$7 S&G on Stars. Blinds 25/50. Hero on the hijack with 1415, Villain in the BB with 1405. He's a TAG reg 18/15/4.6
All fold to Hero who has AA. Hero raises to 125.
Cutoff, button and SB fold.
Villain raises to 300.
In a $7 S&G I'm usually shoving here but we know each other well enough that that I'll only push back with a monster. If I re-raise then he'll fold at least 99 - JJ and AQ+ so...
Hero calls.
Flop K57 rainbow.
If he's got AK then this is a great flop. KK is a concern and he's going nowhere with lower pocket pairs.
Villain checks. Hero bets 350. Villain calls.
I don't think he's reraised with 55 or 77 so I now have him down to precisely three hands. AA, KK or AK. The fact that he's got the brakes on me seriously concerns me about KK.
Turn 7: Board: K577
This doesn't change anything. The pot is now 1325 and I have 765 behind me.
Villain checks.
I'd much prefer to check this down but there's no way I'll get the opportunity. If I see the river then he'll shove and I probably have to call anyway. I decide to take the initiative and...
Hero is all in for 765.
Villain calls.
Villain has KK and I'm waving goodbye to my stack.
As with most AA v KK then I doubt there is much I could do about this. If I'd shoved then I would have got called and been sucked out on anyway - no big deal as I'd be a big favourite - but I did want to try and get some value against exactly that kind of hand from this particular opponent. I think the shove on the turn is fine too as I'm heavily invested at this point and he may still show AK.
I suspect that this is just a standard cooler but I'd be interested to know if anybody thinks this could have been played differently.
