Play in mid position shoved the opening hand from mid position in a $4.40 MTT.

Folded KK from the BB.

Figured he had aces and didnt want to risk the lot first up.

First time ever folding KK pre flop.

Turns out he shoves Q9s second hand lol

Not folding KK preflop ever in a MTT, and very rarely in a cash game.

I'd never fold without reads, people do some pretty retarded stuff. Open shoving for no reason qualifies imo.

Don't focus on the fact that they 'could' have AA, try to think about all the hands they could hold. Some people might be capable of open shoving QQ, or rarely AK or JJ. As long as you can expect to be against worse hands more against good hands it's worth a call.

If you see someone fold 50-100 hands in a row, and then open shove, that's more likely a fold. (Which actually happens in microstakes cash a lot)

Originally Posted by daniel1

question for yous. u rase with kk and u get 1 caller. and theres an ace on the board. how do u play ur kk? usually i would just fold because the ace inless i have a good read

Play the hand as if you have AKo or some strong ace. You raised preflop you need to control the action and maintain that you have the hand that you began to represent {Ax}. Now if you get some serious pushback with some reraises or shoves on flop then you can let it go... but I am going to be raising KK on A-x-x flop to get as much info and value out of the hand

Originally Posted by daniel1

question for yous. u rase with kk and u get 1 caller. and theres an ace on the board. how do u play ur kk? usually i would just fold because the ace inless i have a good read

Same way you'd play any 2nd pair, it depends on reads/board texture.

Yeahhh this sounds so profitable in the long run...