# Can i fold my trips here?

In the early stages (Level 3, 25/50/A6) of a turbo full-ring tournament, I have 1,082 in my stack and get dealt J♥T♥ in the CO. Action is folded to me and I raise to 2.5x (125), villain (who has me covered with over 1,600 in his stack) calls from the SB and we go heads up to the flop.

The flop comes K⋄J♣J♠, so I'm pretty happy and after villain checks, I c-bet half pot (177 into 354) and get called. At this point I think he's either slow-playing something like AA, KK, AK, or any J, or he's trying to catch me with a weak pair / draw like AQ, QQ, QT, TT. I rule out bluffs because he called pre-flop out of position.

The turn card is 6♣ and he check-minraises my 35% (250 into 708) bet. I don't think he has any draws at this point, so i'm pretty scared of a J with better kicker and KK. I even think maaybe he got there with 66 somehow.

To be honest though, I don't think he gives me credit for a J, so I think it's plausible he's got AA, AK, KQ, and even some weaker hands like KT, JT or J9s. I can't really calculate what percentage of hands I beat, but the price is about 35%, so I'm thinking I have to call, so I do.

The river is the 4⋄ - he shoves (he has me covered and I have 274 behind) and I can't really fold holding 14% of the pot.

He turns A⋄J⋄ and takes the pot, kicking me out of the tournament.

K⋄J♣J♠6♣4⋄

H: J♥T♥ V: A⋄J⋄

Is this just a bad beat or did I make any mistakes here? Should I have checked the turn keeping the pot small? Could I really fold after the check-raise on the turn? Was my read poor, i.e. could I have narrowed his range to only hands that beat me? Was there a way to scare him into thinking I was holding KK? Is there any lesson to take from this?

• I am thinking your might just be over thinking this one. yeah worried about kickers here, its hard to get away from. – Jon Nov 5 '16 at 0:16
• Pretty much just a bad beat. Even if you check the turn, it's likely all going in on the river anyways. – Herb Wolfe Nov 5 '16 at 1:41
• Btw being picky, you have trips, not a set. It's just a cooler. When he check-raises you he can have Kx of clubs or Ax of clubs, having floated the flop with a backdoor. You can't fold when only AJ KJs QJs and KK beat you (ruling out 66 and other weird hands) - that's like 9 hand combos! Not to mention you have near the top of your range here and folding could be exploitable. – Chris Dec 13 '16 at 19:39