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Pocket Ace's Theory, Advice, Strategies  | | 
03-16-2005, 03:23 AM
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i absolutely hate Aces so i try and knock ppl out so unless ppl have high cards only them can stay in or low pocket pair.. | | |
03-16-2005, 04:01 AM
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with AA there are so many diff plays you can do, the thing you should do is not let ur hand have a shot to get beat..so if you think slow playin them might screw you, then bet em big, if you think you could slow play them with people trying to limp in for a cheap pot and them getting a top pair. Make your move after that, cause you'll usually have a caller with them flopping a top pair, don't let them try and outdraw you though i'd prolly move in then | | |
03-16-2005, 09:15 PM
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Personnaly I NEVER slow play them because slowplaying 'em always cause me to lose to someone hitting two pairs, a flush, a straight or anything that is better than my bullets who, 9 times out of 10 never catch another A neither on the flop, turn nor river. The way I play them is quite simple : either I go all in if I'm low stack, or a make a BIG BIG BIG raise, like, maybe 5 to 6 times the big blind to make sure that if I ever get beaten it won't be by 39o but by someone that had, at least, a good hand. | | |
03-17-2005, 02:07 AM
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depends on the table, you want to try to get about 1-4 callers, I go anywhere from 4.5x BB to 10x BB, a re-raise is an automatic all-in. try to do this with people you know won't call with 5-6s or something.
Last edited by chilipeppers; 03-17-2005 at 02:08 AM.
Reason: added to previous
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05-26-2005, 05:43 PM
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i have taken a few bad beats in tourneys with AA from slow playing them, they are a very tough hand to get off of, nowi recomend a big raise pre flop to chase off any marginal hands that might hit a flop on you, after the flop its all up to how you read your opponent, normally i will make a nice raise if not a all in if i am under the gun, but if i have a good read on my opponent a check, all in raise is very effective as well, i'd rather take a small or med size pot with rockets than to get sucked out on and take a bad beat | | |
05-31-2005, 05:29 PM
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I play aces the same preflop as any other raiseing hand it is not what happens with AA preflop but how you play after the flop that matters. I will however come back over the top of a reraise to try and sigle out or get that person heads up. I think you will find this a better play than all in preflop. | | |
07-10-2005, 02:24 AM
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I've read some silly remarks on here about how people lose with AA 85% of the time, that it's best to always slowplay and trap your opponents, ect...
Here's the problem I find myself in and I'm guessing a lot of othe people go through this too:
You're playing that online game, struggling to keep your head above water, maybe grabbing a small pot here and there. Then you're dealt AA and think "HOLY CRAP!! this is it, I can't let anyone know about my secret weapon!" so you check/call as smoothly as you can and head 6-way into the flop...
You can probably imagine what happens here. Really nothing short of another Ace will improve your hand to your satisfaction, and if there's any scare on the board you stark getting worried. And rightfully so. Aces are really only a monster hand when you can isolate it to one, maybe two players heading into the flop. After that it's just another hand where your decisions should be based on the knowledge of your opponent and whatever falls on the board.
So how should you play aces? If your a consistent better pre-flop, only folding, calling, or raising a set amount (2x, 3x BB), then raise that set amount. If you tend to vary your raises then just go with whatever feels right, anything from double the blind to all-in. Just raise SOMETHING! Remember that your goal is to narrow your competition to just one set of hole cards. And don't be afraid of getting ZERO callers, there's no shame in stealing blinds and anyone who called in front of you.
As far as slow playing, I think pocket aces have no place in this approach. Like everyone has said, you'll just get drawn out too many times by one of those crap hands that have more potential to improve than your AA. By then it's too difficult to lay down and who can blame you? The only time you should EVER consider slowplaying aces is heads-up, because you're already isolated against just one opponent.
One last thought:
Unless you're an incredibly tight player, you don't need to worry that your opponents will KNOW you just got AA because you made a pre-flop bet. Sure, in your mind you're thinking black-and-white "I can either raise or just call, but if I raise then it's obvoius that I've got it!" Your opponents won't know anything more about your hand than you would their's, if they made a reasonable bet. Think of it this way. How often do you say to yourself:
"Oh geez, I may have AQ suited, but this guy here just tripled the BB in front of me like he's done so many times before. He must have Bullets. I'd better fold!" | | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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