Zapahlohotrona
Visionary
Silver Level
In life, I will not fold kings preflop. The exception is nit players. AA in KK will always be considered a cooler if the reg is aggressive preflop or there was a corresponding dynamic.KK or AA preflop can only be folded in satellites.
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NikhilSegel
Rising Star
Bronze Level
KK pre flop is a hard hand to fold. Cash table almost never folding KK
But once one bring ICM into play in an MTT scenario, there are times when I would fold KK, especially on a big money jump if the preflop aggressor has 4 bet jammed my 3 bet and put me all in or if it is on the FT and the money jump is substantial enough and action before me has been aggressive.
But once one bring ICM into play in an MTT scenario, there are times when I would fold KK, especially on a big money jump if the preflop aggressor has 4 bet jammed my 3 bet and put me all in or if it is on the FT and the money jump is substantial enough and action before me has been aggressive.
ASMautoneJr
Visionary
Bronze Level
of course not ..... KK in pre flop is all in and that's it ...... if you lose ... you win ... and if you win you win even more !!!
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B1BOMBER
Legend
Bronze Level
Hell yes! There are a few different situations where I don't even have to think about it just dump it! If you have 3 or more go all-in preflop I just dump KK without hesitation. Even if only 1 of them holds an A the others could have suited connectors or AA or even have connectors such as 7 8, 9 10, or A K that can make a straight or 2 pair ect. in a tourney you have to think of the long haul not just think about taking down 1 hand, and in a cash game that could be a very costly mistake. I played 3 tourneys yesterday and lost twice with K K so I look at the total picture and decide. Just remember K K is only a pair and it can be beat!!!!
Momo9292
Rising Star
Bronze Level
inox73
Rock Star
Silver Level
after seeing what happens to tonkaa in scoop my decision is going to say yes, i had to make me a picture about rythm and skills of other players then i decide to play or to fold
(by the way i watched scoop mainevent on stars and saw that one place before they going into pricemoney one player has AA tonkaa KK and another QQ all going all in and AA wons, bitter but so is poker)
(by the way i watched scoop mainevent on stars and saw that one place before they going into pricemoney one player has AA tonkaa KK and another QQ all going all in and AA wons, bitter but so is poker)
peaceofcoke
Visionary
Bronze Level
U can pick ur laptop or phone and go to that corner of ur house u so much very love
peaceofcoke
Visionary
Bronze Level
Preflop, very hard to fold em. I can go 3bet then call 4bet or even allin most of the time. I remember folding them a couple of time this year PF because of 1st the bubble and someone has nme covered 2 to extra tight players who have me covered
Phoenix Wright
Legend
Loyaler
Yes! In a Heads-up game I once was dealt pocket Kings, but my opponent had that "Aces look" and it disgusted me. You know how rare that would be to have KK run up against AA in a Heads-up game? Ugh, seriously. Even live reads with strong confidence tells could easily mean AK, QQ and so on (even exactly one combination of KK since you hold KK too ) and your holding crushes those.
It seemed to defy logic to fold that hand, but I couldn't convince myself into playing it. Yes. Mistake or not, I had the read and knew the "look" and I folded KK face up...my shocked opponent showed me AA!
Ha! How many people are capable of making that rare play correctly? Sounds crazy to say, but yes, I folded KK preflop correctly. Without such a strong read, I don't think I'd ever really consider this in a regular game though - AA or KK is probably all right getting All-In with my chips and if I lose then so be it.
Naturally I think I could also fold AA in addition to KK and such if on a satellite bubble, or some other dramatic spot that might justify it. Even if I was at the wsop Main Event on some money bubble, I think I'd have no second thoughts about going All-In with AA or KK though. KK is simply too strong of a hand to not play.
) and your holding crushes those.It seemed to defy logic to fold that hand, but I couldn't convince myself into playing it. Yes. Mistake or not, I had the read and knew the "look" and I folded KK face up...my shocked opponent showed me AA!
Ha! How many people are capable of making that rare play correctly? Sounds crazy to say, but yes, I folded KK preflop correctly. Without such a strong read, I don't think I'd ever really consider this in a regular game though - AA or KK is probably all right getting All-In with my chips and if I lose then so be it.
Naturally I think I could also fold AA in addition to KK and such if on a satellite bubble, or some other dramatic spot that might justify it. Even if I was at the wsop Main Event on some money bubble, I think I'd have no second thoughts about going All-In with AA or KK though. KK is simply too strong of a hand to not play.
Pokerpoet2
Legend
Loyaler
You have to weigh up the situation as it unfolds, I have on occasion folded Kings pre-flop even Aces, but on other occasions I have called an all-in bet with pocket eights, Why?
Because before the action got to me the player on my left shoved all in and I believed he had an ace at the very least, there were also two other players who called his all-in bet and I then thought perhaps they were playing a similar hand, A/K or A/Q etc.
I didn't think for a second anyone would call with anything less, and even if someone was lucky enough to be holding a big pocket pair like A/A, why did they not raise to isolate? I decided that my pocket eights might improve, where pocket Aces couldn't if the other two players were all-in with A/K or A/Q etc. So I went with my gut feeling, re-raised with my 8/8 and took out 3 players.
Some would say I was lucky, Some might say I was a skillful player, I prefer to think I had a good read on all three players and went with my intuition. Any pair pre-flop has a good chance of winning over anyone holding Ace/Rag, especially if three players had decided to play with A/K or A/Q or whatever.
When the fun Stops, STOP!
Because before the action got to me the player on my left shoved all in and I believed he had an ace at the very least, there were also two other players who called his all-in bet and I then thought perhaps they were playing a similar hand, A/K or A/Q etc.
I didn't think for a second anyone would call with anything less, and even if someone was lucky enough to be holding a big pocket pair like A/A, why did they not raise to isolate? I decided that my pocket eights might improve, where pocket Aces couldn't if the other two players were all-in with A/K or A/Q etc. So I went with my gut feeling, re-raised with my 8/8 and took out 3 players.
Some would say I was lucky, Some might say I was a skillful player, I prefer to think I had a good read on all three players and went with my intuition. Any pair pre-flop has a good chance of winning over anyone holding Ace/Rag, especially if three players had decided to play with A/K or A/Q or whatever.
When the fun Stops, STOP!
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alge0815
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I probably wouldn't fold pocket kings preflop. Except a bubble situation. There are so many situations were you would have the best hand but of course you could be unlucky. Just pocket Aces could get you a better situation preflop and after the flop all is possible. Thats poker.
Baldy86
Legend
Bronze Level
