Do you ever hate getting pocket kings after a few losses?

I know KK is obviously a great hand, but sometimes getting it right after losing a couple of pots makes me a little nervous. You don't want to convince yourself everyone suddenly has AA just because you've had a rough few hands.

If you get KK after a bad stretch, do you just play it normally or does the previous action ever get in your head?

I adjust my game based on how my opponents at the table are playing, the decisions they’ve made, and how they’ve acted. That is a factor I always take into account.

I will just go all in😂. Cause anytime I try to be smart the flop do favour someone else. Like today I lost with AA to KT💔

Nesehorn156 said:

If you get KK after a bad stretch, do you just play it normally or does the previous action ever get in your head?

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Hell yes, just play it normally. At normal stack depths just open it for your regular sizing from any seat at the table. Post-flop just watch out for Aces, wet boards and large bets that rep 2-pair or set.

Most often it is an overpair, so play it like any strong non-nut hand. KK is amazing!

The main lesson here is that streaks are meaningless. If you take a bad beat or a suckout with KK 2, 3, 4, 5 times in a row, this does not change the odds of KK winning or losing the next time you have it. Stick to your guns and keep playing it.

If we are losing consistently with hands like KK and everyone's fave whipping boy AK, it's one of two reasons or a little of both.

1) Bad luck. If this is the case, over time the good luck will even out. Don't worry, there will be flops with an A AND a K and an A will pay us big time. There will be many hands where Villain barrels his top pair Q or J into our overpair. There will be times when 77 calls us down on a 5J5 flop and we show him bad news. These will be wonderful times.

2) We're overplaying or underplaying our KK. We get excited and bet too large or jam too deep pre and get coolered or sucked out. Or we get too cute, try to limp-trap it too deep and run into 2-pair or set in a multiway pot. Don't do these things. Just open it normal and post-flop play it according to poker sense - you know, position, board texture and Villain action/tendencies.

I’d still play KK normally. A few bad hands before it shouldn’t change the actual strength of the hand, and I think that’s where emotions can kinda mess with you. I’d pay attention to the board and betting patterns instead of assuming AA is waiting for me just because I’ve been running bad.

Nesehorn156 said:

I know KK is obviously a great hand, but sometimes getting it right after losing a couple of pots makes me a little nervous. You don't want to convince yourself everyone suddenly has AA just because you've had a rough few hands.

If you get KK after a bad stretch, do you just play it normally or does the previous action ever get in your head?

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I try to play KK the same way as always. Losing a few pots before that shouldn’t change how I see the hand. I just focus on the current action and the opponent’s range. If I start thinking “maybe he has AA” just because I lost some hands, that’s probably tilt talking.

Nesehorn156 said:

I know KK is obviously a great hand, but sometimes getting it right after losing a couple of pots makes me a little nervous. You don't want to convince yourself everyone suddenly has AA just because you've had a rough few hands.

If you get KK after a bad stretch, do you just play it normally or does the previous action ever get in your head?

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Obviously olay it and hope there's no ace on the flop, if there is play reservedly