AA twice in about 10 hands(low content)

poboy · #1 06-28-2005, 08:36 PM

Up to this point I've been playing quite LAG and have been caught a couple times with my hand in the cookie jar.

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Hero ($52.05)
SB ($59.95)
BB ($10.65)
UTG ($42.05)
UTG+1 ($168.35)
MP1 ($43.50)
MP2 ($28.75)
MP3 ($43.10)
CO ($43.05)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 raises to $1.5, 4 folds, Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $2.50.

Flop: ($9.25) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($9.25) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $3, Hero raises to $8, UTG+1 raises to $13, Hero calls $5.

River: ($35.25) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $15, Hero raises to $35.05, UTG+1 calls $20.05.

Final Pot: $105.35

And then just a few hands later.

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Hero ($108.60)
CO ($54.90)
Button ($51.60)
SB ($18.75)
BB ($95.45)
UTG ($43.55)
UTG+1 ($42.50)
MP1 ($43.65)
MP2 ($49.50)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.50, 1 fold, MP1 raises to $1.5, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4.5, 4 folds, UTG folds, MP1 calls $3.

Flop: ($10.25) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP1 bets $4, Hero calls $4.

Turn: ($18.25) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP1 bets $8, Hero raises to $24, MP1 calls $16.

River: ($66.25) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP1 bets $11.15 (All-In), Hero calls $11.15.

Final Pot: $88.55

What do you think good,bad, ugly?

xorbie · #2 06-28-2005, 08:43 PM

First hand don't check flop, second hand good.

poboy · #3 06-28-2005, 08:57 PM

That seems to be a fairly safe flop for me. If my read is correct villian is drawing to 2 outs, I have him on a pair smaller than KK or AK,AQ,KQ. Why not check it through?

amoeba · #4 06-28-2005, 09:49 PM

were you trying to represent KK on the river?

poboy · #5 06-28-2005, 09:56 PM

No, the turn defined villians hand very well for me and also defined what he thought I had. The river was all about extracting as much as possible.

centja1 · #6 06-30-2005, 01:25 AM

I like the flop check in the first hand, but only because the board paired small, protecting you from a two pair drawout.

If your opponent has KK or QQ, the money is going to go to the middle unless you have a superstrong read. The flop check convinces him that you have AK and he'll push when he has the other two hands that you're actually a huge favorite over (AK, KQ).