Anyone lay down KK here?

[over_c]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (10 handed)

saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

MP2 (t1293)
MP3 (t6422)
CO (t4019)
Button (t7040)
SB (t6278)
BB (t2840)
<font color="C00000">UTG (t1533)</font>
<font color="C00000">UTG+1 (t4074)</font>
UTG+2 (t2527)
<font color="C00000">Hero (t3139)</font>

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t1533 (All-In)</font>, <font color="CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t4074 (All-In)</font>, UTG+2 folds, Hero ???

This is the first time I ever considered laying down KK pre-flop. Would anyone make that move?

[AceKQJT]

with just over 10xBB, this is exactly what you have been waiting for. I'd put my tourney on the line without a second thought. If 1 of the players holds A-A, you still have outs. I suspect you are up against a big Ace and a smaller pair.

--Casey

[eMarkM]

No way. UTG+1 could be trying to shut out other callers with all-in to isolate UTG with a variety of hands. Could easily have AK here.

Results: I know, I know, you called and he had AA, right? You probably don't post otherwise. But this seems like a fairly easy call even if you did get cold decked in this particular instance.

[ohkanada]

Call.

Maybe fold if someone makes the 3rd raise before it gets to you, or if both raisers are extremely tight. I have folded KK once pre-flop and it wasn't in a tourney.

Ken

[SossMan]

this is a very easy push.

[over_c]

No, this is not a post where I got beat. UTG had JJ, UTG+1 had QQ. My kings held up and I nearly tripled up on the hand.

This was great outcome for me. I considered folding for maybe 5 seconds and then came to my senses. I figured UTG+1 would have flat called w/ AA trying to get someone else to re-raise him. So I called and was very pleased with the results.

How I managed to screw myself later on in this satellite tournament is detailed in the "Selected tournament hands from yesterday" post.

[Toro]

Call. The all-in raise that UTG+1 made is one that I make with QQ all the time.

[fnurt]

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this is a very easy push.

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yes it is!

the question is not whether one of them MIGHT have AA. of course they might! but the call is still a huge +EV opportunity.

[wizard]

Had this same hand in the same situation come up last week. Made the same play after a similar thot process and was crippled by the AA in the big stack hand. Still think that I made the right play so no regrets. You did it just right.

[SossMan]

you are most likely up against two aces here....fortunately for you, they are likely in separate hands.