AA Play on 10+1

[Hal I. But]

POKERTRON had been playing tightly, I had seen about half a dozen of his hole cards which had been to the effect of Ax(kicker 9+) a few times and AA , T9s, and T7s once each.

For what it’s worth I had been playing tightly and aggressively having won a few pots with great hands but I never ended up showing any of them because I was always folded to.


Sat Dec 24 00:04:14 EST 2005
Table 67433 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: (1275)
Seat 2: (1596)
Seat 3: POKERTRON (1964)
Seat 6: Hal I. But (900)
Seat 8: (815)
Seat 9: (1010)
Seat 10: (440)
Seat 9 posts small blind (50)
Seat 10 posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hal I. But [ As, Ah ]
Seat 1 folds.
Seat 2 calls (100)
POKERTRON calls (100)
Hal I. But raises (300) to 300
Seat 8 folds.
Seat 9 folds.
Seat 10 folds.
Seat 2 folds.
POKERTRON calls (200)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4h, Qh, Ks ]
POKERTRON checks.

[vqc]

push preflop, push flop.

[MAX]

Assume you are a 4 - 1 favorite. Do you want to risk your tourney life for 200 extra chips? Your bet gave him the wrong pot odds (200 to win 650), but seeing as you aren't folding, his implied odds are 200 to win 1250. Not really as bad as it seems though, considering he is less than 4 to 1 on the flop alone and you are definitly pushing after any flop. If you had been pushing preflop previously, then I push preflop for sure- it looks less scary than a smaller raise. I like to bet at least enough that they are compelled to call my flop push due to it being a little smaller and the pot being a little bigger. I think pushing is fine and raising is fine, but with 2 limpers I am going bigger than 3bb to isolate, give worse than slightly bad odds, and because I don't mid taking the 350 in the pot either. Sticking half your stack in or pushing is probably the best way to go.
VQ- I can't argue with the push. It looks less suspicious than a half your stack raise to most and is probably just as likely to be called. Is there anything inherently wrong with the 1/2 stack raise?

[nogenius]

I would raise to 500 PF and put it all in on any flop.

[zenbitz]

I guess it's a mistake to give a free card on this flop, but only a small one. You all a/i anyway, and if has 2 hearts then he is calling anyway.

Actually, checking this flop might be good! If a heart falls, and you push he just MIGHT fold a better hand like 2 pair or even a set. Thems pretty feeble odds though.

Don't mind preflop - fine as long as you bet enough to get only 1-2 callers. That being said, if you have a laggy image on a loose table, push preflop.