flop, i got a gutshot + bdfd and the fish folded the hand. I decide to call because raising this board makes not that much sense because there are almost no draws out there.

Turn: I check to the preflop- and flopagressor and raise his 2nd barrel because i got K high with has no showdownvalue + gs + fd and can represent hands like 44, TT and QTs, not knowing that the turn paired the board. After i pushed the raise button i realized that my raise makes not that much sense because he is representing the overpair, in witch case i should not raise QT; its more unlikely to have 44 in my hand because another one cam on the board and the only hand that makes sense is now TT.

River: This is one of the few spots i get in every month one or two times when i have no clue what to do :)
 I mean, everything looks bad. Check/fold is possible but weak, since he should fold hands like AQ on the turn unless he sees that i got 13% raise cbet turn and called.
Blockingbet/fold is maybe the worst because he might push AA/KK or fold it. So i remembered Gus Hansen writing in his book (witch i never red but heard about it) that "when u have no idea what to do - bet or push"
So after all i think bet/call is the right move on the river since only QT, QQ, TT and 44 got me beat and these hands are most unlikely in his hand (they are in his range, but not likely in his hand).




There are maybe some missing hands in the ranges i give the people or what i expect the people give me but that are my thoughts:

Flop handranges: JoMedici: top 15%    FISH: top 36% - 50%

Turn handranges: JoMedici: AA KK QQ JJ TT 44 AQ KQ KJ AcXc QTs    i think he will put me on KQ KJ QTs TT 44

River Handranges: JoMedici: AA KK QQ TT 44 AQ QT AcXc    i think he will put me on TT KJ