Daily Leak — July 7, 2026: King-Ten suited defending against a button steal
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No board yet — this decision is preflop.
Your hand: K♦ T♠, in the big blind. The button — the steal seat — raises, and it folds to you in the big blind with King-Ten suited. You'd close the action and only have to call a small raise to see a flop.
Your move?
- ACall and see a flop
- BFold
- C3-bet to $11
Reveal the answer
Call and see a flop
Correct. King-Ten suited is far too strong to fold to a button steal — you defend and play back at a wide opener.
Why
Playing too tight preflop means folding hands that are profitable to play — especially from late position — bleeding blinds while passing up clearly +EV opens.
Vs a wide button range you get a great price closing the action with a hand that makes top pairs, straights and flushes.
Option by option
- ✓ Call and see a flop — Vs a wide button range you get a great price closing the action with a hand that makes top pairs, straights and flushes.
- Fold — Over-folding the big blind is one of the most common leaks. King-Ten suited crushes a button's stealing range — folding hands this good hands them your blind for free.
- 3-bet to $11 — King-Ten suited plays better as a call here — it flops well and 3-betting it bloats the pot with a hand that prefers to see flops in position-less spots.
You fold hands like 76s and KTo from CO/BTN. You bleed blinds and miss late-position +EV opens.
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