could i? could you?...

[bmwguy525 0]

Friend is playing a 200 dollar buy-in at a local casino and first place is like $50,000. He's normally a really good player, and he was excited about his chances in this tourney. Anyways like 40 minutes into it, he only played one hand and laid it down on the flop, so he has most of his starting chips in tact when he picks up KK. Some guy up front raises it four times the blind. Friend reraises triple the guy's bet. Guy calls. Flop comes: A K 2. Guy up front bets and friend goes all in with his set of kings. Guy calls immediately with trip aces :shock: and my friend is gone.Now my friend's all mad saying he shouldn't have done that. I can see where he's coming from considering the guy called that big of a reraise, but can you really put someone on having pocket aces in this situation?? Could any of you gotten away folding this hand?

[Guest XXEddie]

a) unless he is able to fold it pre-flop you cant get any at that pointB) I think I know your friend....is his name Phil Hellmuth?

[KDawgCometh 2]

short answer, no. the other guy could've had AK, or AQ or who knows and lus he hit second set. it just sucks the other guy had top set, just bad luck

[jonnyz 0]

No one with any poker sense would or should fold trip kings on that flop, if he was so sure the guy had aces he should have mucked preflop.

[Backler 0]

I seriously doubt anyone would fold trip k's there. Of course, there's always the "unless" part, but that early in the tourney, could anyone have a solid enough read on a stranger to put them on a's preflop?

[UglyJimStudly 0]

Set over set is not normally a hand you can get away from, nor should you try. Sucks that it happened in the second hand he played to end his tournament, but such is poker. Just gotta keep an even keel and keep on playing the good hands - easy to say, hard to do, and absolutely critical.

[Guest XXEddie]

Set over set is not normally a hand you can get away from, nor should you try. Sucks that it happened in the second hand he played to end his tournament, but such is poker. Just gotta keep an even keel and keep on playing the good hands - easy to say, hard to do, and absolutely critical.

no it isnt. You can get away from it but you will lose more times than win.

[Awful 0]

If you don't go broke with a set in a raised pot, when someone turns a higher set, give up poker. Dropping middle set in that situation is a sign that you outsmart yourself and you're too weak-tight to go far anyways. You win big more than you go broke since there's a range of hands that will give great preflop action. That's why you have a bankroll, so you can gamble, not to pay blinds while you're waiting for the absolute mortal nuts.

[Socrates 0]

Short answer: most likely wouldn't get away from the hand (that is without knowing a lot fo information).What kind of player was the guy with pockets As? Has he been playing a lot of pots, how many times has he shown down, what did he show down, was it always the nuts? Had he called any reraises prior to that? If so, what were the bets and what did he do when the flop came. What were the blinds and chips stacks at the time? etc... Hell, you didn't even tell us what game he was playing!Your asking a question that can not be given a real answer without us knowing all of this information and most likely we would need more. He got beat, it happens to a lot of people in a tournament - in fact it happens to all but one.