KQo on A♥ 7♦ 2♣ facing a check-raise — fold, call or raise?
The answer
Fold
give up king-high
The math: call $30 to win $70 → need 30% · king-high has almost none of it, and no fold equity against a check-raise.
Why
You fired a c-bet with two overcards that whiffed — K♠Q♦ on A♥7♦2♣ is just king-high, no pair and no real draw. A check-raise here is aces, sets, two pair and the odd strong draw, and your hand beats none of it; even pairing a king or queen still leaves you under every ace. With almost no equity and no fold equity — the big blind isn't letting go of that range to a re-raise — there's nothing to continue with. The solver folds every time.
The spot
- Your seat
- BTN
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- K♠ Q♦
- Board
- A♥ 7♦ 2♣
- Pot
- POT · $30
- Action on you
- BB check-raises to $40
Every option
Foldgive up king-highCorrect
Callpay $30 to continue
Why not: Calling pays $30 to chase king-high with barely any equity and no clean outs against a range that has you crushed.
Raisere-raise as a bluff
2.5x · $100 · all-in
Why not: Re-raising as a bluff folds out nothing — the big blind's check-raising range calls, and you have no equity when it does.
The idea behind it
When your c-bet is pure air and gets check-raised, you hold neither equity nor fold equity: you can't win at showdown and you can't buy the pot. That's an automatic fold.
Concept: Give it up
Terms in this spot
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