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This "push all-in preflop with K-K every time" mentality seems to be carried over from tournament play, where it might be acceptable in the latter stages, but in a cash game it makes no sense. As has already been said, your opponent is going to fold all the hands you have dominated, and call with aces.

Folding K-K preflop seems like it should be standard play if you're getting raised and reraised huge.
Exactly.
Quote Originally Posted by aislephive
It's foolish to fold your kings to any pre flop raise. One time in twenty four (at a full table) you will be up against aces, the other twenty three however you'll be up against AK, AQ, QQ-88
Its foolish to think that those hands will call your PF all-in.
Look two posts above yours, somebody called with jacks. I've seen people call with much worse, too. If somebody went all in PF I would call with kings every day and twice on sunday.
So? One time I had a guy call all-in with 10-7 suited. That doesn't mean it's likely to happen.
96 percent of the time you have KK, you won't be up against AA. The 4 percent of the time you're up against AA, you'll win around 20 percent of the time. You can fold thinking you've made some brilliant read, and occasionally you'll be correct, but usually you'll miss your opportunity to make a lot of money. I wouldn't place my entire BR on KK, but how could you not risk one buy in with KK?
When you're up against completely random hands, then it's very unlikely that you're up against A-A, but that isn't the situation. I'm stipulating that you're getting raised and reraised preflop, which means the hands you're up against are no longer random. They're hands your opponents would be willing to make these plays with. For most decent opponents, the only reasonably likely hand is A-A when 2 of the 4 kings in the deck are in your hand.