ATs and ATo

[Sasnak]

In reading the questions and answers in SSHE I noticed that ATs is considered a Big Broadway hand while ATo was a Little Broadway hand. Why is that?

I really find ATo a difficult hand to play and will often fold it preflop almost anywhere (With the exception of LP or in a steal attempt).

To me ATo doesn't hit 2/3 of the 1) High card 2) Suited 3) Connectedness which SSHE advocates. On a side note, I will raise it to isolate a loose limper though.

How do you play your ATo?

~

[mrh86]

PokerStars Game #2231017875: Tournament #10400821, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/07/31 - 15:16:38 (ET)
Table '10400821 258' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: mrh86 (4002 in chips)
Seat 2: karaoke_dj (7295 in chips)
Seat 3: volcano2 (1195 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: GeorgeMichae (7010 in chips)
Seat 5: jackell22 (565 in chips)
Seat 6: N.D. Mikker (970 in chips)
Seat 7: van174 (4620 in chips)
Seat 8: mror (3278 in chips)
Seat 9: Maynard (1675 in chips)
Maynard: posts small blind 50
mrh86: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mrh86 [Th Ah]
karaoke_dj: folds
volcano2: folds
GeorgeMichae: folds
jackell22: raises 465 to 565 and is all-in
N.D. Mikker: folds
van174: folds
mror: calls 565
Maynard: calls 515
mrh86: folds
*** FLOP *** [As Jh 5h]
Maynard: checks
mror: checks
*** TURN *** [As Jh 5h] [3h]
Maynard: checks
mror: checks
*** RIVER *** [As Jh 5h 3h] [3d]
Maynard: checks
mror: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Maynard: shows [8h 8c] (two pair, Eights and Threes)
jackell22: shows [Ad 6d] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
mror: mucks hand
jackell22 collected 1795 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1795 | Rake 0

[tongni]

This post is now about posting ATs and ATo hand histories.

ATs:

***** Hand History for Game 2427384649 *****
$20/$40 Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, July 26, 14:35:01 EDT 2005
Table Table 52179 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: lisa4sd ( $1715.14 )
Seat 5: STONEY1 ( $1154 )
Seat 8: tongni5 ( $1712.50 )
Seat 9: poker_shen ( $1985.50 )
Seat 10: SkillBox ( $599 )
Seat 7: dq911 ( $1595 )
Seat 6: boweevil9870 ( $124 )
Seat 4: vgupta ( $152.50 )
Seat 3: therejustIS ( $286 )
Seat 1: lchung ( $1000 )
vgupta posts small blind [$10].
STONEY1 posts big blind [$20].
lchung posts big blind [$20].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to tongni5 [ Td Ad ]
boweevil9870 folds.
dq911 folds.
tongni5 raises [$40].
poker_shen folds.
SkillBox folds.
lchung folds.
lisa4sd calls [$40].
vgupta folds.
STONEY1 calls [$20].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, 9c, 4c ]
STONEY1 checks.
tongni5 bets [$20].
lisa4sd calls [$20].
STONEY1 calls [$20].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2h ]
>You have options at Table 51974 Table!.
STONEY1 checks.
tongni5 bets [$40].
lisa4sd calls [$40].
STONEY1 calls [$40].
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
STONEY1 checks.
tongni5 checks.
lisa4sd checks.
STONEY1 shows [ Tc, 5c ] high card jack.
tongni5 shows [ Td, Ad ] high card ace.
lisa4sd doesn't show [ Kd, Th ] high card king.
tongni5 wins $327 from the main pot with high card ace.

ATo:

***** Hand History for Game 2415049097 *****
$20/$40 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, July 23, 18:16:21 EDT 2005
Table Table 51993 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 8: tongni5 ( $1467 )
Seat 2: seabass09 ( $1515.07 )
Seat 7: MuteGiant ( $480 )
Seat 5: max132se ( $843 )
MuteGiant posts small blind [$10].
tongni5 posts big blind [$20].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to tongni5 [ Ts Ac ]
>You have options at Table 52179 Table!.
seabass09 folds.
max132se raises [$40].
MuteGiant folds.
tongni5 raises [$40].
>You have options at Table 51966 Table!.
max132se raises [$40].
>You have options at Table 52179 Table!.
tongni5 calls [$20].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 4s, 5s ]
tongni5 checks.
max132se bets [$20].
tongni5 calls [$20].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2c ]
tongni5 checks.
max132se bets [$40].
tongni5 calls [$40].
** Dealing River ** [ 4d ]
tongni5 checks.
max132se bets [$40].
>You have options at Table 52179 Table!.
tongni5 calls [$40].
max132se shows [ Kc, Kd ] a full house, Fours full of kings.
tongni5 doesn't show [ Ts, Ac ] three of a kind, fours.
max132se wins $368 from the main pot with a full house, Fours full of kings.


See the difference?

[bernie]

Looks like you play it fine.

You answered your own question to a certain degree...

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In reading the questions and answers in SSHE I noticed that ATs is considered a Big Broadway hand while ATo was a Little Broadway hand. Why is that?


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To me ATo doesn't hit 2/3 of the 1) High card 2) Suited 3) Connectedness which SSHE advocates.

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Flush potential is a huge additive.

b