Ax - when does it become profitable?

[morgan]

Just an off question: How short-handed does a table need to be to play Ax (off suit) profitably? Thanks in advance for any replies...

[D.J.]

I'm no expert on short-handed play by any means, but I have played in my share of short games. I can definitely tell you that the value of Ax goes up the shorter you get, as for that magic number I don't have any facts behind this, but just from experience I'd say 4-handed, b/c I still don't think A2o is worth much utg in a 5-handed game, but when you get down to 4 I think things change a little bit b/c you're only getting 2 free hands per round, and you've got to take advantage of your Ace hands when you get them. Hope I somewhat helped.

-D.J.

[davidross]

I will Open raise with;
A2 from the SB
A3 from the button
A7 from the cut off
A9 from two off the button.

I might play them from the same positions after a limp depending on the limper.
So in a 5 handed game I would still need A9 before I would play utg.

[Baltimore Ron]

...when no-one else has an Ace and one flops.

...when you flop two pairs.

...when you raise and your opponents will fold Ax+1, Ax+2, etc.

...when you raise and your opponents will call with Ax-1, Ax-2, etc.

This poker stuff really isn't so hard when you think about it a little. [img]/forums/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

BR

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