Guaranteed 10K at Pacific--hand question

[ghostface]

about 10 minutes in i have 1200 chips and am dealt KK:

Edit: Blinds are 15/30
UTG raises about 150 (he has about 800 chips)
I reraise the minimum
he pushes

what should I do??

[durron597]

What are the blinds?

[MrX]

knowing pacific call..by the way I hate the min reraise preflop here.

[ghostface]

Should I have pushed in hopes he folds?

[Percula]

Considering the way that game goes you are most likely up against A(x) or A(face) or less likely a lessor pair.

Based on that I push with QQ KK AA at this stage of this tournament and take the coin flip. If you are not at about $T10K by the end of the first hour (which means winning a couple of these) you are not likely to finsh well into the money.

Expect to get called by more than one person...

[ghostface]

Well he pushed I called and was left with 342.

He turns over AJ of spades and proceeds to get three spades to beat my kings. Thats my story in this tournament. I've finished third, 35th and in the 300's countless times because of these horrible beats. My AA's have been beaten on three occasions. I guess its just the fact that the ppl at Pacific Poker are loooooose.

[MLG]

The bad beat police are very good at sniffing out bad beat stories disguised as help questions...........they will find you.

[ghostface]

Haha, I know I make this sound like a bad beat story. I often have problems with these Multi Table tourneys early on because I dont know what kind of playing strategy to adopt to gain the most chips and hang on for the later rounds. I guess I just have to be more aggressive in the future with KK because if I run into AA well thats just my luck.

Thanks for the help

[nsj]

KK is a monster, especially in that tournament where you often terrible play and open raises from early position with TKo, JQo, or worse, especially in the first hour.

I'd make it 500 to go, and call if (when) he pushes.

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Well he pushed I called and was left with 342.

He turns over AJ of spades and proceeds to get three spades to beat my kings. Thats my story in this tournament. I've finished third, 35th and in the 300's countless times because of these horrible beats. My AA's have been beaten on three occasions. I guess its just the fact that the ppl at Pacific Poker are loooooose.

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