KJs from UTG, first in — fold, call or raise?
The answer
Raise
open-raise
The math: Under the gun the chart opens KTs+. KJs is one rung above the suited-king boundary.
Why
KJs flops strong top pairs, king-high flush draws and broadway straight draws. The six-max range already includes KTs at its suited-king boundary, so KJs clears the line comfortably. Open 2.5bb rather than limping.
The spot
- Your seat
- UTG
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- K♦ J♦
- Board
- Preflop — no board yet
- Pot
- POT · $3
- Action on you
- You’re first to act
Every option
Foldgive up the hand
Why not: This is too strong to muck. KJs sits above the chart’s KTs floor and makes strong pairs, king-high flush draws and broadway draws.
Calllimp in
Why not: Limping under the gun surrenders the initiative and invites the whole table in behind you. Suited broadways want to raise, thin the field, and take control — not sit back and let five players flat into a bloated multiway pot where your top pair gets crushed.
Raiseopen-raiseCorrect
2bb · $4 · 2.5bb · $5 · 3bb · $6
The idea behind it
Suited broadways are the core of every early-position opening range — they make dominating top pairs plus flush and straight draws, giving you enough playability to raise first to act.
Concept: Suited broadway floor
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.