Pocket Aces, Scary Flop

[Eric Draven]

I think I played this pretty well, but would like some feedback. BB had been stealing a lot, he was reasonably loose and aggressive, but I hadn't seen him move in at all, so his all in raise was a little scary.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) converter

Button (t6430)
Hero (t3245)
BB (t2390)
UTG (t1435)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t450</font>, BB calls t300.

Flop: (t900) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t900</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t1940</font>, Hero calls t1040.

Turn: (t4780) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t4780) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t4780

[Jman28]

No chance I'm folding to his raise. Looks good to me.

-Jman28

[pokerlaw]

agreed. this looks fine.

given BB's aggressiveness, did you contemplate limping and then raising if/when he RRed you? it can be risky, but it is a nice play against certain opponents IMO.

[Eric Draven]

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agreed. this looks fine.

given BB's aggressiveness, did you contemplate limping and then raising if/when he RRed you? it can be risky, but it is a nice play against certain opponents IMO.

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Due to his aggressivness I expected him to re-raise my raise , in which case I would push all-in and
A) He folds I win a decent amount, or
B) He calls with a random big hand, that I'm a favorite against

Didn't workout that way, but I thought my play was reasonable.

[jgunnip]

I would have raised more preflop, probably 600-750. If I get called I'm a huge favorite, if not, I'm happy with the blinds on the bubble. I want to make the BB pay more than 2 BB to get position postflop. If I get called I'm pushing this flop instantly. If BB gets lucky so be it, you're not a huge ITM dog by losing since you're left with ~6 BB and UTG is also getting low on chips as well.

[ChrisCo]

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I would have raised more preflop, probably 600-750. If I get called I'm a huge favorite, if not, I'm happy with the blinds on the bubble. I want to make the BB pay more than 2 BB to get position postflop. If I get called I'm pushing this flop instantly. If BB gets lucky so be it, you're not a huge ITM dog by losing since you're left with ~6 BB and UTG is also getting low on chips as well.

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Do you not want action with your aces? I mean come on, it's not that bad to finish in 4th place every now and then.