KTs from UTG, first in — fold, call or raise?
The answer
Raise
open-raise
The math: The six-max UTG chart opens KTs+. King-ten suited is the boundary hand.
Why
KTs combines a useful king, flush potential and broadway straight potential. It can still make a dominated top pair, so do not overplay it after resistance, but with only five opponents in the game it has enough playability to open first in.
The spot
- Your seat
- UTG
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- K♥ T♥
- Board
- Preflop — no board yet
- Pot
- POT · $3
- Action on you
- You’re first to act
Every option
Foldgive up the hand
Why not: KTs is the lowest suited king in this six-max UTG range. Folding it ignores the flush and straight equity that lets the boundary hand open profitably.
Calllimp in
Why not: Limping gives away initiative and invites a multiway pot. KTs is strong enough to open, so raise rather than tiptoe in.
Raiseopen-raiseCorrect
2bb · $4 · 2.5bb · $5 · 3bb · $6
The idea behind it
Suitedness matters most when it comes with connected high cards. KTs reaches this chart’s six-max UTG floor; weaker suited kings wait for later seats.
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.