Playing the Nuts [$11 SNG]

[siltstrider]

Check preflop, bet flop. If you miss turn, just don't do anything stupid. I'd probably c/c with odds.

If you hit turn, keep betting.

Raising his limp preflop is pretty bad. You have a hand that plays like shit oop against a guy who loves to bluff. If he were straightforward/weak and passive, then raising A2 still isn't that great because you could still exploit the fact that he's weak and passive with any two other cards.

"Zomg A-high" is not a reason to get into shit spots oop.

[alexpoker]

I would have been betting consistently pre-draw, post-flop right up to the end. This way you build up the pot incase you pull the flush, which you did. Ace is a good enough pocket to bet with anyways. Plus too you don't give it away you have anything because you were betting consistently its nothing out of the ordinary.

[surviva316]

Raising his limp preflop is pretty bad. You have a hand that plays like shit oop against a guy who loves to bluff. If he were straightforward/weak and passive, then raising A2 still isn't that great because you could still exploit the fact that he's weak and passive with any two other cards.

"Zomg A-high" is not a reason to get into shit spots oop.

+100

what's all this "auto-raise any A ALWAYS in HU pokerz" bonkiness?

OOP against a player who never lets us get to showdown cheap and is unlikely to fold to single-street bluffs--raising one of the most draw-dead nuts-dead hands doesn't sound like the best way to exploit this player