KK In BB Faces Raise From Big Stack (9 man SNG)

[Pascal]

With certainty? I'd love to be convinced if you could explain.

My thinking here is that folding, while weak, doesn't risk more of my chips. Flatting let's my opponent see a flop. If the board comes with an Ace or a straight/flush draw heavy board, I have a difficult time to know where I'm at. Remembering that he has the chips to almost certainly C-bet here. I also set myself up to be set-mined on a middle/low pair. Folding post flop costs me that extra 400 chips that I flatted with.

If my thinking here is faulty, please correct me.

You have Kings. You realise that's the 2nd best starting hand in poker? Why are you so scared of playing it? Why are you talking like seeing a flop with KINGS is a big thing?

[derekeverett]

You have Kings. You realise that's the 2nd best starting hand in poker? Why are you so scared of playing it? Why are you talking like seeing a flop with KINGS is a big thing?

I was afraid I'd get misunderstood with this question. In retrospect, I wish I hadn't of said it was a "tough spot". It really wasn't, it was a clear shove to me. And that's what I did. It was also my last hand of the game.

I realize I was just unlucky here. I got it in a slight favourite, I was simply outdrawn.. that happens. But my range for him was spot on, I suspected he had a monster too and that I was going to be flipping. I flipped and lost.

I was mostly looking to see if anyone else would have played it differently. I don't regret the way I played that hand really, but the fact that folding would have led me to continue got stuck in my head a little so I wanted to get the opinion of some of you is all.

The fact that I had KK wasn't my sticking point. My concern came down to stack sizes really. I didn't feel like my opponent here would be messing with me from the SB for 200 chips. So I didn't think I had much in the way of fold equity in this spot.

I was never scared to get the chips in, I'm just questioning if it was the right call in this specific situation. I realize I would have won this hand 7 times of 10. So it's profitable long term.

Thanks everybody.

[kingmotan]

The fact that I had KK wasn't my sticking point. My concern came down to stack sizes really. I didn't feel like my opponent here would be messing with me from the SB for 200 chips. So I didn't think I had much in the way of fold equity in this spot.

So you're 5 handed in a sng. YOU are the CL with 5.5k chips, there is another big stack with 3k and everyone else has 1.5k.
Blinds are 150/300. Who do you want to be aggressive with? The big stack who sees 3 smaller stacks than him, or the small stacks that have 5bbs and will be obligated to put the money in, hence calling ur shoves much wider?
You want to have the bigger stack on your left so you can shove on him all day long.
Ex: He will fold A2o to your sb shove, however one of the smaller stacks will have to call.

[Poker Orifice]

seems like you're reading a different handhistory than the one that's been posted here (HE IS IN BB.. on 15bb's, blinds 100/200 with KK, facing a min-raise from CL who is in SB).
= easiest shove ever!