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Old 02-13-2005, 08:45 AM
Komodo Komodo is offline
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Default Re: How to play AA when short stacked

"This is a trivial push. There are three factors at work here:

- You're under the gun, making it look as though you may be desperate, and thus getting someone else to play with lesser cards.
- Your all-in raise is no more than a standard raise at this point, so people may come along with more substandard hands than if you had more chips.
- The blinds represent half your stack, and you'd be more than happy to just take those down. "

I find it highly unlikely that the small or big blind is going to risk half their stack this close to money, especially since you dont have to play this hand. The big stack migth play if he has AK or a smaller pocket pair. Blinds are also coming around quickly so the big stack and the sitting out player will have many good chances to take you out later. This is the absolute best hand you will ever get in this tournament, so I wouldnt be happy with just stealing the blinds and survive a few rounds to get 10place or so.
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