Hand Advice

[ND1991]

$20 + $2 buy-in SNG. 10 man table, down to 8 players. Blinds are 10/20.

SB: 1470 chips (after blind posted)
BB: 1520 chips (after blind posted)
Seat 3: 1490 chips
Seat 4: 2960 chips
Seat 5 (HERO): 955 chips
Seat 6 (VILLIAN #1): 2760 chips
Seat 7 (VILLIAN #2): 1760 chips
Button: 2055 chips

Blinds posted. Folds to HERO. HERO has K K.

HERO rasies to 100 (5x BBwith 30 in pot). VILLIAN #1 and #2 call. Everyone else folds.

Flop: 3 10 8

HERO acts first and bets 155 at 330 pot. VILLIAN #1 and #2 both call.

Turn: Q Pot has 795 in it. HERO has 700, VILIAN #1 has 2505, and VILLIAn #2 has 1505.

What should HERO do now?? Thanks for any and all advice. Also, what hands might the VILLIANS have?

[PokerJonny]

I would bet more on the flop with 2 players still in

With 2 callers I push the turn without thinking too much.

No idea what the others have, you must think you have best hand and because they have big stacks you will prob get paid off with some hands like AQ, AT, maybe even A8.

Just hope they dont have QT or J9!!

[LombardiStix]

agreed, gotta make a larger bet on the flop. More important to get that information than anything. Possibly ai on the flop because they could perceive it as a move from the small stack with AK or something of the sort. They may call you with a draw or a pair, which I would take with your stack having my money in with the best hand.

Stix

[MRNASTY1]

I am not a big fan of pushing on the flop but I think it may have been a good idea here with your chip stack. Being the ss, if someone had AT you would have got that call and your KK hopefully would have held up. It is so great how poker makes you think!!!

[jk_ky]

Depends on your read on these two , if you think didnt hit the straight on the trun then for sure push and make them pay to draw . And you could had put a bigger bet on the flop to try and get rid on one fo them or just pushed allin on the flop getting your money in with the best hand and hope to win the race to the river..

[Poker Orifice]

Flop bet is fine, now push it in on the turn.
The preflop raise seems a bit large,... but perhaps not considering you had two callers here. Raising to 100 might rule out small pr's that could've hit a set on the flop.. but you never know.

[Poker Orifice]

Depends on your read on these two , if you think didnt hit the straight on the trun then for sure push and make them pay to draw . And you could had put a bigger bet on the flop to try and get rid on one fo them or just pushed allin on the flop getting your money in with the best hand and hope to win the race to the river..

Straight on turn?... you think they'd consider calling with J9 preflop in a $20 SNG early levels? I doubt it.
Because they've only flatcalled pre... I'd put them on med. pkt.prs., hopefully not 88.

[PokerJonny]

Straight on turn?... you think they'd consider calling with J9 preflop in a $20 SNG early levels? I doubt it.
Because they've only flatcalled pre... I'd put them on med. pkt.prs., hopefully not 88.

I've played SnGs (above the $20 level) where some players will call my pf raise with far worse hands than J9.

Some players clearly think that if their hands are sooted and semi/connected then they have merit in any pot.

I suppose the key is knowing a little about your opponent - if you know them to be good then you can eliminate certain hands from their range, but beware of unknown fish!

[sin2win]

yea, im in a 20$ sng right now and lets just say a J9 call pre is not bad at all compared to what i just seen at my table...
that being said i think id push on the turn (especially with the stack) and hopefully get paid off by AQ, A10, poc 7s, etc..
1 thing is that its tough to put people on hands in the early stages of a sng sometimes as many hands werent played. just my 2 cents.

[ND1991]

I pushed. Villian #1 called. Villian #2 folded.

Villian #1 flips up 8 8

River goes 7 .

Hero is looking for another S&G LOL.