KK just outside the money

[temp0r]

Now I'm thinking, Is it better, in that situation, to just call the re-raise, and bet the flop if no A falls

damn right.

you have to go for a weaker stratergy near the bubble. with hands that can get you into trouble in big pots. this will also help promote a tight image which you can later exploit towards the final table..

[snoopy1239]

Just lately I have been busted out of the late stages of 4 comps while holding KK

Each time I had better than average chips

It was the same scenario every time, I raise, he re-raises I go all in, he calls

I have lost once to AA, twice to AQ and once to AK, in the last two cases, the A has fallen on the turn or the river

Now I'm thinking, Is it better, in that situation, to just call the re-raise, and bet the flop if no A falls

If I had, I would probably have won 3/4 and escaped with a playable stack from the one where the A flopped

What do you think?

Keep plugging away RED. You never know, a big win might be just around the corner. 

[Jayb]

I’ve experienced this from both sides

Twice in one buy-in tournament I hit pocket K’s, I raised, 1 runner reraised I go all in, they call and show pocket aces. I can’t see any way of avoiding this even with a flat call pre-flop unless you see an ace on the flop, If they bet your chips are going in the pot.

On the flip side, it was down to 6 runners on a final table, I was 2nd chip leader on the BB With pocket Q10 off suite I raised the pot after 1 flat caller who had about a 3rd of my chips he flat called again, flop came down Q 7 2, I checked he put in a small raise so I went all in he called turning over KK.
Maybe I just played it wrong but after my raise pre-flop which was about half his chips if he goes all in I would of probably folded so this time his flat call paid dividends.

[JungleCat03]

Now I'm thinking, Is it better, in that situation, to just call the re-raise, and bet the flop if no A falls

damn right.

you have to go for a weaker stratergy near the bubble. with hands that can get you into trouble in big pots. this will also help promote a tight image which you can later exploit towards the final table..

The bubble is one of the key areas where you can  pick up chips tho. Everyone else is playing tightly to dodge the bubble. You should be playing looser here where you have a lot of folding equity.

If you reraise allin when someone raises and you have Kings, often they will fold. More often than in ohter stages of the tournament. When they call u will nearly always be a strong favourite. Reraising all in is the best way to protect your stack in my view as you will rarely be called and when you show Kings, your steal raises will have more respect at a crucial time when you want to be stealing a lot of blinds.