KK in early round raising war

[skirtus]

No reads on anyone yet. UTG has made this same pre-flop raise on the last 4 hands. I felt my raise was big enough to get heads up with the UTG preflop. Would a push have been the best play? How do I play the flop?


Party Poker $10+1 No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed)

UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t785)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t800)
MP3 (t715)
Hero (t775)
Button (t770)
SB (t725)
BB (t800)
UTG (t1030)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t65</font>, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls t65, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t200</font>, Button folds, SB calls t190, BB folds, UTG calls t135, MP3 calls t135.

Flop: (t815) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets t15</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP3 raises to t200</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero ???

[durron597]

160 in the pot when it gets to you? 20% stack increase is good enough, and you should have no problem getting called preflop with KK! Just pushin preflop, and you won't get in this situation.

[async]

I'd have raised a bit more preflop. I would not have pushed in. I'd probably raise ~T350-400. I just think with T150+ in the pot, you're offering too generous of odds to weaker hands, especially AK/AQ/AJ. In a lot of places, they'll push in and you can call with the best hand.

That said, I'd probably push in here. You can take out AJ/QQ and a lot of draws, and the pot is offering you better than 2:1. There's just no laying down the overpair here. I wouldn't necessarily say you'll win 50%+ here, but I think you'll almost certainly win more than 1 in 3.