Which hand is toughest to play?

[Big Mac]

Full ring game. A-jo UTG or A-10o first in from MP?

I've seen arguments to raise, limp, or fold these pre-flop.

Discuss.

Big Mac

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[sthief09]

AQ gets my vote

[MoreWineII]

TT. I rarely play it aggressively enough.

[Redeye]

My vote is for pocket 9s in MP

[Kaz The Original]

AJo and ATo in EP and MP respectively are ridiculously easy to play. You're only going to be looking at them a few moments before they hit the muck. AQ UTG, now that's the quintessential problem.

[Redeye]

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AJo and ATo in EP and MP respectively are ridiculously easy to play. You're only going to be looking at them a few moments before they hit the muck.

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AJo is a very easy play from UTG, I raise with it almost 100% of the time. ATo in MP2+ is also an easy play, I will always open raise w/ it and will always raise with one limper as well.

[mistrpug]

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AJo and ATo in EP and MP respectively are ridiculously easy to play. You're only going to be looking at them a few moments before they hit the muck. AQ UTG, now that's the quintessential problem.

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You either play too tight or play in really tough games.

[Smasharoo]

AJo and ATo in EP and MP respectively are ridiculously easy to play. You're only going to be looking at them a few moments before they hit the muck.


You're folding AJ in EP? I'm honestly curious why.

[ElSapo]

Agreed, TT and 99 I don't play aggressively enough. 88 seems small enough I don't feel the need to pound with it, though I know others do.

The AT/AJ question is simple, I'm raising both of those spots.

[sthief09]

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Agreed, TT and 99 I don't play aggressively enough. 88 seems small enough I don't feel the need to pound with it, though I know others do.

The AT/AJ question is simple, I'm raising both of those spots.

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for some reason, I find hands like TT and 99 really easy to play. the overcards give me trouble sometimes, as do hands like TPTK

[Redeye]

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for some reason, I find hands like TT and 99 really easy to play. the overcards give me trouble sometimes, as do hands like TPTK

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I always get in trouble with hands like 99 or 88 when I open raise in MP or raise a loose limper or two in LP and the flop comes with something like a J,Q, or T on it. For some reason I really seem to struggle in those spots.

[Vern]

It depends....

AJo and ATo can be limped in from each position in nice passive games, but unless I am targeting a maniac down the line who likes to three-bet I don't find raising them from the respective positions profitiable in typical or tight games. If I am at an aggressive table, I dump them from those positions if most of the aggression seems sane.

I checked my PTdb and found that with AJo UTG I fair better limping than any other tactic and with ATo UTG I would fair better to fold, although when I take out the two times I played it LAGGISH at a 2+2 table, it is neutral for open limping from MP.

Vern

[jason_t]

raising with AQo UTG after a 3-bet from a strong player