KK vs AA

[johnny tigre]

I dont think a lot of people can avoid that.
I guess if the situation calls for you to be tight like youre in bubble time and he got you covered, if it was me i think id think a lot more before calling.

 

[nikolaevich87]

A tight player opens in UTG and you have KK on the button. You raise it and he pays. You think there is approximately 50% chance that he has aces and 50% that he has queens (we could leave something like 10% for Jacks or AK, but for practical purposes we will not consider) . In the flop are all low cards, he goes all-in, you pay and he shows aces, winning the pot. Is there any way to avoid this, or with kings are we doomed to lose everything against a couple of aces?

Conclusions on the strategy of playing with pocket kings The vast majority of novice players cannot fold pocket kings under any circumstances, even if an ace and an opponent show aggression on the board. The fact that they have in their hands the second most powerful starting hand “overshadows” their mind and does not let them know that they are already beaten, and they continue to play their hand to the end, losing in the end a decent amount of money to a pair of aces.

When playing pocket aces and kings, you must remember that there are a considerable number of hands that can “beat” you postflop, because if you do not improve to the set, you will only have one pair. Try to figure out each situation and find out if you can win on a particular board or not. And do not forget the general rule of drawing pocket aces and kings: place bets and avoid slowplay with these starting hands. You don’t want to give your opponents an opportunity to improve and win your money !?

 

[Cash2019]

Hi! Depending on the stage of the tournament, even tight players can open hands weaker than AA, we cannot be sure that he has AA, for this reason I do not think that we should fold KK preflop. However, when we see the flop, we must be ready to look set and this is really dangerous.

 

[ToNy70929]

I take into account the situation described by you, when the flop has lower face value cards than your KK, then in 97 cases out of 100 I would certainly call. I would suggest that my KK hands might be bits, which in life also happens. But still, judging by the layout, your KK in this game situation is in the position of a strong hand.