Re: Slowplayed Kings
By calling preflop he gets the BB to come along, he could be putting you on a position raise and not want to fold you out if he thinks if he calls you will fire a Cbet. Sure he gives another player a chance to outdraw him but being KK hes already really strong. If BB decided to make a raise over both of you hes going to put his stack in preflop so hes not worried about that, its just an additional couple hundred chips in the pot.
On the flop its a rainbow flop, no real draws out there so nothing to be afraid of unless someone hit a set or 2 pair, in which case him leading or checking not goin to matter, if he bets and someone raises AI he'd call. By checking hes hoping the BB bets or you fire a Cbet, he could then raise and maybe push you out, by why raise when hes still probably ahead.
The turn cards could give you a multitude of draws, either straight or flush draws, he wants you to commit with you whatever you have or your draw for the last card. The entire time he has masked the strength of his hand. Sure he risks the chance someone has outflopped him but he probably decided that unless an A came out he was putting his entire stack in by the end of the hand regardless of what came out, maybe even if an A did show.
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