1/2 - Would you do anything different?
I seem to run into these big hands consistently and be at the losing end. I know its variance, and in the long run I will be a very wealthy man. Thought I would share this hand to show that donkeys are alive and well and out to get me 
Get dealt KK, in SB and it is raised to $30 and called by four other players before it gets back to me. This is actually a high number of callers for this size of raise. I have $450 and the largest stack has around $600. I decide to try and take the pot down and raise to $150 (was this too small? I guess I was concerned about the big stack if I went all-in). The initial raiser calls and the big stack folds (whew) and there is one other caller. Pot stands at $500+ pre-flop. Not bad for 1/2 eh. Both of the other players only have about $100 left.
Flop comes 663rainbow (one spade). The spade is relevant later on. I decide to check to see if I get any action. I'm not too worried about the pocket sixes and maybe I got called by A3 or A6 suited. But for $150 raise, very unlikely. The original better also checks and the third player goes all-in for his last $100. I call instantly and he shows Q8 of spades. I guess he had decent odds pre-flop to call but $150 of a $250 stack w Q8s? Of course he hit spades runner, runner to take down the $700 pot. I did manage to work my stack back up to $475 but it would have been nice to crack the $1k mark in a $1/$2 game for the first time. Wish me luck at TS tomorrow.
Get dealt KK, in SB and it is raised to $30 and called by four other players before it gets back to me. This is actually a high number of callers for this size of raise. I have $450 and the largest stack has around $600. I decide to try and take the pot down and raise to $150 (was this too small? I guess I was concerned about the big stack if I went all-in). The initial raiser calls and the big stack folds (whew) and there is one other caller. Pot stands at $500+ pre-flop. Not bad for 1/2 eh. Both of the other players only have about $100 left.
Flop comes 663rainbow (one spade). The spade is relevant later on. I decide to check to see if I get any action. I'm not too worried about the pocket sixes and maybe I got called by A3 or A6 suited. But for $150 raise, very unlikely. The original better also checks and the third player goes all-in for his last $100. I call instantly and he shows Q8 of spades. I guess he had decent odds pre-flop to call but $150 of a $250 stack w Q8s? Of course he hit spades runner, runner to take down the $700 pot. I did manage to work my stack back up to $475 but it would have been nice to crack the $1k mark in a $1/$2 game for the first time. Wish me luck at TS tomorrow.
Comments
push the flop man, like everytime. don't give someone hope they can bluff you out and don't give an underpair a chance to catch up. chances are, for just 100, he's calling anyway but what a horror story.
I would have pushed with these two other players only at about $100 more left but for some reason I was worried the big stack might have aces. Not sure why but I guess I wanted to preserve my starting stack and not have this be the last hand. Thanks for the simpathy
If you are worried about someone having Aces you might as well muck the kings. Preflop, get all in to prevent the A-rags and junk calling for "pot odds" (I love when people say they have pot odds to call junk)
Figure at that point with the 450 shove the only person calling you has AA and with a random flop you will end up putting it in the middle anyways (I don't see many people getting away from KK with a random rag filled board)
AA-KK shove preflop with that many callers, unless you can 100% be certain someone has AA.