KK on a AAQ flop...

[kinboshi]

Tournament Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/05/09 - 17:02:06 (ET)
Table '49866139 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button

Seat 1: kinboshi (21756 in chips)
Seat 3: mads_lir (16838 in chips)
Seat 4: gus025 (1695 in chips)
Seat 5: redwingfan71 (17860 in chips)
Seat 6: DemonBox (14923 in chips)
Seat 8: miss_mux (24760 in chips)
Seat 9: NDcheeese (23982 in chips)
kinboshi: posts the ante 50
mads_lir: posts the ante 50
gus025: posts the ante 50
redwingfan71: posts the ante 50
DemonBox: posts the ante 50
miss_mux: posts the ante 50
NDcheeese: posts the ante 50
miss_mux: posts small blind 400
NDcheeese: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kinboshi [ ]
kinboshi: raises 2400 to 3200
mads_lir: folds
gus025: folds
redwingfan71: folds
DemonBox: folds
miss_mux: folds
NDcheeese: calls 2400
*** FLOP *** [ ]
NDcheeese: bets 2400



Only note I've got on Cheesey is that he calls with all sorts - otherwise, no info.

[Royal Flush]

Make it 6400

[AlexMartin]

Make it 6400

flat call. options are left open, stack size maintained and it looks stronger.

[kinboshi]

What do you put him on?

[AlexMartin]

What do you put him on?

KQ

[kinboshi]

What do you put him on?

KQ

Unfortunately not! 

[AlexMartin]

he led with an Ace, damnnit, they are getting better

[Longy]

I flat call and re-evaluate on the turn. Few players will lead with an ace here (tho imo it is correct to do so) but by flat calling it achieves a few things. It doesn't blow hands like kq,qj etc off the hand when we make get a value bet in on later streets. It keeps the pot smaller and are options open if we are beat.

[kinboshi]

I did call. 

Then he checked the turn.  That also confused me.

So I checked too.

Then he made a 3200 bet on the river.  I called.  He had A9.  Didn't lose too much all things considered, could have been worse.


He was truly awful throughout the tournament though, and this helped him here.  I really had no clue as to what he had, and I'm not sure he did either.  Later he called a big bet with 88 on a AKx board, and outdrew AK with his 8 on the river (not against me), citing 'pot odds' as his reason...

It just got me thinking as to the best way to play KK on that board - how scared of an ace should I be, if I think I'm ahead do I lead out or raise to a bet?  Or do I just look to minimise losses and move on?