Ok well I have been playing nl poker for about 2 years and consider myself a decent to good player, understanding pot odds ,positioning and implied odds pretty well..I just want to know what everyone thinks of the following play...I was playing a 5-5 nl cash game..im in middle position and i find king king in the hole..I gently raise to 25 and a caller behind me raises to 50 and the last guy calls the 50 so its back on me now..I see the pot being at $125 now, so I decide to raise all-in with $303 both guys call..now the guy after me flips ace-king off and the guy behind him(he was short-stacked) pulls ten ten..this is a $800 dollar pot and ofcourse the flop comes a-q-4, turn ace, river 6...Did I do something wrong or is this simply bad luck..I thought the $303 was enough to price-out a stupid ace-king off considering he knows hes getting a coin toss at best..please reply guys..

Welcome to the site!

You put your money in with the best hand and got outdrawn.

Kings vs AK vs TT : Win 56%

AK : wins 24%

TT: wins 18%

what I wanted to know was at the 5/5 nl level isnt there supposed to be a compilation of players that have a pretty good understanding of the game..I understand that ones perception varies from another but would the right decision not have been for him to FOLD his a-k off,considering my bet and the fact there was one more guy behind him tht called his original $50 bet so he had to of atleast put the other guys on some firing power like a-q bringing his outs down............WHAt im asking i guess is was his call justified....thanks for the reply

No. There's just supposed to be people with the minimum buy-in available to there right now. If the house made you take a Poker Aptitude Test, they were messing with you.

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