Raising ATs from the BB after eight (8) limpers, good idea?

[FatLoser]

Raising ATs from the BB after eight (8) limpers, good idea?

[astroglide]

yes

[Diplomat]

Easy raise. You should be raising many hands here that like family pots, along with of course AA, KK, and sometimes QQ.

-Diplomat

[astroglide]

sometimes?

[LetsRock]

Is this really an auto raise?

ATs is not that strong of a hand. With that many limpers, you have to figure to have 2 aces out against you, so finding an ace on the board seems to be a slim prop. So it seems like you'd be playing this hand strictly hoping to hit the flush, maybe a broadway.

Why would you double your cost to see the flop?

By pumping the pot pre-flop, you're practically gauranteeing to give proper odds to anyone on any kind of draw for the rest of the hand. It's kind of hard to force your opponents to make a mistake when you set up the odds for them.

(I'm not saying never, but always?)

[astroglide]

ATs is not that strong of a hand

yes it is

With that many limpers, you have to figure to have 2 aces out against you

no you don't

Why would you double your cost to see the flop?

because against 8 other hands you will win more than your fair share

[Nottom]

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By pumping the pot pre-flop, you're practically gauranteeing to give proper odds to anyone on any kind of draw for the rest of the hand. It's kind of hard to force your opponents to make a mistake when you set up the odds for them.


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More importantly when you flop a monster they are basically stuck in the pot drawing dead or nearly dead because the pot is so big.

[LondonBroil]

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Easy raise. You should be raising many hands here that like family pots, along with of course AA, KK, and sometimes QQ.

-Diplomat

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Can you explain why I should only sometimes raise with QQ here?

[Diplomat]

Err, the other way around -- occationally I check, but not that often.

-Diplomat

[astroglide]

i would never check qq there