Poll: Should aces always be capped preflop?

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Anyone who disagrees with my non-cap there simply doesn't understand the strategic dynamics at play in that hand.

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I thought you said this was Party 5/10. You act like it's the effin big game at the Bellagio.

The strategic dynamics say you get in an extra 1.5 BB against a bunch of hands that you have dominated. Please stop talking about protecting your hand and show us where you're going to gain more than 1.5 BB after the flop by cold-calling. Seriously, do the math.

Justin A

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Okay, here's the math. Your point is that I want to put in 1.5 more BB preflop, because I am highly likely to win the hand with my aces. So let's go through this, shall we?

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how come in the situations where you capped, the KK never 3bets or even re-reraises you, but in the real situation, KK 3bets a CHECKRAISE not once but TWICE.

my argument with you is that you made the KK two completely different players, just to support your side. you think KK is going to possibily fold the river??

maybe it was the correct play at the time, for exactly what your opponents held, and for what came on the board. but what if they had, say, 99 and 88 and the board came AKQ?

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No, no, no, no, NO.

You simply do not understand. It was the combination of the KK and my image that would have precluded the double CR or the KK 3-betting. IF I had capped, the KK would have been very scared, period. The fact that I did NOT cap made him brave, probably putting me on JJ, a big ace, or AQ. Only one hand beats him PF, and he kept believing he was best. However, had I capped the flop, he would have narrowed my range of holdings down to AA or QQ, in all likelihood, because of BOTH his previous play AND my previous play.

Sheesh.

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There was a debate some time ago about whether or not, not raising AK in a blind was ever correct. Similar, but different...

LINK

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