Playing Aces after the flop

[sherbert]

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The problem with what I believe is your point is that in giving away your hand preflop you are putting yourself in a -EV situation postflop.

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Or put it another way, if I "knew" you were right, I would change my thoughts immediately. This is the crux of the matter and is almost impossible to evaluate without a sizeable database of hands. The only source for this from online hands would be a PokerStat db for games on Stars or Paradise. I have a (very) small collection of such hands and as such the results are meaningless. Ironically, of this sample, I am winning more out of the blinds with Aces than I am in other positions. The hands in the blinds include a good deal of preflop raising (if strong sidecards) or reraising to get HU.

The only other prospect is a simulation - but there are no simulators for PL; or to do it by hand using guesstimates. The latter would be a lot of work and possibly pointless due to too many false assumptions. But I'll mull it over.

Cheers.