KK with a flopped A ($33 table)

[Scuba Chuck]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB (t955)
UTG (t470)
UTG+1 (t1685)
UTG+2 (t685)
Hero (t755)
MP2 (t775)
MP3 (t605)
CO (t185)
Button (t1095)
SB (t790)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t90</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 calls t90, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB calls t75, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t300) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, MP3 calls t100, SB folds.

Turn: (t500) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets t225</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t725

<font color="blue"> thoughts? </font>

[Jman28]

Raise more preflop. Otherwise, I like it.

-Jman28

[Alpha Fhish]

Scuba, it seems we are all having trouble with KK. Please read my post about KK and respond.

-Fhish

[LeVoodoo]

I think you played it well postflop Scuba. I like the bet on the flop, it tells you everything you need to know.

[spentrent]

I think that laying 4 to 1 on the flop 4-handed invites a weak A, a Q, and even a gutshot to call. All of these could be lurking in this hand, with their CEVs growing with every caller.

I'd probably bet 200+ here and hope to either take the pot with the best hand or steal the pot from a weak A. I can imagine a typical player in the early levels calling your pre-flop raise with a weak A but having the restraint to dump A2-AT and any pocket pair.

However, if I'd seen the flop heads up, I'd probably bet around 100 with the intention of firing another round on the turn if I'm called, but folding to a raise.

BTW, I'd do the same holding a strong A in both situations.