Proper AA turn play?
 

Or should this only be done on a rainbow paired flop? OR...is this too sophisticated for .50/1? OR... is it ok at .50/1 but only against non-calling stations?

No read on this opponent.

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (8 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, BB calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: (3.25 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, BB calls.

Final Pot: 5.25 BB

Re: Proper AA turn play?
 

There are a bunch of hands vilian will call a turn bet with, including any 2, any Q, any pocket pair, and any two [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]s. Some villians will call with even less. You basically just gave away a BB on this one.

Re: Proper AA turn play?
 

Bet the turn.

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[/ QUOTE ]1) You're giving the flush draw a free card otherwise.

2) You probably have the best hand. In any case, checking here doesn't give you any more information because a bet from the opponent on the river could be because he saw weakness + the scare card, or because he actually has a hand.

Re: Proper AA turn play?
 

I think you should have bet the turn.

Its difficult without reads, but I think that it would have been more likely for BB to c/r on the flop if he had trip 8's.

At the turn, I would have suspected BB of having either a smaller pocket pair or to be on a flush draw, and that a turn bet would have been for value.

So I think you need a good read on BB before you check this turn, because he may also have been calling down in the hope that you had unimproved overcards.

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A much better question is: why not?

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A much better question is: why not?

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Bet the turn.

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Because monsters don't really live under your bed.

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Because you like money. Checking the turn makes sense if you're so far ahead of the Villain that the only way to extract additional value is to give the free card on the river. This isn't the case here.