I Keep Dreaming of This WSOP Hand...

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Not to steal LFT's thunder, but after he started up his "Imaginary WSOP Hand" threads, I found myself dreaming of hypothetical hands at night. There is one, in particular, that really bothers me. I think this one bothers me because I) I am not entirely comfortable playing deep-stacked, II) My biggest fear is going broke on the first hand, and III) I never know what's the best way to play against unknowns.

So, would love to hear how you guys play this hand.

First damn hand of the Main Event. You're obviously excited to be at your first WSOP. You recognize no one at your table. Villain in this hand is wearing a Party Poker tee-shirt. Blinds are 25/50.

You look down at red Kings in the CO. Folded to UTG+1 who raises to 150, UTG+2 calls, and it's folded to you. You reraise to 850. UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls. 1925 in the pot.

Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. UTG+2 checks, you bet 1350. UTG+2 now raises to 4500. Besides puking, what's your move?

Note: You are not Phil Hellmuth.

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My friend has qualified through a European site and has a warm-up $1000 event and a consolation $1000 event if he gets knocked out on the first day. His expenses are paid and he gets $1000 cash if he wins nothing.

If I were in his shoes, I would push this pre-flop. I simply wouldn't want to piss about, shaking with nerves and with no reads, on the very first hand, with KK. I understand that this is hardly the greatest play in the world but I am not the greatest player. I'd be ready to play very tight until I had some reads and felt comfortable. Frankly, I'd be willing to 'waste' a big hand pre-flop rather than try and play it correctly, reraising and then getting out played on a draw-heavy or ace high flop. I would then play extremely tight for a while, and, next time, have a clearer idea of whether villain is really going to call reraises with a pair of eights.

As played, I check behind and raise or bet most turns.

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Obviously, their is some disagreement on what is the right play on the 1st hand of THE major event after being c/r'd, but why the **** would we check behind on this flop? Several people have suggested this. If you are checking behind on this flop with KK, then you should be checking behind on every single hand that you REraise preflop, until you hit the nutz, then you should bet and fold everyone out on your nutz hand.