Weird BB smooth calls

pok3rplaya

50NL, 100bb effective. Second hand at the table. I'm in the SB with As Kc. UTG pots it ($1.75), Button calls and I make it $8 to go. BB smooth calls and the original raiser and caller fold.

Flop: Ks Ts 6c - Pot: $19


Whats your plan for the hand?

*Counterfeit*

Lead, and keep leading?

ozpoker

You're way past the commitment threshold for the effective stack sizes, and you caught a good flop that is very draw heavy. Design a line that gets the stacks in, probably bet pot on flop, bet pot all in on turn. If you are beat, don't worry about it too much until you play in a deeper stacked situation.

-Oz-

ianmc38

bet call all in.

Captain Tom

id usually just bet/call but i think checking is fine. it will make is earier to stack QQ/JJ, which he probably has a fair amount of the time.

BobSloane

I would probably bet and keep betting. Obviously its nicer when the flop comes A high instead of K high but if he has smooth called with AA pre-flop with 2 players to act behind him and risked going to the flop 4-way thats his business.
Its an interesting situation though - you're going to have to bet say $15-$17 on the flop which pretty much means you can't fold after that. He's not calling that bet though with worse than AK so is there any actual value in betting the flop here?
Most people here would advocate betting strong hands hard for value at $50NL and I suppose this is a strong hand..?

In the OP you have the K of clubs and the K of clubs is also on the flop..?
If you had AsKs or the K of spades is on the flop giving you 4 to the nut-flush then I'm betting it with a lot more confidence of course

pok3rplaya

ianmc38 wrote:

bet call all in.

You don't think smooth calls like this represent a very narrow and crushing range?

pok3rplaya

BobSloane wrote:

In the OP you have the K of clubs and the K of clubs is also on the flop..?

Good catch. Fixed it.

RoundTower

pok3rplaya wrote:

You don't think smooth calls like this represent a very narrow and crushing range?

since you don't know the player it's just as likely he's a fish who could call you with any pair and more.

RasTa

Usually a 50NL won't smooth call with AA or KK. 1010 is the only hand I worry about but not to much, bet etc

phantom_lord

pok3rplaya wrote:

You don't think smooth calls like this represent a very narrow and crushing range?

edit: oops, misread the op.

not really, since it's 50nl he's most likely a fish, i doubt he folds any pair here anyway, and could even turn up with some other stuff.

CaptainNemo

A lot of bad players will smooth call like that with any pair trying to hit a set and not realizing they don't have the correct implied odds.

You're either way ahead or way behind (i.e. he is unlikely to have a king unless he has 2 of them) and he's unlikely to have any draws you should worry about (surely he hasn't smooth called with AsQs there?) so I think check/calling it is a valid way to play and may induce him to think he is ahead with QQ/JJ. If you bet the flop and he call/raises you may be in trouble, yet still committed to the pot.