TPTK.....Do you let up?

[PokerBob]

Any reason to play this any differently?

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, <font color="CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, BB folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (6.50 BB) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (12.50 BB) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 14.50 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 14.50 BB, between Hero and SB.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by SB (14.50 BB).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
SB has Ac As (three of a kind, aces).
Hero has Kc Ah (two pair, aces and kings).
Outcome: SB wins 14.50 BB. </font>

[Gatts]

Hard to put a guy on the last 2 aces or kings in the deck. It happens.

[Yerma]

Hi PokerBob...

A good policy would be to 4-bet preflop. You do this for value and also for information. Normally, you shouldn't throw raises in just for information, but when it is combined with a raise that is justifiable for value--that is often good aggressive play.

Where is the information? Ok, you put in the 4th bet preflop, now suppose the flop is K-high and he bets, you raise, he puts in 3 bets...now you have 7 straight bets of information about his hand! He must have AK, AA, KK, flopped a set, or be crazy. If he has a strong hand, you pay off and hope to chop the pot. If he is crazy and has no hand, well, capping the flop may get him to just fold at this point and you won't get the bets he would have just bluffed into you. Do you now understand now how being a man and capping preflop without the nuts is *very very* strong?? /images/graemlins/laugh.gif:D

With this information, you don't have to raise the turn even when you hit top two prs because there is no longer any value in doing so.

Ok, only now I have read your results in white. See? I am a genius! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif lol