AA Turn Decision

[Jazza]

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MP2 ($94)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($100)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Button ($136.25)</font>
SB ($110.5)
BB ($91.8)
UTG ($96.35)
MP1 ($92.5)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif. Hero posts a blind of $1. SB posts a blind of $0.5.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero (poster) raises to $2</font>, Button calls $3, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls $2.

Flop: ($9.50) 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, Button calls $6, BB folds.

Turn: ($21.50) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $15</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $45</font>, Hero ??

I feel like a total n00b for not knowing what to do here

this is my first hand at the table, but i have some stats on villian: 23/6 over 187 hands, seems pretty average

[warlockjd]

Raise to $5 preflop.

I can't see you beating a lot of the hands that he's raising here, KQ, 77 being the usual suspects.

Could be a pair and a heart draw tho.

I say muck, but watch every pot villain is in and take a lot of notes so you will know what to do on him next time.

[Jazza]

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Raise to $5 preflop.

I can't see you beating a lot of the hands that he's raising here, KQ, 77 being the usual suspects.

Could be a pair and a heart draw tho.

I say muck, but watch every pot villain is in and take a lot of notes so you will know what to do on him next time.

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what's wrong with a 3 BB raise?

[warlockjd]

Because AA prefers to play heads up and raising only 3 BB may bring in the button and both blinds.

This will put you in a lot more tougher situations postflop, and makes a lot more flops scary and a lot more turn cards scare cards.

[Jazza]

i see what you mean, but short-handed i still think 3BB is a fine raise, in my experience a 3BB raise here doesn't get called by 2 people very often

[warlockjd]

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i see what you mean, but short-handed i still think 3BB is a fine raise, in my experience a 3BB raise here doesn't get called by 2 people very often

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Okay. How about getting th most value that you can out of the best starting hand, and maximize it's chances of winning the optimally sized pot?

[Jazza]

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i see what you mean, but short-handed i still think 3BB is a fine raise, in my experience a 3BB raise here doesn't get called by 2 people very often

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Okay. How about getting th most value that you can out of the best starting hand, and maximize it's chances of winning the optimally sized pot?

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i like to keep my preflop raising fixed so people can't read me from my bet sizes

[BuddahShark]

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i see what you mean, but short-handed i still think 3BB is a fine raise, in my experience a 3BB raise here doesn't get called by 2 people very often

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Maybe 3bb is optimal with AA if this is a very tight game, if so, you need to get out of that game. At least 4bb is pretty standard with premium holdings in your position IMO anyway. Good luck.

[warlockjd]

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i like to keep my preflop raising fixed so people can't read me from my bet sizes

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Fair enough, but I really reccommend making 5 BB your standard raise.

Another option, which appears to opponents to randomize your raise sizes (and achieves the same unreadableness):

Make your standard raise 4 BB, but always add an extra BB for each limper already in.

So sometimes you will open rz to 4 BB with AA on the button, and sometimes, with 4 limpers you will open rz to 8BB on the button with JJ.