Quote Originally Posted by Toe
Another example is the first round of a freezeout tournament when an opponent goes all-in and you hold KK. Unless you know your opponent may make this move with a range of hands you cannot call. KK is not a good enough hand on which to go out of a tourney in the first round - only AA qualifies on this score.
I totally dont understand this? Your behind to 1 hand. I would be licking my lips at the chance of a first hand double up.
Cloutier and McEvoy are clear on this point - you should not allow yourself to be knocked out of a tourney in the first round when holding KK and your opponent holds AA.

It is only the first hand - the tourney has a hell of a long way to go and you will get opportunities to accumulate chips. If you've worked hard to qualify for the tourney you will kick yourself when your KK loses to AA.

I saw it happen in a live freezeout tournament (£250 entry) in my local casino the other night. The bb raised the pot. The player UTG reraised large and the bb called. Flop came three rags. The bb bet, the UTG raised and the bb called. The bb's KK lost to the UTG's AA and was eliminated.

The bb afterwards claimed there was nothing she could do.

Oh yes there was. The UTG player, who has a reputation of being a good player, tight but aggressive, knows that you shouldn't go out of a tourney in the first hand with KK and so he wouldn't have played the hand as he did unless he had AA. The bb didn't understand this and didn't give sufficient consideration to this possibility. She spent eight hours thumbing through magazines waiting for the tourney to finish!

had she folded her KK when the signs were ominous, she would have lived to play on.