A lot of beginners think that the KK is a terrible hand because they keep losing with it. The way to play this hand is EXACTLY as above with the AA. You play the KK from any position with a 3x or 4x raise pre-flop. The only thing you have to look out for is if an ace falls. If you raised correctly pre-flop, and you have one or two in with you, there is a pretty good chance of either or both having an ace. At this point, you have two options.

The first, and right thing to do is to check, and when they raise, fold it down. It’s hard to muck 2 kings, but you pretty much have to. You are beaten unless a K comes on the turn or river. If they are slowplaying their pair of aces, take as many free cards as you can. If you can catch the 3rd king because some yahoo decided to be sneaky, they are beat. Most will raise, and if they do, I wouldn’t chase them. There are only 2 cards in the deck that can help you at this point, so the odds are very much against you.

The second, and more aggressive, way to play is to keep betting like you have AA. If you bet KK exactly as you bet AA, and you had one of these hands previously at this table, they won’t know exactly what you have.

The reason to keep betting, and betting big, is to make them question their kicker. It may end up costing you, but if they just followed you in with, say A9s, and the flush isn’t a possibility, and you keep hammering away, you may make them crack and fold by making them think you are in with AA, AK, AQ, AJ, or AT.

This works quite well actually against folks that have the ace and the ten or lower. You most likely WON’T be able to make someone with AK, AQ or AJ fold it down. These folks are assuming they have hthrow at them will deter them.

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