Terrible way to play AA UTG?

housewolf · #1 03-23-2005, 06:39 PM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter

MP3 (t1760)
CO (t1285)
Button (t1420)
SB (t910)
BB (t1835)
Hero (t1385)
UTG+1 (t2895)
MP1 (t360)
MP2 (t1650)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
Hero calls t30, 1 fold, MP1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, MP3 calls t30, CO raises to t100, Button calls t100, SB calls t85, 1 fold, Hero raises to t750, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls t650.

Flop: (t1820) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t160, SB calls t160 (All-In).

Turn: (t2140) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2140) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2140

RicP · #2 03-23-2005, 06:45 PM

Seems like a great way to make sure 5-6 see the flop.

Unless you knew the CO was gonna raise.

morgan180 · #3 03-23-2005, 06:49 PM

Raise PF

Simplistic · #4 03-23-2005, 06:49 PM

it's hard to play AA in early position, you want people in the pot, but you dont' want to scare people away. if it's an aggressive table i'll limp, although the limp re-raise tells people you have KK-AA. looks like you got busted by Jx.

i probably wouldn't have re-raised so much but it was fine nonetheless.

housewolf · #5 03-23-2005, 06:53 PM

I was as close to knowing I would be raised as I could be. This is the first time I tried limping going for the reraise, once I saw how many callers I had, I wanted to take it down there. Thanks, hw

ilya · #6 03-23-2005, 07:32 PM

I think limping is fine, as long as you're fairly confident that someone behind you will raise. Your ideal scenario would be a very loose table with a couple very agressive players to your immediate left. But as long as you figure someone will probably raise, I think you're good. That is, if you figure you're capable of folding AA on the flop if no one raises and it's seriously multiway.
Once it gets back to you, just raise all-in. If everyone folds, fine, you've just won a nice 400+ pot. If you get a caller, you've gotten them to make the worst mistake you could. It's not like you're fooling anyone by raising less than all-in anyway. In fact, I think you're being (marginally) less transparent by raising all-in; some people play AK like that, at least at Party.

morgan180 · #7 03-23-2005, 09:15 PM

yeah - once you get raised i liked the push

valenzuela · #8 03-23-2005, 10:00 PM

The 750 bet is uneseccarry just push freflop, personally I go all-in and win the blinds and some fish enitre stack, what buy-ins do u play at?

ilya · #9 03-23-2005, 10:17 PM

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The 750 bet is uneseccarry just push freflop, personally I go all-in and win the blinds and some fish enitre stack, what buy-ins do u play at?

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I'm guessing the Move Of Honor is less effective at Stars.

valenzuela · #10 03-23-2005, 10:39 PM

I think you might be right, still pushing with aces and getting called by AT is priceless( only happens in 110c, once a guy opened pushed with J7)