Hi All,
I was playing in a cash game, 20/40 no limit, when I got dealt pocket rockets. I was in late position and every one had called before flop up untill the guy before me who raised about 200. I re-raised him 500 and he responded by re-raising me 800 after everyone else folded.
I put him at KK for such a big re-raise but I was obviously leading with AA bearing in mind that AA will win 88% of the time in a heads up, I went all in for a little over 1500, he called. So now there is about 3200 give or take a few quid in the pot and we have not even seen the flop yet.
Sure enough he turns over KK and I turn over my AA, at which point I bet he was gutted. But the Poker Gods where not smiling on me as the flop came down…………K K 6
Nightmare, he flops 4 of a kind and I know I need and absolute miracle to save me now, which of course does not happen. So, did I do the right thing going all in or should I have just called the 800 and saw the flop? If I had I would have saved myself 700 but of course if the flop had been different and I went all in with my remaining 700 he most likely would not have called if an Ace had come up or a...