if you look closely only two of the four hands were all in preflop... The KK in very very rare instances do i lay this down pre-flop. I have no problem pushing all of my chips with this hand 90% of the time. these are those instances..
1. you have this unbelievable read on your opponent and you know he would not reraise you or anyone else there unless he had AA. remember although any hand can win in holdem there are very few hands that will actually call your all in to your KK. and all but one of them your at least a 2:1 favorite, a lot of times better than that. ( we are talking heads up hands here ) And that only one is aces, but you only run in to aces when you have kings about 3 - 4 % of the time anyways so i dont fold it much and have no problem pushing in with it. If i push with KK and run into AA, its just my time to go.
2. There is so much action ahead of you, i'm talking two and three players ahead of you all in pre-flop, although you might very well have the best combination hand preflop one of those random hands is bound to beat you.
3. you are very close to the money, or very close to the next money bracket and it is a big jump in the money and you dont mind waiting a few more hands. I have only done that twice with KK in over 18 months of play.
The 88 all in was after i was crippled by the KK vs KQ runner runner flush hand. If i'm correct i think i was down to 590 in chips and blinds were 100/200... i had less than 3XBB i'm pushing with 88 there 80% of the time, you cant wait much longer for anymore hands.
understand what i mean?
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