Choose your own adventure.

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I call. this will probably be a hu pot anyway and I rather keep it small since I'll be oop with a hand i want to see a showdown with.

PS: but this is one of those spots where I'd like to be convinced I'm wrong :|



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We like to play big pots with our big hands preflop.

[Fallen Hero]

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I call. this will probably be a hu pot anyway and I rather keep it small since I'll be oop with a hand i want to see a showdown with.

PS: but this is one of those spots where I'd like to be convinced I'm wrong :|



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We like to play big pots with our big hands preflop.

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you have to be kidding, why on earth will you want to play a big pot oop with a one pair hand against this guy?

[xorbie]

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you have to be kidding, why on earth will you want to play a big pot oop with a one pair hand against this guy?


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A) The fact that he bluffs a lot tells me this would be fantastic.

B) Same rational would justify not raising AA here either.

[Fallen Hero]

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you have to be kidding, why on earth will you want to play a big pot oop with a one pair hand against this guy?


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A) The fact that he bluffs a lot tells me this would be fantastic.

B) Same rational would justify not raising AA here either.

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Well, if he bluffs a lot and plays big pots with crappy hands all the time why are you so eager to play a big pot with an overpair oop?

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Well, if he bluffs a lot and plays big pots with crappy hands all the time why are you so eager to play a big pot with an overpair oop?

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can you read what you just typed, i mean, is the answer not clear here?

[Fallen Hero]

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Well, if he bluffs a lot and plays big pots with crappy hands all the time why are you so eager to play a big pot with an overpair oop?

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can you read what you just typed, i mean, is the answer not clear here?

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I usually hate the "there are better spots" argument, but in this case I'll open an exception

EDIT: just to clarify something here: I'm saying he should fold on an ace high flop or something idiotic like that, I'm not even sure not reraising pf is the best thing to do, I'm just saying QQ is not the kind of hand with wich I hope to play a big pot, if it happens against this guy...well, you're probably ahead, so ok, but as a default plan I'm not sure I like it.

[Godfather80]

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Well, if he bluffs a lot and plays big pots with crappy hands all the time why are you so eager to play a big pot with an overpair oop?

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can you read what you just typed, i mean, is the answer not clear here?

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I usually hate the "there are better spots" argument, but in this case I'll open an exception

EDIT: just to clarify something here: I'm saying he should fold on an ace high flop or something idiotic like that, I'm not even sure not reraising pf is the best thing to do, I'm just saying QQ is not the kind of hand with wich I hope to play a big pot, if it happens against this guy...well, you're probably ahead, so ok, but as a default plan I'm not sure I like it.

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Fallen,
I think you are losing out on a great deal of value if aren't able to play aggressively in these situations with the 3rd strongest hand heads up preflop against a tricky aggro opponent. Against a weak-tight player, I might agree with you, but you need to be able to make a player like villain pay when you have the chance.

And the chance won't always be with AA on the button.

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you have to be kidding, why on earth will you want to play a big pot oop with a one pair hand against this guy?

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one pair is a pretty strong hand pre-flop [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]