[MikeL05]

A) You clearly posted with the intent of having people pat you on the back and say "tough beat, man" and are pissy now because many people are making pretty solid arguments against your play.

B) You are being completely results-oriented. If you weren't, you wouldn't have posted at all. You're quite convinced your play was perfect; had it worked, you wouldn't have posted your "bad beat" here. But since it failed, you did decide to post. Seems kind of results-oriented to me.

C) SpaceAce made about the best point possible here. You played this like a medium-strong Ace, far as I can tell. And you got precisely what a medium-strong Ace would want here. The river bet actually looks a bit timid to me, like you're deciding your kicker is no good and want to make a blocking bet.

D) Saying you'd play the same way with A9-AK is sort of moot, because apparently you'd play the same way with 22. What else would you play this the same way with? And note, the more hands you add to this list, the more correct it is for the player with KK to call you down.

E) I don't think a guy with KK is necessarily going to put you on an A when you raise on the button like that. He could easily put you on KT, QT, or even some kind of 98s-type hand. In which case, your river bet again looks like a blocking bet that's giving him 3-1.