Should I fold my K/K to two all ins pre-flop?

[justaskjulie]

MTT freeroll on Pokerstars. We are about an hour into it, and there are about 1100 people left, and I'm currently at 49th place, sitting on about 33,000 in chips. On other person at my table with a larger chip stack (about 37,000).

I have K/K.

UTG goes all-in (with about 3k)
I raise it to 6k
BB (table chip leader) goes all in with his 37K in chips.


Should I call it or fold my pocket Kings?

[JOETHEGRINDERSDAUGHTER]

Definite push to me. It's a freeroll , he could have anything. You beat everything but one.

[drmcboy]

make sure to post the blinds and antes in any hand you post. It's easier to just post the text from stars itself, even better if you use the hand converter.

In this case, though, it doesn't matter. I doubt there is any circumstance in a freeroll you should fold KK pre flop.

[JR9477]

I'd call, you still have a long ways to go, and are going to have to take some risks at some point in the future. This is probably one of the best opportunities you will ever get.

[justaskjulie]

Blinds were 200/400. I'm not really sure how to get to the text on PokerStars to post the hand that way.

[v diddy]

Agreed. I think I shove that every time in a free roll.

[overtop69]

Questions I have....what position were you in? What type of player was the BB, tight or loose? What was his previous play like? These are all questions that once answered can be determining factors in a play such as this. It is a hard fold...but I have done it many times when I knew I was beat. As for the remark that it is only a freeroll, sorry but I don't buy into that mentality. If you are going to play, bring your A-game, no matter what the stakes. Just my opinion....good luck on and off the felts. BTW....did you win the hand?

[justaskjulie]

I was 3 after UTG (who had raised with the small all-in). Honestly, I hadn't paid enough attention to really get a feel for how the BB had been playing (side effect of doing 3 things at once - oddly I play better this way - because I'm more patient). I agree with your comment. I play the same regardless of whether or not there is real money on the line.

[justaskjulie]

BTW....did you win the hand?

Ididn't post the outcome originally because I wanted honest answers to what poeple would have done.

I did call the all-in. BB had A/A, UTG had A/K. Nothing hit, so BB took it and put me out.

[drmcboy]

Blinds were 200/400. I'm not really sure how to get to the text on PokerStars to post the hand that way.

While you are playing, in the upper left corner there is a long number you can click on to see the hand that was just played (and grab the HH if you want).

After that, in the stars client:

Options -> Instant Hand History Options

Click My Hand Historys and give it a location, this save all your HHs to your hard drive.

I play the same regardless of whether or not there is real money on the line.

This is great, but you need to understand that most people don't view free rolls this way and unless you have a specific read to the contrary you should assume people are much looser in free rolls and micro BI MTTs than normal poker logic would suggest.

[justaskjulie]

Blinds were 200/400. I'm not really sure how to get to the text on PokerStars to post the hand that way.

While you are playing, in the upper left corner there is a long number you can click on to see the hand that was just played (and grab the HH if you want).

After that, in the stars client:

Options -> Instant Hand History Options

Click My Hand Historys and give it a location, this save all your HHs to your hard drive.

Thank you for that. I will try it next time a questionable hand comes up. I really appreciate you taking the time to share those instructions. I had looked at the converter on here, but hadn't been able to figure out how to get from A to B.