[rikz]

I'm pretty sure that over the last 30K hands I've played that every time I've called an all-in three bet preflop with KK that my opponent had AA. In all that time, I've never folded KK preflop. Once, I flopped quad kings against the aces, but the other times I just went on to lose my stack. I'd like to say that flopping quads was because my skills at poker were better than the guy with aces, but that just isn't the case, now, is it?

I realize this KK question comes up a lot and it actually has its own section in the FAQ post, but I think I'm going to start reconsidering my "Never fold KK preflop unless you hate money" philosophy. I mostly play NL 100 on party, full ring, and I just don't see full stack, regular players going all-in 3-betting with anything other than AA.

Now, if I suspect that the villain is a loon, or he is playing "short stack" poker with 25 BB at a 100 BB max buy-in table, then I insta-call every time.