Would you shove with KK on the flop with an ace on the board

Say you've got KK hole cards and the flop is A with two low cards. You've got less than 10BB. Do you shove all in here and hope for the best or not and probably blind out?

It is better to know the positions at the table, what were the preflop actions, how many opponents and their stacks. Knowing this, you can make some conclusions.

In my opinion , if I have KK with 11-15/16 BB I would just shove them preflop in a tourney . one of reasons is as you mention , he has ace and hits it , and you lose your stack due to variance ... I prefer just ship it , and destroy them often enough to be profitable on long run , people call with everything !

I dont slowplay preflop with stacks this short, so I never see the spot. If I did, its the same like all other spots with KK on A high board. KK is a marginal made hand on AXX, so typically I would look to check the flop and either catch a bluff or get thin value on the turn or river.

I dont see, what jamming the flop does. All better hands call, and a lot of worse hands fold. I would rather keep those worse hands in the pot and allow them to bluff. If they have QJ on A73 rainbow, they are essentially drawing dead.

Yes ,I would shove with even pre flop.Kings are my favorite cards.

On that flop I probably would not shove. The only way he calls is if you have the ace so there is no value in his call and he gets to play perfectly here. If he has nothing he will fold to a smaller bet and if he has it you still have chips to play with.

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you see the gruesome film... "Dirty Harry?"
remember when he say... "do you feel luckie, did i fire six shots or only five?"

if yah feel luckie BUT why need shove?
allin then you either be dead in the tournie or bad guy folds

KK is 2nd best hand, maybe play it out - see and if it best, then get more chips from the villains?
(i luv KK is my initials too!)

I wouldn’t limp KK with less than 15 bigs ... that is an automatic shove for me... if not I’d probably ship it all in on post flop with an ace to represent it

Think I would prefer a very small bet instead of a shove, if the villan has an ace he should let you know and if not he probably thinks you have the ace. If you check to the villan he just stabs and you fold. If you jam he calls you with his ace or folds his trash and gives you the minimum value.

with 10 BB or less chips in my stack, I go all-in on the pre-flop but also unless some information tells me the opposite I go all-in on the flop with an A on the board

In that situation I would shove and if I win good if I lose no regrets I would have had to shove in that position.

Based off of the amount of bb’s I would’ve shoved pre flop.

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WHEN I HAVE (KK) AND 10 (BB), I WILL ALWAYS GO ALLIN EVEN IF I HAVE AA IN FLOP,

QC is without conditionally strong hand, but it beats and do not forget it. you shouldn't lose your head when you get such a hand. my opinion ... better a small raise and build on the actions of rivals. pushing the flop with such a card is a horror.:icon_pale

Less than 10bb it’s shove before flop, even 15bb, but more than 15 I would play little bit slower, even fold on A kind flop

If you had less than ten you should have folded pre. wtih an ace on board i want to check, until showdown but if someone jams, I'm calling.

A lot of players would have shoved pre-flop. Since you decided to slow play your hand why shove on the flop when you are trying to maximize your return on the kings by keeping players in the hand. Check the flop with the intention of betting the turn and most likely shoving on the river

it depends on the preflop hand, if there are many players I do not play it if there is only one exam.

Pokerlydokerly said:

Say you've got KK hole cards and the flop is A with two low cards. You've got less than 10BB. Do you shove all in here and hope for the best or not and probably blind out?

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Are you overbetting the pot?

How many callers did you have? What are their chip stack sizes?

I like betting the A-high flop w KK - that is OK - but is shoving an appropriate betting amount?

And of course if you know that one of your opponents will call your bet with an A to give them top pair - I like a check fold even better.

Good luck !

I would probably not shove in that situation. Your not getting any value for doing that play. Instead look to shove pre flop or play it out street by street.

i'm likely 3bet getting it in, or if your 1st to open the pot I would raise my normal amount and likely bet small on the flop and play turns if called. Depending on player and the board, I may shove turn.

You cannot always be scared of the monster under the bed (opponent having an ace) as an ace will come on the flop what 20 something percent of the time.

I think with your stacks Push preflop would be the best solution. I don’t see much sense on the flop to push

also think that you have to play all in preflop