Is this a bad Push?

[NORM77]

Party Poker $25 buy in (6 Max)


Im on the Button with KK.... I have $60, Every One Limps to me I raise it $3, CO has $40, and reraises it to $10.

I Push All in...

Would any one do differently in this spot?

[PoBoy321]

So he limp re-raises from the CO? In that case, I call and expect to see QQ or worse. If he has AA, it's a helluva weird way to play it.

[PoBoy321]

Whoops, sorry, I meant to say push and expect to see QQ or worse.

[PokerCat69]

Push is Fine, sometimes I'll reraise the guy $10 and then once he is pot comitted push on the flop.

[NORM77]

Thanks for the feedback,

He called my push rather quickly, and showed the dreaded Aces...

If I min raise his reraise, and he pushes, does any one consider folding?

Party Poker Gods were against me on this one, Im just wondering If i could have played or should have played this hand a bit more carefully considering this guy was the only guy at the table that could take a good size chunk out of my stack?

[PoBoy321]

Actually, I just realized something. This was 6 max right? So the CO is really like UTG + 1, right? What was the texture of the table? Would he expect a raise behind him where he could pop you back afterwards? I'm not saying that I'd lay down kings in your situation, I'm just curious.

[NORM77]

He was loose aggressive as well as another player, the table was lively but for the most part there had been a lot of limping... I my self was playing pretty tight and had not been raising many pots, in other words, there was no way he was counting on me doing the raising for him.

[aiel]

I used to care but at the party $25, anytime someone reraises me and i have KK and 50xbb stack, its an instant push. No regrets. Yes i have been whacked by AA but I've seen all types of hands flipped over from 1010-AA, AK, AQ etc.

If we both had big stacks like $100, I slow down and try to play for a smaller pot if possible.

[TheWorstPlayer]

He limps, you raise, he re-raises. What hands do you put him on? I say most likely AA/KK/QQ/garbage/maybe lower pairs. But it depends on the opponent. And the likelihood of each category depends on the opponent.

You push. What hands can he put you on? AA/KK/maybe QQ. That is WAY too narrow a range. There is no way that he can make a mistake against you. He is folding a small pair, he is folding garbage, he is folding QQ probably, he is calling AA/KK. If you just call, then your range of hands stays much wider. Probably AA/KK/QQ/JJ/AK/AQ maybe even lower pocket pairs or AJs or whatever. So, you will probably lose the same amount to AA, but you will get a lot more out of hands like QQ or JJ if you just call and don't push.

[AncientPC]

Party NL 25 vs limp reraise from CO? Push. They probably have a small or PP and are trying to win the dead money in the pot, if not they hope you have overs and it's a race.

[NORM77]

Thats a good point.

Thanks.

[NORM77]

I guess that is my question... Strategically speaking when I have a Premium Hand like KK and am playing against a deep stack, should I be playing aggressively and trying to win his stack or should I be playing carefully and protecting my stack... Im sure this depends on reads as well.

[amoeba]

I've seen dumb limp reraises from the button with AA.

But most of the time (and really thats what most of us are playing for) you have the better hand preflop.

[TrailofTears]

I call this and see a flop. If there isn't an ace out there, I push him. If there is, I can let it go. If it is K-high or lower, I don't fear anything since my other option would have put me in without this option. For me, Call, look for an ace, and push him if none.

- ToT