Winning with ace high

[David BB]

Played a strange session today in which I managed to win no less than 3 pots with ace high. I'll post my own thoughts later. Here are the hands:

1:

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (7 handed)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP1 calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="CC3333">CO 3-bets</font>, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero caps</font>, MP1 calls, CO calls.

Flop: (13.50 SB) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 folds, CO calls.

Turn: (7.75 BB) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls.

River: (9.75 BB) 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls.

Final Pot: 11.75 BB

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero shows Ad Kh (high card, ace).
CO shows Qc Ac (high card, ace).
Outcome: Hero wins 11.75 BB. </font>

2:

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (7 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, SB calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>,

Flop: (5 SB) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB calls.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, SB calls.

River: (5.50 BB) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 7.50 BB

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero shows Js Ac (one pair, fives).
SB shows 8d Ad (one pair, fives).
Outcome: Hero wins 7.50 BB. </font>

3:

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="666666">4 folds</font>,

Flop: (7.50 SB) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (5.25 BB) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 calls, MP3 calls.

River: (8.25 BB) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP1 checks, MP3 checks.

Final Pot: 8.25 BB

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero shows Ac Ks (one pair, eights).
MP1 shows Jh Th (one pair, eights).
MP3 shows Td Jc (one pair, eights).
Outcome: Hero wins 8.25 BB. </font>

Thoughs/comments?

[MoreWineII]

The other day, I thought I could bluff the river HU with AQ high and take the pot down.

When my opponent called, I knew I had made a mistake.

Imagine my surprise when the chips came my way.

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[bdk3clash]

Value bets, plain and simple. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[David BB]

Was hoping for some more response to my river plays but maybe I shouldnt have posted the results. Heres what I was thinking:

Hand 1: My river bet was actually a value bet. The way the hand had played out I was certain my opponent had high cards so if he had AK I wanted to give him a chance to fold what would otherwise be a split pot. I also felt there was a chance he would call me with a hand like AQ or AJ (which he did!).

Hand 2: Obvious bluff by SB - if he had anything he would often check/call the river instead of betting out, though not always. I was getting 1 to 6.5 on the call though.

Hand 3: Several draws on the board that all appeared to have missed. I wasnt going to get called by a busted draw, so I checked my ace high with the intention of calling if anyone bet.