Today has been a weird day for K-K

I've managed to get it 3 times with a different result every time!

The first time was plain crazy. I had some guy on tilt after taking most of his stack when my trip Jacks beat his 2 pair. Luckily he was sufficiently low in cash that this beat didn't sting too bad. Anyway, after his whinging he immediately raised 8x BB. I looked down at K-K and called. I really wasn't sure if this was tilt from him or not. Well just the 2 of us saw the flop and I wanted to avoid an ace - naturally. The flop came down Q-6-7 rainbow. He proceeded to push all-in. Now it was only $15, but it was a big overbet to the pot. I figured he couldn't have Q-Q because he would have slow played them on that flop. He may have A-A of course, in which case I would be unlucky. I figured he had A-Q and decided to call. I was well in profit at this point from him, so even if I lost this hand, it wouldn't hurt too much.

Imagine my surprise when he turned over 8-2 off suit!!! lol, I was jumping for joy at catching him on tilt. The joy faded though, quickly. Remember that flop? Q-6-7 ... well the turn was a 5. I was thinking "Please don't do this to me...", but alas the poker Gods didn't listen. River was a 9 and he hit his straight. I was gutted. K-K crushed by 8-2 off suit.

The second time was also a bit cruel. I got K-K UTG and raised. It was re-raised behind me which sent alarm bells ringing but I called. The flop stopped us both dead. 5-6-7 all spades! Neither of my Kings was a spade. We both checked. Turn was an 8. Check check again. River a 9! A straight on the board! Check check again and he showed J-J. Damn board robbed me as we split the pot. If that flop hadn't been so scary I would have bet out and possibly taken it down. In hindsight, that's what I should have done anyway.

Finally, I got a bit of luck the third time. Again I had K-K called by late position. The other player didn't have too much cash in front of her. The flop was Q-Q-J. I bet out, she called. I'm a bit worried about hands like A-Q here. I didn't like her flat call. Well, the turn was another Q. I bet out, she pushed, I called. I wasn't sure of anything here but she didn't have enough cash to make me fold. I was only worried about A-A or quads. Anyway, she showed J-J and my full house beat hers. I felt sorry for her because she flopped a full house and had me beat. It was unlucky for her a 3rd queen hit.

Finally, I busted K-K myself with 6-7 suited. He min raised pre-flop so it was an easy call. The flop came down 3-4-5, with 2 of them spades (my cards were diamonds). A great flop for me obviously. lol. He bet the pot. To push out any flush draws, I raised it up quite a bit. He came back over the top all-in! Such a large re-raise kind of put my mind at ease about the flush draw. I hadn't got him down as a donk so I certainly didn't think he would go all-in on a flush draw. I called and his K-K simply had no chance against the straight and I doubled up nicely. He did a bit of cursing, but mainly at himself. He thought I might have hit the straight but hoped I was drawing and trying to push him out. He was gracious enough to acknowledge the hand and took it well.

So today has been a love-hate time for me and K-K, but at least I have made a profit from it eventually