[Aaron W.]

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This is a situation which happens occasionally, and I am never sure what to do.

Say hero has A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] in SB. 2 Limpers, I complete, BB checks.

Flop is 7 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

I bet, 1 fold, raise...

What to do? Call, fold turn UI? Fold straight away? Call down?

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If you always folded top pair weak kicker in a 7 SB pot, I think you have a minor leak. This is one of those spots where it's impossible to say what to do without knowing anything about villain. The simple question: Is villain aggressive enough to raise without an ace? If you can't figure out the answer to that question, you probably shouldn't complete Axo in a small pot.

The only times I complete Axo in a small pot is when I know I'm in control postflop. Since I'm OOP the whole hand, I want to know that I can realiably interpret bets/checks/calls/raises. This happens at Paradise 5-max tables, where I see lots of hands with a particular player and get to know him pretty well.