When to call All-In with Top Pair?

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Lets say, you are playing live $1/$2 no-limit, and you have $200, and so does everybody else. You are on the button in position. You have AcKs and you bet $10, and two other players call.
The flop is Kh 7d 2s. Then some donkey, a calling station, goes all in for $200. Should you call this bet? Also, if you had AA instead, should you still call? What about if you were heads up in position instead? Thanks.

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Based on the factors mentioned above.yes i call all in
 
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Lets say, you are playing live $1/$2 no-limit, and you have $200, and so does everybody else. You are on the button in position. You have AcKs and you bet $10, and two other players call.
The flop is Kh 7d 2s. Then some donkey, a calling station, goes all in for $200. Should you call this bet? Also, if you had AA instead, should you still call? What about if you were heads up in position instead? Thanks.

Erik W.
I go all in when I think my hand is the winning one.
 
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I try to keep my bankroll low, so if I get a hand which I have to call or go all in, I won't lose too much. lol
 
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I never go all in or call an all in bet, unless I am almost 100% sure of a lock on the board. Otherwise, I retreat to my suck along strategy. lol
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If you are in the button, that means the other two players are SB and BB. On such a board having TPTK isn't enough to call a jam, this is an exploitative play, I think he got at least 2 pairs (K7s, K2s) he could have a set (77, 22) I don't think he has KK, he would 3bet pre-flop and you block KK with your AK ther's only one combination left.
With AA you can call sometimes because villain could have a King and you have the winning hand. Against 2 pairs you are cooked, but you have some outs (5 outs on the turn, 8 outs on the river)
 
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I had another weird scenario that occurred at my local casino, Thunder Valley Casino Resort. This guy went all in for like $65 three handed. I had KK, and I folded. It was $1/$2 no-limit. He showed just a top pair. I was worried about two pair.
Do you think in the same situation before (that I started this thread with), but instead if the villain bets all-in with like $50 or $70 (instead of $200), that I should fold? I think so, what do you think? The reasoning behind my thinking is the idea that two pair is the best hand in multiway pots most of the time.
 
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In this case, I would lose and fold. It's better to give $10 than lose $200. I'm sure a $200 all-in means that a player has either 2 pairs or a set. I saw how in the same situation at the last pro table, the player threw out the KK.
 
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I do this on the flop, but top pair and a bigger kicker in my hand, other than that it's not an all-in move, another relevance I see is the number of players involved in this hand.
 
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Hard to say. Different situations need different reactions! First of all i will call with top pair when i know that my opp playing like monkey lol
 
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No. And also you don't say if they limp-call or Open 2x/call your raise or you are against the blinds. Is this case, there are no draw proyects in the flop, you have top pair, top kicker and the go all in for all your chips in a 30$-33$ pot, so what they possible have for do this? In my view this donkey all in is targering exactly the pair of of Kings, so they have to be strong, top two pairs maybe... more possible set of 7's or 2's. So it is a fold, they don't do this with Kx and it's not a bluff.
 
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I had another weird scenario that occurred at my local casino, Thunder Valley Casino Resort. This guy went all in for like $65 three handed. I had KK, and I folded. It was $1/$2 no-limit. He showed just a top pair. I was worried about two pair.
Do you think in the same situation before (that I started this thread with), but instead if the villain bets all-in with like $50 or $70 (instead of $200), that I should fold? I think so, what do you think? The reasoning behind my thinking is the idea that two pair is the best hand in multiway pots most of the time.
You have to tell more details about the hand if reality want a helpfully advice or opinion.
 
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That’s all I could remember…
I cannot remember what he showed, but it was some top par hand.
I thought he had like a set or two pair
Don’t worry about more advice…
 
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I pay all in with a pair when I have a few chips left and I either raise or lose.
 
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I wouldn't call, if I had AA and an A came on the flop I would call
 
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Trust your instincts and fold, wait for a better spot.
 
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