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Maximizing profit with AA and position
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BB ($2.10) UTG ($26.25) UTG+1 ($12.75) MP1 ($3.85) MP2 ($13.40) Villain ($10) Hero ($10.55) SB ($11.75) Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. UTG calls $0.10, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls $0.10, Villain calls $0.10, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.6</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG calls $0.50, MP2 folds, Villain calls $0.50. Flop: ($2.05) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333"> Villain bets $0.9</font>, Hero calls $0.90, UTG folds. Turn: ($3.85) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333"> Villain bets $2</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $5.5</font>, Villain folds. Final Pot: $11.35 I usually would raise the flop, but he probably has a queen or king with a weak kicker, since I hold two of the aces in the deck. If I raise he may fold assuming I have AQ or AK and I did raise preflop. I thought he would come out firing again on the turn if I just called, and he did. I know I took a risk of letting him catch trips or two pair, but I think this is a good play. What should I have done on the turn? |
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Re: Maximizing profit with AA and position
His bets are so small he clearly has a weak holding - just calling only lets him catch cards. Raise the turn, no surprise he folded. He probably wouldnt have lead river w/o improving his holding if youre just calling all his bets.
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Re: Maximizing profit with AA and position
I agree here
This looks like one of those hands where you'll win a small pot or lose a big one. |
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Re: Maximizing profit with AA and position
Head to head, I think your call on the flop would have been OK. But, UTG was still in the hand at that point, and that IMO makes calling a little bit dangerous. It worked here tho. I think your turn is fine. He didn't call, oh well. That 3 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] didn't help him, and you couldn't really wait til the river to raise him.
One thing: what's your standard preflop raise if you are opening. .50? (5xBB) I ask because I think your preflop raise was a tad light with 3 limpers before you. It should be your standard plus one BB for every limper. That's the formula anyway. You can probably get away with adding a BB to that if you want with multiple limpers. You could have probably went to .80 preflop and gotten both callers. This gets a little more $ in the pot. With a slightly bigger pot, the 2 bets that villian made may have been slightly bigger also giving you a larger pot at the end. |
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