AA on dangerous flop...how do you play this?

GrekeHaus · #1 06-22-2005, 09:51 PM

This is a hand that was played at the 55s. Villian is relatively unknown, but has played a bit loose in the early stages.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter

UTG (t1310)
UTG+1 (t940)
MP1 (t1020)
MP2 (t880)
MP3 (t690)
CO (t885)
Button (t2225)
Hero (t1040)
BB (t1010)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
2 folds, MP1 raises to t100, 4 folds, Hero raises to t300, 1 fold, MP1 calls t200.

Flop: (t650) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets t720 (All-In), Hero ???

adanthar · #2 06-22-2005, 09:52 PM

Very quickly calls his queen.

GrekeHaus · #3 06-22-2005, 10:05 PM

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Very quickly calls his queen.

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huh?

wuwei · #4 06-22-2005, 10:46 PM

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Very quickly calls his queen.

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huh?

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He means your AA is better than his Q.

Luminous Mist · #5 06-23-2005, 05:02 PM

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Very quickly calls his queen.

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...or naked ace/under pair.

EZ call.

Luminous

GrekeHaus · #6 06-23-2005, 05:34 PM

That was pretty much what I thought. If the villian has a hand like KJ or KT, I doubt he's worried about you having a better one since all the chips will end up in the middle either way. Since I don't think he would have a King here most of the time, we are likely WAY ahead of any other hand.

Another interesting aspect of the hand which hasn't been discussed is whether or not the hero's check was correct. Thoughts?

Luminous Mist · #7 06-23-2005, 08:44 PM

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whether or not the hero's check was correct. Thoughts?

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Somewhat player dependent (and you won't know this early in the tournament). But, yes, check is good here.

Luminous

jrbick · #8 06-23-2005, 11:00 PM

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Another interesting aspect of the hand which hasn't been discussed is whether or not the hero's check was correct. Thoughts?

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I think that it's imperative to getting opponents chips in the middle. Right away I am not thinking K as one of his holdings so let's give him a chance to bluff at this. The only thing I can think of that's weaker than a check (thus inducing the bluff) is a minimum-bet. But I don't like that since an F-draw (which you're ahead of RIGHT NOW) calls seeing a cheap turn-card and a hand that has completely missed is more than likely folding rather than raising against it. Maybe it's 50/50 (chances of inducing a bluff by checking or min. betting), but I think it's more like 70/30.

Bigwig · #9 06-23-2005, 10:04 PM

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Heh.

I was going to say, "Call his AQ immediately."

freemoney · #10 06-22-2005, 09:53 PM

you only have to be good here like 35% of the time, instacall.