Was I palying this hand wrong?

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darys

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I've been thinking about this hand. It's a 9 player table. the big blind is 20. I was the the third person to act. two players before me call 20. I had pocket kings. So I raised to 130. Everyone else folded. the two players before me called. The flop came as Q 7 8 or flush draw. Both of them checked. So I raised0 250. To my surprise. one of them reraised to 700 and the other one also called. So I took a long time thinking. I thought one of the might have 9 10 or 5 6. I was really suspcet the guy reraised had pockt 7 or pockct 8, that would put him a set. So I was thinking and thinking finally folded. And the the results were the first guy had Ace Queen and the second had King Queen. Omg. I could have tripled my chips.
 
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Without any reads, it's hard to say. Online is really hard because you could have the exact same situation and they turn over trips and you think how great your read/call was. It's really a crap shoot on something like this. However, if neither raised PF, I probably wouldn't put them on pocket pairs. Also, calling your re-raise, generally I wouldn't put them on 56 or 910, although some will call PF with this. Not to mention you almost sound like you're playing scared and assuming the worst each time.
 
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Ill give you the typical answer. IT DEPENDS! From the size of your blinds (20) this is early in the match. If the buy in is small and you feel like taking a chance why not call all in. If its a SNG of 9. You win you are chip leader. You lose you play another one.
If it is a MTT you might want to stick around for a while. You want someone to call your raise and see the flop. An A comes up you might want to muck if there are a couple of bettors.
If its not a small fee and something like a tenth of your BR I fold them. You get a raise and a reraise you dump and wait for a better spot. Your KK gets beat by AA and any set. Why take a chance unles your stack is so small you are getting the proper odds to call. Or your stack is so large you can call without fear. So you are upset that you see the results. But what would happen if you saw AA and a set. And the K came on the river would you still be upset that you didnt call.
Amarillo Slim says that if you cant fold the winning hand you cant play poker.
 
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I think you played it right. Blinds are still low, pick a better spot. You have an overpair on a draw heavy board. You took a stab at it and the two after you showed a lot of strength. It sucks that you probably had to put close to half your stack in...but it sounds like you can smash those two callers later with a better hand.
 
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Thanks guys.
i appreciate it.
After playing so many hands, I believe I folded it right even the result seemed disappointing. I still believe it's the RIGHT play.
 
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Yea i would have probaly folded there too, but with out seeing how the 2 players were playing its hard to say. But I would have to agree with in that i would have put the original guy on a set
 
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