Wasting Aces...

[Copernicus]

You have to capitalize on AAs here. If you are going to play $10 buy ins you are accepting the variance that comes with them.

Yeah you run some risk with two callers, but youre getting 2:1 odds and youre a heavy favorite. In a $10 tourney youre going to get plenty of action to offset the flop risk. The disaster isnt getting Aces cracked now and then, its getting them cracked and not collecting on them when they hold up.

Smooth call here, check raise when UTG+2 cant resist betting into two checkers or raise the SB if he leads.

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You have to capitalize on AAs here. If you are going to play $10 buy ins you are accepting the variance that comes with them.

Yeah you run some risk with two callers, but youre getting 2:1 odds and youre a heavy favorite. In a $10 tourney youre going to get plenty of action to offset the flop risk. The disaster isnt getting Aces cracked now and then, its getting them cracked and not collecting on them when they hold up.

Smooth call here, check raise when UTG+2 cant resist betting into two checkers or raise the SB if he leads.

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disagree. 10$ tourneys are where you can afford to reraise, which i will always, always do in this spot. are players in 10$ tourneys looser or tighter than at higher buyins?

also, heres the other way this thread couldve gone: EP limped, SB raised to 90, I reraised to 220, EP went all in with KTo. Can you believe it? He had to think I had AA after a reraise like that..... get the point?