Intresting All-in Call

[t1riel]

Ok. This happened last night and I want to know your opinion of it. Four players are in the hand with no raise of the big blind (blinds were 200/400). The flopp comes Kc, Qd, 7s. Player A goes all-in. Two player fold. Player B thinks about it for a couple of minutes and then says "What the Hell" and calls (PlayerA has more chips than Player B). Player A has Kd, 9d. Player B had Ks, 3c. The turn is a 3s. The river is a 2s. Now, I ask you, would you have called all-in with K, 3? Sure, Player B had top pair but had a weak kicker. Player B was lucky the 3 came up.

 

[roundcat]

I probably wouldn't have been in the hand at all with K3 unless I was in one of the blinds, so no, wouldn't have made the all-in call. That's the danger of playing a high card with a rag -- when you make top pair it can be really hard to get away from it. Player B really lucked out there!

 

[buckster436]

sometimes i call hands with a low kicker and ive called allins with a low kicker too, Thats where the Guts come in, often you dont want to call,but you got to have enough Guts to call sometime, thats part of No-Limit, if you dont have enough Guts to call the marginal hands then No-Limit is not the game for that person. Theres 4 things you need to win a no-limit tourney>skill>luck>guts and you have to win the Races. When they all come together for you, you will usually win or come in near the top place.
buck :hello:

 

[Rockbuster]

I agree with roundcat if it was k3 os and I had no gut feeling I would of not called the bet or even seen the flop................Rock

 

[Kraigus]

I would never call or go all-in with K, 3 offsuit before the flop. Just one of the many rules I have. Especially with that low kicker. He just got lucky.

 

[titans4ever]

My question is why would someone with AK limp in? You are looking at the wrong part of the hand. I see two mistakes in the hand, both by the guy with AK.

#1. Where was his preflop raise to clear out the junk hands? He allowed the K3 to be in the hand by not raising. The K 3 should not have even seen the flop to make the call of the all-in bet. He hung himself by not raising.

#2. Why did he go all-in after the flop. Unless it was just enough to make a pot size bet, he never should have risked all his chips at that point. He could have made a 1/2 to pot size bet, and that should be enough to scare people out of the hand. Any all-in when you have lots of chips screams bluff or the nuts and a person has to decided which.

I don't feel to bad for the person with AK. He played that hand really bad. Live and learn. This is a classic example of not being aggressive preflop and it burning you in the end.

 

[t1riel]

My question is why would someone with AK limp in? You are looking at the wrong part of the hand. I see two mistakes in the hand, both by the guy with AK.

#1. Where was his preflop raise to clear out the junk hands? He allowed the K3 to be in the hand by not raising. The K 3 should not have even seen the flop to make the call of the all-in bet. He hung himself by not raising.

#2. Why did he go all-in after the flop. Unless it was just enough to make a pot size bet, he never should have risked all his chips at that point. He could have made a 1/2 to pot size bet, and that should be enough to scare people out of the hand. Any all-in when you have lots of chips screams bluff or the nuts and a person has to decided which.


I don't feel to bad for the person with AK. He played that hand really bad. Live and learn. This is a classic example of not being aggressive preflop and it burning you in the end.

Ummm...no one had AK.

 

[titans4ever]

Oops, read it wrong, my bad. Ok, ignore part #1 K 9 suited is a limping hand. part number #2 still stands. Guess I need to work on reading skills.

Got to love loose aggressive tables.