Check/fold AKs in the BB

[bicyclekick]

I can't think of any good reason not to raise pf. You have a hand that plays well in large multiway pots and you almost for sure have the best of it.

Raise that [censored].

[arkady]

Everyone limped to you, i think there is a very very good chance that you currently are holding the best hand. Raise and punish them for limping in with trash.

Furthermore if you hit your hand, you are collecting a bigger pot.

The amount of times you will hit and win will offset that one extra bet you are putting in.

[Warik]

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Please explain why betting into 6 people that will call is better than seeing the flop and being aggressive if I hit is a crime against humanity.

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You answered your own question - because they will all call.

If 9 people are going to call every bet and I had AK suited I would want them to cap it preflop. AK suited plays fantastic multiway and makes a lot of its money before the flop even comes out.

If you limp with AK and flop an ace or a king, who do you think is going to pay you off? Nobody - you missed bets before the flop.

Now if there were 6 people who were going to call a bet anyway and you had AA, would you want to raise?

Yes - you would..

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Crime against humanity for sure here. Don't ever do that again. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Flop fold is standard though. Don't let a bad flop make you think otherwise about raising AKs preflop.

[BigEndian]

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Pop quiz: when you raise AA preflop, do you want people to call or fold?

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But, the more people in the hand, the more likely you are to lose! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

- Jim

[BigEndian]

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Now if there were 6 people who were going to call a bet anyway and you had AA, would you want to raise?

Yes - you would.. you just probably wouldn't want a lot of people coming along.

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You want them to go get people from the parking lot to come in and call you.

- Jim

[PokerBob]

When I have AA, I want them all to call, but I want them to have the following hands; 99,88,77,66,55,44,33,22. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Mike Gallo]

While I don't want to seem results oriented, I think that I played this hand almost perfectly.

Your kidding right [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[Warik]

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You want them to go get people from the parking lot to come in and call you.

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yea yea I caught my mistake after hitting continue... you try working and posting while getting hounded every 5 minutes and see how good you do it. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Justaloser]

Pop quiz: when you raise AA preflop, do you want people to call or fold?

If there are 6 people ahead of me? Fold.

[BigEndian]

Just, for your reading pleasure: http://gocee.com/poker/HE_Val_Sort.htm

Now, do you want them to call or fold?

- Jim