KK on the bubble. Party $33

[xJMPx]

I'm assuming everyone will say push, but I'm asking because the small stack is so short and KK has been less than 50% for me over the last few days.

Villain has made some loose, but not terrible calls to get his stack. I've been raising a lot lately without showing my cards.

Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 4: virgil_329 (880)
Seat 7: Armyof1 (2430)
Seat 8: DevinLake (2530)
Seat 10: blupher (2160)
virgil_329 posts small blind (75)
Armyof1 posts big blind (150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to DevinLake [ Kd, Kc ]
DevinLake raises (300) to 300
blupher raises (2160) to 2160
blupher is all-In.
virgil_329 folds.
Armyof1 folds.
DevinLake ????

[deathpotato]

The small stack has 6BB (that's not that short) and the fact that KK has been running at less than 50% over the last few days means exactly zilch. Call. Hell, you're even still around if you lose.

[splashpot]

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and KK has been less than 50% for me over the last few days

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Why do you even mention this? What does it have to do with anything?

[xJMPx]

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and KK has been less than 50% for me over the last few days

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Why do you even mention this? What does it have to do with anything?

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Just to give a little background as to why I might be a little timid here with KK. Just wanted to verify my bubble play. I know ICM theory says you have to be winning a very high % here for it to be +$EV.

Don't worry, I understand that previous KK hands have no influence on future KK hands.

Have you stolen any blinds in previous hands? If so, I can see villain pushing with anything from AK-1010, in which case you are a huge favorite if you call.

[nyc999]

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I might be a little timid here with KK.

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Then I won't say anything about the UTG min-raise.

Be happy someone pushed. Call every time. Then call again.

[the_joker]

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the small stack is so short and KK

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He's not that short.

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has been less than 50% for me over the last few days.


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This is meaningless.

[Nicholasp27]

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KK has been less than 50% for me over the last few days.


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then you must be due!!!! /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Nicholasp27]

call this 100% of the time that he doesn't flip the cards face-up to show you AA

and i would advise against min-raising there...you should raise 3bbs if you are gonna raise...

and if you fold here with kk, you make it correct for that guy to push all of your min-raises against you, since you will only call when you have aa

[xJMPx]

My thinking behind the min-raise was that I had been raising a lot and this might induce the short stack to come over the top, rather than fold. Otherwise, and you can note this if you play the $33s, I almost never min-raise with less than KK. But I also rarely limp, because I do want them to pay to hit a lucky flop.

Anyway, I called and here's the result:

DevinLake calls (1860)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8d, 6s, 5c ]
blupher: don't keep picking on me....
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2s ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 7c ]
** Summary **
DevinLake [ Kd Kc ] [ a pair of kings ]
blupher [ 7s 7h ] [ three of a kind, sevens ]

[downtown]

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Otherwise, and you can note this if you play the $33s, I almost never min-raise with less than KK.

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Duly noted.

This is a bad beat post!

Bad beat but if you don't call here with KK then you shouldn't be playing this game. And I know you know that even though KK has now lost even more than you said, you should be calling a push every single time with this hand (unless for some reason you are certain you are up against AA, which would be a hell of a read).

If it makes you feel any better I hate sevens this week as well considering I called a bluff push with two pair and lost out to 7 on the turn and then 7 on the river to give him the trips win. I just about put my fist through the computer /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[New York Jet]

This question reminds me of...

My girlfriend asked me to do a threesome with her and her super-hot girlfriend. Should I dump her?