KK in a heads up situation

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I was in a freeroll, early stages and on the big blind. 15/30 blinds.

I have KK and am in big blind position.

He bets 70 so I raise him to 4 times the big blind. He calls.

The flop is Qd 8h 2h

I lead with a bet of the pot which stands at around 700 ( others had bowed out when I reraised him ).

He then goes all in... I call.

He has hit trip 6s, I am busted.

Did I play it right. Should I have folded ? What would you have done ?
 
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In an early stage of a freeroll, I'd probably just move all in preflop with the kings, especially since he raised first. You run into a lot of people who will call the all-in with little to nothing. In the end, you'd still have lost though, sometimes you can still play a hand right and lose.
 
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more info please? Blind levels, stack sizes? Is all-in a min-raise or did you have to put in an extra 2 million chips to go all-in?
 
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How does he have trip 6s on a flop of Q, 8, 2?
 
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Your preflop re-raise was way too small. 4 bb's would only be a raise to 120, which is only 50 chips more than what he originally raised. You need to go between 280 and 325 on the re-raise, it might have scared those 6's away
 
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you dont always win when you play it right... and i agree early in a freeroll just push pre-flop with a monster hand like that.
 
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You got your money in ahead, thats the right decision imo.
 
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When a player bets and you raise you should do it in increments of his bet, not the big blind.

If you had made it 4x70=280, you may have gotten a fold here. Maybe not.

Either way I like your call on the flop. The chances of him having flopped a set are slim. Also, with the flush draw on the board he was much more likely to have a piece of that as opposed to anything that beats your KK. He also could have had a queen with a marginal kicker.

Most players who have you beat in that situation would value bet as opposed to moving in, I would have put him on a high flush draw, and called.

A case can be made for moving it all in as a reraise preflop, although I would not have. I like to have a chance to get away from AA before the flop and AK after an A comes on the flop. Raising 3-4 times his raise may get you additional information about his hand. Still, a good case can be made for either play.

Other than pricing him in before the flop, you played ok.
 
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