Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Mac
I don't subscribe to the theory that you must ALWAYS raise and reraise to infinity pre-flop with KK, i think many times when you 3-bet/4-bet preflop you are allowing a worse hand to escape. I am aware that this is blasphemy around these parts
In both cases he was re-raised before the flop and opted to smooth call. With AA and KK you want to get in as much money pre-flop as you can. The re-raises allowed him to do that. Why wait until the flop "so they can catch something" when they have shown a willingness to put money in before then?? You also have to remember that hands like JJ, QQ and KK could every well be scared of the flop if an over(s) come. If you have AA and someone has QQ, you're going to have an easier time getting money out of them pre-flop than on a flop such as K,A.7...

At lower limits I think betting anything less than 3 BB with AA or KK is generally a mistake. You do want to push out worse hands and hope to maybe get 1-2 callers. If you don't let worse hands get out then you're giving them a chance to catch up and become better hands than yours. You don't want to be playing AA or KK multi-way.