AAA weak Kicker - Go broke or Dblup??

[Monty9]

Hello all,

Love to hate these hands.

$33/6max PP 2nd blind level 40/80. Stacks are about even 17 to 25

Button limps, SB limps
I pick up A6s in BB --- raise to 220

Button calls, SB folds

FLOP: 4,A,8 rainbow

I lead out w. pot size bet.
Button: CALLS

TURN: another A...My play?

This may seem obvious but I alway get hung up on these.

[GatorJH]

The second A actually decreases the probability that villian also has an A. He may have a mid to high PP and saw your bet on the flop as a C-bet.

I would put out another pot sized bet here and if I go home to a bigger kicker, so be it.

[DogOnMySide]

Yeah, your other option is an all-in checkraise.... check to rep NOT having the ace, opp tries to steal, push to get bigger pot...


or bust out and look a dick!

[poskid_1982]

Yeah, your other option is an all-in checkraise.... check to rep NOT having the ace, opp tries to steal, push to get bigger pot...


or bust out and look a dick!

I like this option better as giving your opp a chance at bluffing increases your possiblilities to make a stack. If he doesnt bet then your river decision becomes pretty fucking easy. Also...looking to pick up the c-bettor on the turn is just as prevalent in Tourney play as it is in Cash game. Trap him.

PK

[Monty9]

OK... so far everybody is saying bet,check raise or push.

Nobody puts opp on another Ace??

I generally think like you. Most opps raise an Ace in 6 max ( like me )
so I didn't put him on an Ace with a high kicker ( maybe A<4 ).

However the call scared me a little. What could he be calling with?
A small set? or the case A in a kicker shoot out?

I figured like I usually do that with 3 A's out the case A is unlikly.

Nobody CHECK/CALLS here with a blocking bet on the river??
The call may scare him as much as his scared me or is this to weak.

[jeffraider]

Preflop: The raise is pretty weak. Basically you're making it 140 more into a pot of 380 and there's a guy with position on you in the hand. If there was no button here and the SB open-completed, sure, but don't build big pots with weak hands out of position. I'd check here most of the time, but if you are raising I'd probably raise more, like to 300-350 area. Mostly check here though.

Flop: I don't really see a need to pot it here. I'd bet about half the pot and keep the pot size down. Also when you raise preflop like you did and then pot it on the flop you're basically putting yourself in a situation where mostly better hands will be giving you action. I mean, sure there are some worse hands that'll call preflop and then call a PSB but mostly you'll be crushed once he calls you on the flop. Bet half the pot or a tiny bit more. A full PSB after a PFR narrows your action range down to hands that you hate seeing.

Turn: With all the chips you've moved into this pot already, you're pretty much committed, so I definitely think you check it here and give your opponents a chance to fire away with weaker hands. Also, if he's got you crushed and decides to check behind you and then you check the river you can often call a small value bet from him and just not go broke.

Basically this hand started spinning out of control before the flop and was turned into mashed potatoes on the flop.

[Renton]

I don't like raising bad hands from the blinds.

[Monty9]

Thanks for your imput, especially only betting 1/2 the pot on flop, but then how do you lay down a set of A's on the turn?

I bet... He pushed and I called.

He showed A9 and I fired up another one. LOL. I would have expected him to raise PF so good for him for mixing it up. I guess we ( like most ) can't lay down a set of A's whatever the kicker.

Maybe I'm a fish but A6 6 handed unraised to me is not that bad of a hand, and I think the pot size bet takes down most pots. It was the call that scared me and how much credit you give him for the case A on the turn.

[jeffraider]

Thanks for your imput, especially only betting 1/2 the pot on flop, but then how do you lay down a set of A's on the turn?

You don't, but the point is to make sure you're getting enough action from hands you beat. Keep the pots smaller, you'll find all sorts of good things start to happen for you.

[givememyleg]

I don't raise preflop.

If he has an Ace + you're going broke from this most of the time. Raising with an ace baby can get you into trouble.. I wouldn't even lead out the flop because you might be way behind.