Small stack, level 5, did I (KK) make the right move?

[fat-johnny]

First time trying to post using the hand converter.

I was small stack, and got KK. Should I have went all in pre-flop?? I thought I made the right play, but ultimately was ousted from the tourney. It was my fifth loss in a row of the night. Time to quit.......quit disheartening.

Did I make the right play, or am I a dummy? Was this what you guys would consider a "bad beat"??

Thanks,
Fat Johnny

PokerStars Game #5529328160: Tournament #27948934, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/07/11 - 21:14:43 (ET)
Table '27948934 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: SkulkinBugsy (3415 in chips)
Seat 2: fat-johnny (1170 in chips)
Seat 4: bigpoppa10 (2035 in chips)
Seat 5: dnisk (2000 in chips)
Seat 6: rschloss (1505 in chips)
Seat 7: Lebond (1980 in chips)
Seat 8: Pynkielee (1395 in chips)
Lebond: posts small blind 75
Pynkielee: posts big blind 150

PokerStars (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Preflop: fat-johnny is MP1 with , . SB posts a blind of 75.
UTG raises, fat-johnny raises, 5 folds, UTG calls.

Flop: , , (2 players)

Turn: (2 players)

River: (2 players)

Final Pot:
Main Pot: > Pot won by UTG ().

Results in white below:
UTG has Js Jd (three of a kind, jacks).
fat-johnny has Ks Kc (one pair, kings).
Outcome: UTG wins .

[taipan168]

Hi and welcome to FTR! This is super standard, nice hand. You got your money in as a 4:1 favourite, not much more you can ask for, you just got unlucky.

[Warpe]

The converter seems to be screwed but I assume it all went in preflop. Unlucky. NH.

[fat-johnny]

The converter seems to be screwed but I assume it all went in preflop.

Yes, it all went in preflop.

I just plugged it into cardplayer's odds calc. It says I was 80/20 preflop, 95/5 after the turn. Odds dont make the money, winning the hand makes the money!!

Oh well,
FJ

[taipan168]

I just plugged it into cardplayer's odds calc. It says I was 80/20 preflop, 95/5 after the turn. Odds dont make the money, winning the hand makes the money!!

True, but you have to look at how you would or would not play the hand differently, try to get your money in good and the rest is up to the poker gods. Remember, poker is a long term game and even if you are an 80/20 favourite you will end up losing 20% of the time. Sucks when you end up out but over the long term you'll end up ahead. Also, when you have AA and KK, by far the best outcome is that all the money goes in preflop.

BTW download pokerstove (www.pokerstove.com), it's much easier than those web-based calculators.