$16 - KK 1st hand
 

Push or raise to 600ish?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) by Hand Converter CG

CO (t1500)
Button (t1490)
SB (t1480)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
Hero (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1530)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t80</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t200</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero ??

Re: $16 - KK 1st hand
 

You should be doing whatever you do with your entire re-raising range here, so if you're going to re-raise KK to 600, re-raise to 600 w/ AK as well. This doesn't matter as much vs unknowns but regs will pick up on this.

For the particular hand, he 2.5x raise looks a little trappy and I would think that he'd be content to get it in here pf. I would just be shoving to make your hand look weaker than it is. I think it'd be pretty rare that a villain would call 400 more but not a shove so shoving has more value I think.

Re: $16 - KK 1st hand
 

i think it is about the player, if the reraiser is not a regular i push all in knowing he is going to call with jj qq ak, if he is a reg player and know u are pushing only aa and kk just call. overall at 16$ is nearly always a push i think (sorry for english..)

Re: $16 - KK 1st hand
 

He was unknown.

Re: $16 - KK 1st hand
 

I just shove it. weak players are more willing to go broke early on in sngs with marginal hands. If it is a reg then i would prolly shove as well.

Re: $16 - KK 1st hand
 

I shove.

Re: $16 - KK 1st hand
 

Just shove. 600 just gets awkward when he calls and the flop [censored] us over.

Re: $16 - KK 1st hand
 

I shove it too, I think this actually disguises your hand (opp thinks: OMG he MUST have AK).

Re: $16 - KK 1st hand
 

I shove. If this was AA, I repop to 600 and let him hang himself, because we can get it in on literally more than 99% of flops and be happy. If it was AK, i always shove because i don't want to have to make a crappy decision here on the flop with half my stack in.

Re: $16 - KK 1st hand
 

I raised too 600, the flop came Axx, we both checked and he bet about half the pot on turn and I was realy in a sick spot.
Guess it's too risky with Kings.