Questions about folding Cowboys and top two pairs

[Art Vandalay]

******* Hand 1 ********
I, myself, am one to almost never fold KK, but does this situation seem to warrant it, even a little bit? UTG is 20/12/14 over 160 hands, no reads on BB.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $71.45
UTG+1: $39.15
CO: $36.10
Button: $46.50
Hero: $56.10
BB: $21.65

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif
<font color="#cc0000">UTG raises to $2</font>, 3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $8</font>, BB calls, <font color="#cc0000">UTG raises all-in $71.45</font>, Hero?

******* Hand 2 ********
I guess I'm looking for comments on how I played this hand overall. By the time the vilian (30/18) pushes I have the feeling I'm beat, but think I'm too commited to fold.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $50.55
UTG+1: $35.15
CO: $61.10
Button: $49.75
Hero: $95.40
BB: $13.15

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif
UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 raises to $1.75</font>, CO folds, Button calls, Hero calls, BB calls.

Flop: K/images/graemlins/club.gif T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 6/images/graemlins/club.gif ($7, 4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 bets $3.75</font>, Button folds, Hero calls, BB folds.

Turn: Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($14.5, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $13.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">UTG+1 raises all-in $29.65</font>, Hero?

[BukNaked36]

Hand 1 - instacall - extremely aggressive villian, and the big push usually means 99-JJ. Usually AA is keep them on the hook by reraising to 20.

Hand 2 - instacall - villian is mid stack and probably pushes AK, AA, big diamond/club draw here too. Top 2 for 80BB is a no brainer for me.

Based on your comments, I assume you lost both of these. Based on ranges for villian, I think these are very reasonable calls to make. All you can do is put villian on a range and act accordingly.

[Abramovic]

Both are calls for me.

[Neeek]

I agree that both are calls. The first one I am not happy about, as I think you will see A/A as much as anything else in this situation. The second one to me is a little easier. Villain could have a straight, but thats a hand you are just going to have to eat and move on . . . you are ahead too often to worry about it, especially given the action and pot odds, etc.