$50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

Opponent here is fairly aggressive but not stupidly so. He doesnt have a great record prior to this game.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (2 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Hero (t1675)
BB (t1325)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t90</font>, BB calls t60.

Flop: (t180) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t120</font>, Hero calls t120.

Turn: (t420) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t1115 (All-In)</font>, Hero ?

Comments on all streets? What do you put my opponent on?

Nichomacheo

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

On the flop there is 90+90+ 120 = 300 before it's your turn to act . You were the original raiser and yet he's bet into you another 120 on the flop . I believe a healthy raise on the flop is in order here in the hopes that he may have a middle pocket pair that may pay you off . It makes your turn decisions much easier once you put the onus back on him . Now in this instance , you're in a quandary as to what to do .

How aggressive has this opponent been so far ? Certainly there is no correct way to deal with a situation like this . Much of your decision has nothing to do with your hole cards and every bit to do with your opponents tendencies .

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

if my opponent just called on the flop i would be able to confidently read him for an overpair like TT+ or a spade draw. the spades got there on the turn but they don't slow him down. at the same time he can't have the nut flush since you have the As. i feel like he has 33, 22 or maybe 44, broadway spades for the flush (JT+) are also squarely in his range. i'd fold.

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

no way he has 33, 22, or 44 and I find it hard to believe that he has a flush here i would put him on 56, 46 or an overpair....CALL

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

i think if you posted the whole hand history or atleast the last 10-15 hands before this, it would be a more interesting post

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

Yeah, if this guy has a hand like a flush or a full house, he'd slowplay a bit more, rather than going all-in and getting no value. He might bet out and bet the turn, but not an all-in bet. The all-in bet says "I'm protecting something vulnerable" like red Tens or something. I would call, and expect to see a smaller overpair.

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

i think he has an overpair + flush draw. call expecting to see 7s7h.

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

Have to call, no way he puts you on an overpair after that flop call. You're probably way ahead more often than behind there. Even if you are behind you have outs.

I would have reraised the flop to 420 though and hope the money goes allin there with him having 55+. Another spade coming off might kill your action.

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

Well, the way I figured it was that I was not vulnerable to many cards, so why not give a free card and make it seem like I am on the flush draw? If he has a 2, I am screwed either way. If a spade comes, it might even slow him down so that we dont have to get it all in with me as an underdog. If he has a 3, its unlikely we're going to get it all in anyway.

So I gave him a free card. The third spade hits and he pushes. I honestly put him on and overpair with a spade draw too, to which I am a huge favorite. I also thought he might have a 3xKs, 4xKs, something like that.

He actually had 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. River blanked and I lost. I'm not unhappy with the way I played it. GG him, I guess.

Comments on my thought process?
Nichomacheo

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

I think you are vulnerable to a lot of cards but I like the idea of trying to make it seem like you are weak. As played, I don't see how you can get away from this hand. I think posting the hand history will be helpful.

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

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That's too ugly of a flop to get cute with. Your hand is not likely to improve and his is. I still like a reraise on the flop. He could have easily had an overpair. If I put him on something like QsXs then I reraise big because I want as much money in the pot as possible on the flop. Since I doubt he puts you on aces he might think his high card is live.

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

I'm wondering about how to play AA in heads up as well. I had a similar hand where I raised 3xBB, held the A to the flush draw and lost a ton of chips to some one calling w/84s
to river a flush.

With a fairly loose opponent should the move be to blast him out preflop with a big bet (5xsBB? More??) and win your small pot rather then lose a big one to two pair of cheese or worse?

Re: $50 HUSNG -- I have Aces. My opponent has?
 

He either has 3 twos or a small flush and is protecting his hand against a larger flush draw.

Fold to the overbet.

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That's too ugly of a flop to get cute with. Your hand is not likely to improve and his is. I still like a reraise on the flop. He could have easily had an overpair. If I put him on something like QsXs then I reraise big because I want as much money in the pot as possible on the flop. Since I doubt he puts you on aces he might think his high card is live.

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I raised preflop, so its unlikely he has a 2 or 3 here. There is a remote possibility he has 23/34/A3, but if thats the case, I'm going to go broke on the turn regardless. You cant fear those threes. What I am afraid of is a flush draw. Given that I have one, he has two, and two are on the board, there are 8 that can fall on the turn. I'm not THAT vulnerable to it.

I think feigning weakness and having him play accordingly is the best way to go.

But I'm tricky.

Nichomacheo