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 AA's in tournament, noiseboy, 16. May 2003 09:35 | ||
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| Ok, here's the situation. You are dealt AA's in early position and raise the pot. Your image is pretty tight, so you consider limping, but a loss at this stage of the tournament would be disasterous as the blinds are about to get ugly and it's getting close to the final table. You only get one caller out of the blinds. The flop comes K-8-3, pretty much ideal for the AA's, although you'd certainly like more players. The blind checks to you. When heads up, and already aware of your tight image, do you go ahead and bet, or just check behind, trying to get him for the larger bet on the turn? I know it's risky, but it's likely he would've bet with AK or KQ, so chances are he has something decent but missed the flop, maybe he has a hand like 99's or TT's or even JT or something; however, there is the chance he was trying for the check raise. There is also the danger that he defended his blind with something like KTs, in which case a check is giving him a free chance to beat me. Ok, I should mention at this point that I'm running a bit low on chips and it's getting close to the final table, so the argument for the slower play is that you need more chips to compete for the big prize. The actual result is that I bet him out on the flop, which was definitely the safest course, but since all the money is at the top, I'm left wondering if it would be OK to have tried to milk this hand for more. Thanks! | ||
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| Re: AA's in tournament, Risky Business, 16. May 2003 11:13 | ||
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| You sound desparate for the blinds, so anything coming 'in' is worth it. Maybe try checking this time, but don't let him get a free card off the big bet. Brass Balls Move: If it's No Limit, and you're already in the money, wait all the way, then push all-in, hoping he doesn't find a set or 2 pair on the last 2 cards. That'll keep your blood pumping!!!! on 16. May 2003 09:35 noiseboy wrote: > Ok, here's the situation. You are dealt AA's in early position and raise the > pot. Your image is pretty tight, so you consider limping, but a loss at this > stage of the tournament would be disasterous as the blinds are about to get ugly > and it's getting close to the final table. You only get one caller out of the > blinds. The flop comes K-8-3, pretty much ideal for the AA's, although you'd > certainly like more players. The blind checks to you. When heads up, and > already aware of your tight image, do you go ahead and bet, or just check > behind, trying to get him for the larger bet on the turn? I know it's risky, > but it's likely he would've bet with AK or KQ, so chances are he has something > decent but missed the flop, maybe he has a hand like 99's or TT's or even JT or > something; however, there is the chance he was trying for the check raise. > There is also the danger that he defended his blind with something like KTs, in > which case a check is giving him a free chance to beat me. > > Ok, I should mention at this point that I'm running a bit low on chips and it's > getting close to the final table, so the argument for the slower play is that > you need more chips to compete for the big prize. > > The actual result is that I bet him out on the flop, which was definitely the > safest course, but since all the money is at the top, I'm left wondering if it > would be OK to have tried to milk this hand for more. > > Thanks! | ||
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| Re: AA's in tournament, noiseboy, 16. May 2003 11:17 | ||
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| Heh heh, that play is certainly "risky business"! | ||
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| Re: AA's in tournament, gunbuster, 16. May 2003 23:22 | ||
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| I'd probably bet big on the flop in most cases. I've got a low stack and picking up the pot now would be a good win. If you let him hang around, it'll be hard to figure out where you're at and it's already going to be hard to lay down your aces. I'd probably make my stand on the flop and hope that the opponent is holding something dominated like AK... | ||
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| Re: AA's in tournament, shorn, 19. May 2003 05:59 | ||
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| Take the pot. You have two outs to a better hand than you have now and he potentially has the rest of the deck since he called from the blind. How pissed would you be if you slowplayed and he won the pot with K5s when the 5 came? Your hand is by no means a monster yet, so I don't think slowplaying is an option here. | ||
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