How would you play Aces in this hand?

bkm · #1 07-30-2005, 06:45 PM

My opponent slowplayed her Aces and allowed me to make a straight flush. So, how would you play them?

$10+1Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (4 handed) converter

Hero (t1695)
UTG (t3065)
Button (t1740)
SB (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] SB has A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
2 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Do you push your AA here and hope I have a smaller pair or Ax and call? Min raise figuring I'm going to call with any decent hand since I'd still have t1095 left if the flop misses me? Or, limp as she did?

I think limping was a poor choice, but I'm not sure which other choice is best. I'm leaning towards the min raise. If she min raises and I have a pair or a strong A, I'd push and she'd have me where she wanted me. With a decent hand I call and then she could push the flop and win a t1200 pot. Of course, there's always a chance a scary flop would appear then you have a decision to make.

Flop: (t600) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

There's really nothing in the flop that's scary to AA. So, do you check and hope I have a K and bet or do you just bet.

Turn: (t600) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets t300, Hero calls t300.

The board is starting to look a little scary for the AA. So, do you check, bet, or push? How much of a bet do you call if you're the Hero and have 12 outs?

River: (t1200) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets t300, Hero raises to t1095 (All-In), SB calls t600 (All-In).

So, now SB is really in trouble. If I have 87 or Jx, I have a straight, 2 spades and I have a flush, or I could've had something like T6 and have 2 pair. So, as SB, do you check and fold, bet as she did, or push and hope your Aces hold up.

I don't like her bet here. If I didn't have anything, I'm certainly not going to call and I'm not going to bluff as there are just too many possibilities on the board. I'd just fold and still have t1095 left.

I think her call of my All-In was poor. I don't know what she put me on. Possibly she put me on a T8 or T7 and thought I missed my gutshot and was trying to bluff a pair of 10s.

I think it would've been better for her to fold and try to double up her t600 in the next hand.

So, do you agree or disagree with my views or did I miss anything?
Final Pot: t3195

Hero has Js 8s (straight flush, queen high).
SB has As Ah (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t3195.