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Hero is dealt 3h(Ah As) and is the low card showing. In order to his left, other players show Ac, Ad, 7d, 7s, Td, 9s, Jd. Hero opts to bet the $20 rather than the usual $5 minimum bring in.
Comments? My thinking was that I didn't want to play a multiway pot with my dead aces, but it still felt strange to do. The 20/40s on party are usually loose and aggressive enough that I prefer to open the minimum and then raise when it comes back to me. |
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I think alot of it depends on who else is in the game. If it is a very aggressive game, the 2 aces to the left might raise it for you if they have big cards in the hole. the ideal situation is to get the one of the Aces heads up. Since they can't improve to a better 2 pair and may overplay their hands
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Yeah, I see what you are saying. The game plays fairly aggressive and what I would call very loose. Of course, maybe one of the aces will STILL be likely to raise me with very little, which is even better.
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![]() I think the aces raising is a problem though, right? Your opponents are unlikely to give them credit for a pair of aces, right and therefore they might call, and now you don't have much of a chance of getting players to fold. (I'm not a 20/40 player, so excuse my ignorance if anything I'm saying is totally bogus.) Beer |
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at this level, an ace with 2 big cards is usually an automatic raise, especially with nothing that threatening behind you.
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at this level, an ace with 2 big cards is usually an automatic raise, especially with nothing that threatening behind you. [/ QUOTE ] Well, what makes you think they'll have two big cards? I don't usually get 2 big cards with my ace? And what could possibly be threatening behind you? |
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I think the aces raising is a problem though, right? Your opponents are unlikely to give them credit for a pair of aces, right and therefore they might call, and now you don't have much of a chance of getting players to fold. [/ QUOTE ] I was in a bookstore over the weekend, and one of the books I looked at---I think it was the hi-lo section of SuperSystem 2---had some analysis showing that, if two of your opponents have an A up, that it's actually more, not less, likely that you're facing a pair of Aces. So if an A raises with another A out on the boards, I would give credit for the raiser holding a potential pair of A's. It's one of those counterintuitive paradoxes. |
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Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think the aces raising is a problem though, right? Your opponents are unlikely to give them credit for a pair of aces, right and therefore they might call, and now you don't have much of a chance of getting players to fold. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was in a bookstore over the weekend, and one of the books I looked at---I think it was the hi-lo section of SuperSystem 2---had some analysis showing that, if two of your opponents have an A up, that it's actually more, not less, likely that you're facing a pair of Aces. So if an A raises with another A out on the boards, I would [/ QUOTE ] but he can't have a pair of aces since you have them both. |
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Yes, to some extent I agree here. If I bring in the min and an ace raises, I think one more caller at least is likely. Then again, my big bring in might induce someone who would have raised to just call, setting off the limp fest.
I really hate dead cards, especially in this loose-aggro game, which is why I thought this was an interesting situation. |
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![]() Are the aces tight? I would count on the T or the J to raise it for you and then you can pop them right back. One advantage to this is that they may give you credit for Q's or K's, and this would give you additional scare cards. |
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