K7s from SB, first in — fold, call or raise?
The answer
Raise
raise it up
The math: Heads-up and raise-or-fold: the Small Blind opens every suited king. Raise.
Why
Only the Big Blind is left, so this is a steal first and a hand second. In the raise-or-fold Small Blind strategy this trainer teaches, every suited king opens: K7s blocks the strong kings, makes king-high flushes, and picks up the blinds outright often enough that playing out of position when called is a price worth paying.
The spot
- Your seat
- SB
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- K♣ 7♣
- Board
- Preflop — no board yet
- Pot
- POT · $3
- Action on you
- Folds to you
Every option
Foldgive up the hand
Why not: Folding hands the Big Blind the pot with a hand well inside the raise-first range — heads-up, suited kings print money for the Small Blind.
Callcomplete for $1
Why not: Completing invites the Big Blind to take a free flop and the initiative with it. In a raise-or-fold Small Blind strategy, K7s raises.
Raiseraise it upCorrect
3bb · $6 · 3.5bb · $7 · 4bb · $8
The idea behind it
Heads-up against one blind, fold equity does most of the work — the Small Blind’s raise-first range is wide and includes every suited king. Bad position argues for raising, not completing: take the initiative or let the hand go.
Concept: Blind-vs-blind steal
Terms in this spot
Play it instead of reading it
The trainer deals this hand with hints, grading and spaced repetition — and randomized variations of it once you have seen it.