KJs SB on K98r: Size Down With The Nuts

Hero
K♠J♠
Position
SB vs BB
Pot
Single-Raised Pot
Flop
8♠ 9♠ K♥

With a turned King-high flush in a shallow pot, bet small or check to keep dominated pairs and draws in rather than jamming them out.

Flop Analysis

C-betting medium with top pair and the second-nut flush draw is standard on this dynamic board to extract value and deny equity from gutshots and straight draws.

Turn Analysis

Shoving all-in folds out the hands that called the flop. We turn the second-nut flush, but an open-shove turns our monsters into a blunt instrument that only gets called by the nut flush.

Note: Open-jamming 13BB into 14.5BB is far too polarized; a small bet of roughly one-third pot (4.7BB) or a check retains dominated pairs and draws.

Key Concepts

  • Protection Priority
  • Hero Slight Advantage
  • OOP
  • Wet Board
  • LEAN TOWARD CHECK