Chatting with a friend about losing with KK on the first hand

[Mr. Curious]

All-in with KK says:
You know what's crisp...

Mr. Curious says:
What is crisp?

All-in with KK says:
Going all-in pre-flop with pocket kings, getting called with 65 off-suit, and they flop two fives to knock you out

Mr. Curious says:
Why would someone go all in rather than just raise?

All-in with KK says:
Because it's a free tournament and people call ridiculous bets.

All-in with KK says:
Why wouldn't you want to go all in with kings when you feel you have an 85% chance of getting called?

Mr. Curious says:
because your tournament life is at stake and you want to make the most out of your kings. That is not saying that it is a bad play, just that all-in is not necessarily the best play.

All-in with KK says:
It's free man... it's all good. You get 3 people knocked out on the first hand and 2 more the next hand. I think it the best move... when you have aces or kings and you think you'll get called by one or more people when you push, you should do it

Mr. Curious says:
that is fine in that kind of tourney and probably any other situation

All-in with KK says:
In a real money tournament you don't want to be heads up with aces or kings?

All-in with KK says:
+EV!

Mr. Curious says:
I'll take it as long as I am willing to accept losing with it. Like if I was in the $10,000 World Series event and it was the first hand, I would proabably do it, but it would be tough to lose on the first hand, no matter how high the EV was

All-in with KK says:
Well, part of me sees that... but the other part is... man if you double up that first hand you're making it to the second day

All-in with KK says:
The buy-in shouldn't affect your decision making, should it?

Mr. Curious says:
Theoretically, it should not. However, it might if you are not psychologically ready for the game you are in.

Mr. Curious says:
I am not saying I would or would not play the hand, just that I would need some time to think about it. The mental devastation from losing the hand could cause such long term damage that the positive feeling from winning the hand would not balance it out.