$5 NLHE 6-max: Lost KK vs AA, but could I have prevented this?

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Hero (CO): $14.73
BTN: $4.33
SB: $6.03
BB: $5.07

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is CO with K :diamond: K :heart:
Hero raises to $0.12, BTN raises to $0.45, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, BTN calls $1.30

Flop: ($3.57) 5 :spade: 2 :heart: 2 :diamond: (2 players)
Hero bets $3.30, BTN calls $2.58 all in

Turn: ($8.73) 2 :spade: (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($8.73) A :heart: (2 players - 1 is all in)

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See the hand above. Because villain called my reraise preflop and because of the dry board, I decided to shove my KK. I never thought he would have AA. He was playing 35/19 (only 52 hands though) and I have seen him shoving lighter than that before.

Could I have prevented this? Is there any read which could lead me to think that he had Aces? How would you have played this?

Thx for your input.

Well played. Dont ever think you coulda avoided this, especially on that flop and versus that villain.

Cooler

I don't think you are looking to avoid getting it in here. If you are, it's super bad.
His 3bet/call preflop is super strong given that he committing a large portion of his stack so we can almost always put him on a strong pair, and AKs. On that dry of a flop, unless you had some sort of sick gut feeling that he has AA (even then), you are not looking to fold KK. This is just a cooler, I think you played it well. hard luck

NH

At this stakes you do not want to avoid the All-in. There are a lot of requirements to certainly pinpoint that your equity with KK is beat by another players range. But at 5NL you are ahead a big portion of the time. At FR chances for this to happen 1 in 20 times when you are deal kings and for 6 max is 1 in 30 times I think. So not too much to worry for now. The problem will come at higher stakes and deepstack when this decision will be worth a lot of money and a good fold could increase you winrate a lot.
I would worry a lot more for now when I have kings and someone flats IP after my raise.

Nothing much you could have done, KK vs AA is a cooler here, you don't have enough of a sample size against your opponent to make a profitable fold.

Definately get it in on the flop, you have 95% the best hand here, and you'll get called by much worse

swingro said:

At this stakes you do not want to avoid the All-in. There are a lot of requirements to certainly pinpoint that your equity with KK is beat by another players range. But at 5NL you are ahead a big portion of the time. At FR chances for this to happen 1 in 20 times when you are deal kings and for 6 max is 1 in 30 times I think. So not too much to worry for now. The problem will come at higher stakes and deepstack when this decision will be worth a lot of money and a good fold could increase you winrate a lot.
I would worry a lot more for now when I have kings and someone flats IP after my raise.

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How does stakes affect this? KK in a 4-bet pot on a 5-high flop with an SPR of 1 is going to be a stackoff vs. virtually anyone.

Thx guys for all your post. I am glad I played it well

baudib1 said:

How does stakes affect this? KK in a 4-bet pot on a 5-high flop with an SPR of 1 is going to be a stackoff vs. virtually anyone.

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I was not clear enough to say that i was talking about the preflop play. If you get to the flop the decision is already made if there is no A on the board.