Hey man, I think opening KJo is fine UTG. For me the the big mistake is raising the bet on the flop.
If the opponent is a reg. The pot size donk from SB is extremely strong. I expect TP medium kicker to often be dominated here. So would not look to raise 
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Originally posted by VorpalF2F
Originally posted by taavi1337
The moment you made that big decision and it was wrong. Then you regret everything, maybe it was too loose to open and so on...I think it is important to have hands like KTo-KQo in your UTG range -- but not always.
I haven't yet come up with a suitable way to filter out when I'll play them and when not to play them.
If you want to play them 1/6 of the time, you could play them when they're both "black" -- ie clubs and spadesA lot depends on your image, too.
If you are normally really tight, you can "steal from UTG" just by open raising.It is also useful to play more speculative hands when you're deep
ok usually im like: there's some fish on the blinds, let's open more loose, i wanna play against them. but when I do it few times, then I start to fold more or they start to play back... and people like to 3bet if you always open
Originally posted by SiKWiThIt
Hey man, I think opening KJo is fine UTG. For me the the big mistake is raising the bet on the flop.
If the opponent is a reg. The pot size donk from SB is extremely strong. I expect TP medium kicker to often be dominated here. So would not look to raiseyes yes complete misread I was hoping for a flushdraw. so call flop fold turn right? I thought I cannot fold flop and he might be on flushdraw, that's why I raised.
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so I kind of drop back to the mode where I follow graphs and post results... it is just that I remember then swings are normal... not nice to lose 4BI at the beginning of pro career in NL5 ♦ but yea let's just try to keep the winrate high and enjoy
Originally posted by VorpalF2F
Originally posted by taavi1337
The moment you made that big decision and it was wrong. Then you regret everything, maybe it was too loose to open and so on...I think it is important to have hands like KTo-KQo in your UTG range -- but not always.
I haven't yet come up with a suitable way to filter out when I'll play them and when not to play them.
If you want to play them 1/6 of the time, you could play them when they're both "black" -- ie clubs and spadesA lot depends on your image, too.
If you are normally really tight, you can "steal from UTG" just by open raising.It is also useful to play more speculative hands when you're deep
No.
When he checks back, it shows to me he has Ax or something.. anyway, he has missed the board or wants to get cheap showdown and will fold after this flop checkback.
PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
SB: 111.4 BB
Hero (BB): 112.4 BB
UTG: 86.2 BB
MP: 130.6 BB
CO: 81.4 BB
BTN: 27.4 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A:heart: 4:heart:
fold, fold, CO raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 1 BB
Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 8:club: K:diamond: 9:diamond:
Hero checks, CO checks
Turn: (4.4 BB, 2 players) J:heart:
Hero bets 4 BB, fold
Hero wins 4.2 BB
Yeah, this also could be a small pocket pair, but definitely the right play to bet the turn.
What is your plan if he raises the turn bet?
-- or just calls it?
Originally posted by VorpalF2F
Yeah, this also could be a small pocket pair, but definitely the right play to bet the turn.What is your plan if he raises the turn bet?
-- or just calls it?
well if he raises, sure I have to fold... and if he calls, I can decide if I want to fire the river. I think if he calls he can have some sort of Jx or Tx... so depending on the river I need to think if he will fold these... he looked weak tight
Was just thinking... why not trust your postflop experience against weaker players... So the idea behind calling preflop instead of 3betting, it is more +EV if I know how to play good poker postflop. I somehow like this idea in scenarios like this.
PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
UTG: 81 BB
Hero (CO): 104.4 BB
BTN: 106.6 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 106.8 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q:club: T:club:
UTG raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 2 BB
Flop: (9.4 BB, 3 players) 8:diamond: 2:spade: K:spade:
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets 3 BB, fold, UTG calls 3 BB
Turn: (15.4 BB, 2 players) 2:heart:
UTG checks, Hero checks
River: (15.4 BB, 2 players) 7:spade:
UTG checks, Hero bets 7 BB, fold
Hero wins 14.8 BB
worrying about my winrate and then hand like this happens.. that I actually have edge in these games.. if i play good and wait for spots like this, should be solid +EV long-term. now starting playing online poker NLHE 6max cash at least 4hours a day my professional poker career.
PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: 100 BB
Hero (BTN): 196 BB
SB: 66.2 BB
BB: 170 BB
UTG: 125.8 BB
MP: 154.6 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 9:spade: J:spade:
UTG raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 2 BB, SB calls 1.6 BB, BB calls 1 BB
Flop: (8 BB, 4 players) J:heart: 3:diamond: 2:spade:
SB bets 3.8 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 3.8 BB
Turn: (15.6 BB, 2 players) 9:club:
SB bets 15 BB, Hero raises to 34 BB, SB calls 19 BB
River: (83.6 BB, 2 players) T:spade:
SB checks, Hero bets 80.2 BB, SB calls 26.4 BB and is all-in
Hero shows 9:spade: J:spade: (Two Pair, Jacks and Nines)
(Pre 66%, Flop 78%, Turn 95%)
SB shows 4:spade: 3:spade: (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 34%, Flop 22%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins 130.8 BB
Originally posted by taavi1337
worrying about my winrate and then hand like this happens.. that I actually have edge in these games.. if i play good and wait for spots like this, should be solid +EV long-term. now starting playing online poker NLHE 6max cash at least 4hours a day my professional poker career.
Nice!
Good that you can get his 66 BB now -- he won't be playing poker for long...
Cheers,
VS
2.2 hours of 4 hours played today already.. i have new goal now.. playing 4 hours every day.
so quite happy how i play and improve and read. so here BU is a tight/weak reg and SB is new unknown fishy, 33/0 so far. so yea was putting him on very wide range... 
PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: 109 BB
BTN: 122.4 BB
SB: 176.8 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T:spade: A:spade:
fold, BTN raises to 2.4 BB, SB calls 2 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, SB calls 6.6 BB
Flop: (20.4 BB, 2 players) 5:club: 5:diamond: T:club:
SB checks, Hero bets 16 BB, SB calls 16 BB
Turn: (52.4 BB, 2 players) J:spade:
SB checks, Hero bets 34 BB, SB calls 34 BB
River: (120.4 BB, 2 players) 4:heart:
SB checks, Hero checks
SB shows Q:club: Q:diamond: (Two Pair, Queens and Fives)
(Pre 67%, Flop 81%, Turn 89%)
Hero mucks T:spade: A:spade: (Two Pair, Tens and Fives)
(Pre 33%, Flop 19%, Turn 11%)
SB wins 115.4 BB
Originally posted by taavi1337
so quite happy how i play and improve and read. so here BU is a tight/weak reg and SB is new unknown fishy, 33/0 so far. so yea was putting him on very wide range...
How nice of him to check the river.
Good on you for not betting it!
Elsewhere in the last couple of days, I read a post from a player who has ramped down the aggression for TPTK hands.
Cheers,
VS
Well yes, weaker Tx is probably not calling anyway, flushdraws no need to bet against, afraid of possible Jx... But yea I am quite used to Fixed Limit where all of your money comes from those river bets and people look you up with King high ♦