Can you fold KK???

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KK online is cra**er than live . Many bad beats in all poker rooms and games . Bad beats or bad luck runner runners or bad flips or A river savier for the opponent . You can witness worse fate at freerolls . Not even AA is safe relatively speaking on the long run
 
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It's easy now, it comes with experience, no matter how many chips you have, the main thing is which place or which bank.
 
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Preflop All in I can't fold the hand, because the rage is very strong preflop.
If you playing the KK with 3bet, and someone calls you bet, then if the board coming with A, then you can fold the KK for 100% , but depends of your game style.
If the board is coming not a good for you, even if you hit the top pair at the board maybe, the next card turn can be a bet card for you for sure it's a hard decision with you will make, but it's depends of your decision.
 
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I intentionally folded AA preflop for the first time today. Satellite tournament, 150 seats for 177 players remaining. I was in 80th place or so, folding every hand should get me through. Was almost painful and with a stack of 4 big blinds on the bubble I was starting to have regrets... worked out though.
 
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Of course I can fold after the flop, but you have to watch your opponent, if he cbets a lot on the flop, then I would think twice.
Also, why would someone Cbet a lot if he has A in his hand and on the flop, if he wants to win value, then half a pot is more than enough.
 
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in certain situations i have folded pocket kings
 
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Preflop i think never, only when rest 1 to the money and is a tournament over your buy in
 
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There will be several variables that will make me decide whether to continue in the hand or not.
But depending on the amount of chips I have, I tend to call the first bet.
Poker is very complex and relative, with this minimum amount of information, it is almost impossible to give a more in-depth answer.
 
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You should not rush to take a considerable risk, to bet against the player if he has an Ace or not, may have other stronger hands in sets, generally a shov all-in generally means a powerful hand, double pair, or more, poker requires patience, you must always have an advantage no matter the result, it pays off over time.
 
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I don't like strategies where you have to risk more than 100BB with one hand preflop. KK is the hand that no one wants to throw away, especially during broadcasts of major tournaments.
 
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Yes, it's not that difficult to withdraw from a large bet seeing A on the flop.
 
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In freerolls I always play KK all in, Turn and river can lead to fold that brilliant hand.
 
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All it takes is an A on the flop to get me thinking. Players often call large bets w Ax. Past experience w player would be a factor too.
 
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yes will most likely fold majprity of the time
 
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before the flop i never have and biggest win ever was kk vs aa flopped quads ill take it
 
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depending on the board and how sure enough i am that i am beat, i can fold pocket kings, hard to do, but i have done it to stay in a tournament and collect a prize.
 
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In the meantime.. Could you throw out k-k or A-A? I should see very clearly on the flop that K-K is dead:)
 
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haha I think it's an easy fold because we're losing.
When we play these strong hands we want to jam the chips pre flop but when a card comes up we become uncomfortable with our pair of KK in hand, even more so when there are more players involved the chances of having a pair of A is very high
 
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Sometimes, when you have KK and an Ace appears on the flop, it’s often an easy fold. However, if there’s no Ace on the flop, you might end up losing a significant portion of your chips or even your entire stack. That’s why you should sometimes be thankful when an Ace shows up on the flop.
 
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Absolutely. Depending on the run out. Also if you’re sure you’re up against AA. Sometimes you just know.
 
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