KK vs AA...can you stop losing $$??
Don't mean to make this sound like bad beat, because it wasn't...just wondering if I could have pulled out of it at all?
Lately, I've been taken a beating on playing my KK hole cards. The last four times I've been dealt them, I've come up against AA each time, and have lost a good chunk of my buyin, or lost a tournament, because of it. Here's an example from last night's round. My read on the villian is that he was a solid player, didn't play any mediocre hands that I saw, but when he did play, he would raise all the way to the river. When he didn't raise postflop, I figured him on AK or AQ, or maybe a flush draw, but that was not the way he had been playing up to now.
0.50/1 Texas Hold'em Game Table (Limit) - Mon Jan 16 18:54:40 EST 2006
Table Table 66447 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: lou504 ( $17.63)
Seat 2: action000 ( $11)
Seat 3: GoingGray ( $33.25)
Seat 6: Opie12345 ( $24.50)
Seat 7: vat7nik ( $20)
Seat 8: elimiNATE86 ( $30.13)
Seat 9: mtrider77 ( $13.87)
mtrider77 posts small blind (0.25)
lou504 posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GoingGray [ Kd, Kc ]
action000 folds.
GoingGray calls (0.50)
Opie12345 raises (1) to 1
vat7nik folds.
elimiNATE86 folds.
mtrider77 folds.
lou504 calls (0.50)
GoingGray calls (0.50)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8s, 7s, Ad ]
lou504 checks.
GoingGray bets (0.50)
Opie12345 calls (0.50)
lou504 calls (0.50)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Kh ]
lou504 checks.
GoingGray bets (1)
Opie12345 raises (2) to 2
lou504 folds.
GoingGray raises (2) to 3
Opie12345 raises (2) to 4
GoingGray calls (1)
** Dealing River ** : [ 6c ]
GoingGray bets (1)
Opie12345 raises (2) to 2
GoingGray raises (2) to 3
Opie12345 raises (2) to 4
GoingGray calls (1)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $19.75 | Rake: $1
Board: [ 8s 7s Ad Kh 6c ]
lou504 balance $16.13, lost $1.50 (folded)
action000 balance $11, didn't bet (folded)
GoingGray balance $23.75, lost $9.50 [ Kd Kc ] [ three of a kind, kings -- Ad,Kd,Kc,Kh,8s ]
Opie12345 balance $34.75, bet $9.50, collected $19.75, net +$10.25 [ As Ah ] [ three of a kind, aces -- As,Ah,Ad,Kh,8s ]
vat7nik balance $20, didn't bet (folded)
elimiNATE86 balance $30.13, didn't bet (folded)
mtrider77 balance $13.62, lost $0.25 (folded)
I have been reviewing this quite abit, and other than maybe raising preflop, I don't think I would have done anything differently. I'm just thankful it wasn't more money, as I could have easily capped pre and post flop just as well as on the turn and river.
Like I said, I've had my K's cracked by A's the last four or five times I've been dealt them. Could I have gotten away from this one in particular?
Lately, I've been taken a beating on playing my KK hole cards. The last four times I've been dealt them, I've come up against AA each time, and have lost a good chunk of my buyin, or lost a tournament, because of it. Here's an example from last night's round. My read on the villian is that he was a solid player, didn't play any mediocre hands that I saw, but when he did play, he would raise all the way to the river. When he didn't raise postflop, I figured him on AK or AQ, or maybe a flush draw, but that was not the way he had been playing up to now.
0.50/1 Texas Hold'em Game Table (Limit) - Mon Jan 16 18:54:40 EST 2006
Table Table 66447 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: lou504 ( $17.63)
Seat 2: action000 ( $11)
Seat 3: GoingGray ( $33.25)
Seat 6: Opie12345 ( $24.50)
Seat 7: vat7nik ( $20)
Seat 8: elimiNATE86 ( $30.13)
Seat 9: mtrider77 ( $13.87)
mtrider77 posts small blind (0.25)
lou504 posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GoingGray [ Kd, Kc ]
action000 folds.
GoingGray calls (0.50)
Opie12345 raises (1) to 1
vat7nik folds.
elimiNATE86 folds.
mtrider77 folds.
lou504 calls (0.50)
GoingGray calls (0.50)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8s, 7s, Ad ]
lou504 checks.
GoingGray bets (0.50)
Opie12345 calls (0.50)
lou504 calls (0.50)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Kh ]
lou504 checks.
GoingGray bets (1)
Opie12345 raises (2) to 2
lou504 folds.
GoingGray raises (2) to 3
Opie12345 raises (2) to 4
GoingGray calls (1)
** Dealing River ** : [ 6c ]
GoingGray bets (1)
Opie12345 raises (2) to 2
GoingGray raises (2) to 3
Opie12345 raises (2) to 4
GoingGray calls (1)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $19.75 | Rake: $1
Board: [ 8s 7s Ad Kh 6c ]
lou504 balance $16.13, lost $1.50 (folded)
action000 balance $11, didn't bet (folded)
GoingGray balance $23.75, lost $9.50 [ Kd Kc ] [ three of a kind, kings -- Ad,Kd,Kc,Kh,8s ]
Opie12345 balance $34.75, bet $9.50, collected $19.75, net +$10.25 [ As Ah ] [ three of a kind, aces -- As,Ah,Ad,Kh,8s ]
vat7nik balance $20, didn't bet (folded)
elimiNATE86 balance $30.13, didn't bet (folded)
mtrider77 balance $13.62, lost $0.25 (folded)
I have been reviewing this quite abit, and other than maybe raising preflop, I don't think I would have done anything differently. I'm just thankful it wasn't more money, as I could have easily capped pre and post flop just as well as on the turn and river.
Like I said, I've had my K's cracked by A's the last four or five times I've been dealt them. Could I have gotten away from this one in particular?
Comments
Tough hand.
You REALLY think you can put him on AA or just MUTB...BS...raise and lose to one of the only 2 hands that beat you.
If you track your stuff, crack open your Poker Tracker, look up KK and see the % of times you've won with it.
It happens.
P.S. Cap pre-flop.
Frustrating, yeah...but I'd rather be dealt pocket KK than rags any day!
Only in no limit could you have had any % chance of folding KK and in this particular hand no, you need to lose your stack if you get to the turn.
No way because at some point you have to think he may hold a set/two pair when he keeps raising on a rag flop.