$200NL AA hand

[ClaytonN]

$200 buy in NLHE at Absolute, big blind is $1. Stacks can be hugely deep.

Villain in this hand I have covered, and is a losing player. I would categorize him as the practical weak-passive player. I've only seen him show strength on scary boards where I'd like to presume he had the best of it.

I hold Ac Ad on the button. Full table.

UTG+1 makes it 4, player in MP calls, I repop to 14, UTG+1 calls, and MP player folds.

At the beginning of the hand I have approx ~100, he has approx. ~80.

Flop comes 2d Kh 6d

I slowplay. He checks, I check behind. Maybe this was a mistake?

Turn comes 2h. He checks, I bet $10 (approx. a third of the pot) and he calls.

River comes 7c. He checks, I lead for $20 (a little less than half the pot), and he calls.

1) How'd I do?
2) What could he have?

[lawpoker]

are you going to let him draw at his diamond flush with his AdKd for free?

in all reality, he probably had QQ/JJ. if he had KK, he played it pretty poorly.

you kept it small, probably a good choice.

[DrPublo]

Don't slowplay here. If he has AK, he'll pay off.

I like to slowplay when the preflop action is like that and the flop comes with a low pair, like 522 or something. In those cases you're usually way way ahead and by checking the flop you'll get him to bet the turn with TT-QQ.

The Doc

[blingice]

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1) How'd I do?
2) What could he have?

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You didn't protect your hand.
Probably K with a 5.



Bling.

[BillUCF]

Never Never Never slowplay AA...Why? It is only one pair. You should have gone all in on the flop or at least a pot + size raise.
Big pairs like AA and KK usually have 2 outcomes.
1. You win a small pot.
2. You lose a big pot.

It is best to take your small pot and be happy.

[DrPublo]

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Never Never Never

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This is always wrong. Do you see why?

The Doc

[zaxx19]

Bc you never say never or always in poker....its always "it depends"

DONT SLOWPLAY ONE PAIR

rinse repeat.

[lawpoker]

i'll take a stab.

it's okay to slowplay AA (or big pair) if it's heads up, you have position, and if the stack sizes allow you to get his stack in on the flop.

[DrPublo]

Indeed. I'd also like to note that I deliberately included an 'always' in my post for irony value.

The Doc

[DrPublo]

Much much better.

Don't forget your opponent as well. Against a very aggressive opponent who'll blow off their stack with TT or JJ, a call, call and then raise the river line can be very profitable as well.

Edit: Out of position is OK too if the remaining stack sizes are PERFECT so that a checkraise on the flop puts you all in. I think the guideline is the remaining stacks have to be about 3x the current pot.

The Doc