Help me extract value. HU with AA.

Entity · #1 02-25-2005, 01:21 PM

This is from the 2+2 table. The table is playing extremely TAG right now. I very strongly considered limping with this hand but decided to raise, as I had recently shown down a few suboptimal EP/MP raises with suited connectors and moderate aces, and thought a limp would get more respect than a raise.

Opponent is playing good, solid, TAG poker.

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises, 7 folds, BB 3-bets, Hero...

davelin · #2 02-25-2005, 01:22 PM

Hmmm...calls

adsman · #3 02-25-2005, 01:23 PM

If you cap it could scream monster. Is it worth only calling as you're heads up in order to disguise your hand?

Nick Royale · #4 02-25-2005, 01:30 PM

I would call. And I prefer the monkey over Kanye...

droolie · #5 02-25-2005, 01:43 PM

Reraise. (Was this me or had I already left?)

Your image is laggy enough that you might get BB to play back at you if he has anything worth making a stand against you with. Otherwise it's going to be tough to get much of anything against this type of guy. When you cap (especially at a 2+2 table) it's not as telling as when other players do and it's likely a 2+2er knows that.

Entity · #6 02-25-2005, 01:44 PM

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Reraise. (Was this me or had I already left?)

Your image is laggy enough that you might get BB to play back at you if he has anything worth making a stand against you with. Otherwise it's going to be tough to get much of anything against this type of guy. When you cap (especially at a 2+2 table) it's not as telling as when other players do and it's likely a 2+2er knows that.

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My image was not super LAGGY at the table, at least to my knowledge. Besides the openraises in LP, I had shown down one, maybe two, suboptimal hands. I was winning 65% of my showdowns and playing decent TAG poker -- so how does that changes things? My openraises that I mentioned earlier were T9s-type hands -- certainly ok raises from MP at this table, for the way the game was playing.

I don't know your username, so I don't know if you were still at the table or not.

Rob

wuwei · #7 02-25-2005, 01:54 PM

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Is it worth only calling as you're heads up in order to disguise your hand?

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Against a thinking player it is. You're giving up 1 sb preflop for the chance to make up more postflop. And you have position. Just call here.

Entity · #8 02-25-2005, 02:08 PM

Ok, so I called. I think there's merit to capping if I know the villain and he knows me, as we can get into some metagame considerations, but I don't know this guy by his username. No clue if he knows me, but my username makes it pretty obvious who I am.

Here's where it gets fun.

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises, 7 folds, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets, Hero...

Jay845 · #9 02-25-2005, 02:13 PM

Very new player but I think I raise here.

Entity · #10 02-25-2005, 02:17 PM

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Very new player but I think I raise here.

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Why do you raise here? Keep in mind everything regarding preflop -- I think the answer here is easy, but the way you come across it is more important than the answer itself.

Hint: the answer isn't "because I have the best hand."

Rob