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Old 12-07-2005, 02:23 PM
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Default Re: How to play these Aces? PL$200

I don't think you should have reraised when it comes to you. There are good aces hands and there are bad aces hands. You have a bad aces hand (a good one basically has a wheel card along with the aces). The only way you are in good shape is if he is a recent holdem convert that thinks any KKxx or QQxx is worth getting the whole stack in. Unfortunately you are not far enough behind to fold. See how this aces hand does against a fairly weak A2 hand:

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1391150
pokenum -mc 500000 -o8 ah qh kh ac - as 2s 7d jh
Omaha Hi/Low 8-or-better: 500000 sampled boards
cards scoop HIwin HIlos HItie LOwin LOlos LOtie EV
Ac Ah Kh Qh 162443 342450 156140 1410 0 0 0 0.506
As 2s 7d Jh 156140 156140 342450 1410 266877 0 0 0.494

You are a tiny favorite. Look at how you come out against a strong A2 hand:

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1391159
pokenum -mc 500000 -o8 ah qh kh ac - as 2s 4d 5d
Omaha Hi/Low 8-or-better: 500000 sampled boards
cards scoop HIwin HIlos HItie LOwin LOlos LOtie EV
Ac Ah Kh Qh 170592 293050 206950 0 0 0 0 0.464
As 2s 5d 4d 206950 206950 293050 0 271615 0 0 0.536

Here you are a small dog. You are piling in chips where you are probably only a coinflip best case to win. Let see how you do if he has a strong aces hand:

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1391160
pokenum -mc 500000 -o8 ah qh kh ac - as 2s ad 5d
Omaha Hi/Low 8-or-better: 500000 sampled boards
cards scoop HIwin HIlos HItie LOwin LOlos LOtie EV
Ac Ah Kh Qh 75463 104114 157662 238224 0 0 0 0.352
As 2s Ad 5d 157662 157662 104114 238224 252359 0 0 0.648

Now you are pretty big dog and got almost all of your money in. Most reraises are from aces, so this is a very likely scenario. Still, you probably have to call, but you did this to yourself by raising a weak AA hand. You will rarely be far ahead with AAQK and you may be in trouble, so take a flop here.

I will often raise from late position with the weak aces hands, but I am not looking to reraise or put in a ton of money. Your hand is a 1 way high only hand, so you should prefer seeing a flop.
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