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Do you ever fold a pair of kings preflop?
If I only had the strength.
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I haven't, ever! The biggest hand I have folded pre flop was pocket jacks - I had to think long and hard about it. We were one off the money and there was a raising war with the other big stack.

There has been a couple of times when playing online when there has been a 3 or 4 bet, and I have pocket kings. In my head I told myself they have Aces, but I always call - a couple of times they have aces.

Kings is just to hard to fold pre flop!

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Never.

The textbook says to treat kings like aces, and I fully agree. 

When they lose to pocket aces, well... That's just bad luck, and we know, luck does play into Holdem to an extent. 

The only time I would suggest you fold them, is if you have a sure read on your oppenent(s). In an online game, this aspect is almost never at play.

My logic come's from Doyle Brunson. I trust Doyle's logic. 

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@Kid4life
Replied to comment 5 years ago

I never folded KK and probably won't, but I know a guy who folded AA preflop to a 400$ in the dark shove by some random fish. He explained that if he lost the pot he would also lose over 350$ in profit. "It was not worth it" in his book.

I think that's the dumbest thing I ever heard in my life.

Props to Doyle, a true legend!

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@Futuremind
Replied to comment 5 years ago

I recently folded Aces in a tournament. The only reason, was because 3 other people were all in, and aces, despite being a "made" hand, have terrible odds against that many all ins. Pocket pairs in general have less outs, and sometimes, you might find yourself in the position where folding is the correct move, based on odds.

Heads up is an entirely different story. I would never, EVER fold aces or kings, preflop all in heads up. I can't find any logic to do so. You are always the favorite in the scenario.

Oh yeah, Doyle is the man!!!

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