This was posted in an unnamed other forum...just posting here to get a consensus....

Honestly, i just want to see how many of you guys here agree with me. as far as I know, this is a completely hypothetical hand.... and you should assume that everyone involved (not counting the hero, who will be you) are somewhat strong players.

You are dealt KsKc and you are the big blind. The blinds are 100/200 and you have $20,000 in chips. Three players call the big blind and the player in late position raises it to $600. Small blind folds and you re-raise to $2,000. Everyone folds except for the player in late position who calls (let's call him Ed). The flop comes:

Kh Qh 8s

You bet $5,000 and Ed calls. The turn:

9c

You bet $8,000 and Ed calls. The River:

10h

What do you do now? Do you check or bet? Or are you like me and see flaws in "Hero's" play from the flop forward? Just wondering what you guys think of this. If you see flaws in hero's post flop play, please specify what it was, and what you would have done. Also, if you don't mind answering the question as is first, that'd be great also.

I think the hero played it fine the whole hand. He bet about 75% of the pot each street, not enough to give odds for anything, and he protected his hand against the draws. Maybe a slightly bigger PF raise, but thats debatable, and without knowing the tables tendencies, Unanswerable.

Since we can assume that "ed" is a strong player, that means we can assume That he won't call against odds to a draw. Therefore We should push for our last $5k on the river. Pot is already 30k, so Our bet is only for value. But that, of course, is assuming alot. We could use a little more info on 'ed'. If this is a cash game, I'm pretty sure that the "hero" should be keeping some good book on the entire table that could help influence our decisions.

What do I do? I check/call the river.

on this river, you either make a defensive bet, or you check.... or maybe you bluff like a maniac and hope he dosn't have J or hearts.

i check. depending on what his bet looks like on river i may call. if he has skill, he will bet hard, and i fold.

You don't have any choice on the river except to get your chips in. Maybe check and hope your opponent bets... but your chips are going in. (I say you'd rather have your opponent bet because he will bet with more hands that you can beat then he will call with that you can beat)

If you honestly think that folding a 35,000 pot for a 5,000 bet on the river with top set is ever a good play without your oponent accidentily exposing his cards, you're a far better man then I.