Back to the same game I've been playing, some familiar faces, some new.

Big guy with big stack at the other end of the table has been making raises to $35 with 55 (these guys somehow just love these little pairs).

Now, UTG, he raises to $50 PF, and I'm looking at KK in MP. Everyone folds to me. I guess in Cloutier spirit, I might actually fold them, but I simply can't. My stack is $370 or so, and I make it $200. He comes over the top all-in, having me covered big time. I call, and he turns over AA. I'm not feeling particularly good about this, as one can imagine--much better, however, when a K hits the turn. I think the entire casino heard my victory cry on that card. So, I doubled up...

And, horrible as it sounds, I made about the best play of my life at that point: I left the table. Impolite, I know (and I apologized to all), but at these stakes, moving in as underdog is about all my nerves can stand.

Actually, I'll have to follow a bit of a possible tell on this guy. It rather looks like his raises are proportional to his hand. While he makes these pesky little pair raises himself, the $50 bring-in may also be his "solution" to the problem. I actually think it's a rather bad one, except that it shuts out the short-stacks at the table. But there were also 2 stacks in the $400-$500 range there (and mine close behind), who actually can draw to the set with him out of position and losing big if they hit, presumably.

At this "high raise potential" table, I think I'm going for the limp-re-raise on AA/KK from UTG, anyway. I just need to remind myself, if it is limped around rather than raised, to retain the ability to get away from it if things start looking bad. And if it's raised, I think the answer is just a clear-cut all-in if the pot is sizeable.

Nice to hit those 2 outers every once in a while...

Which is why you should almost never fold KK preflop