AA in BB
 

5/10 blinds, live cash game

Me in BB $1,400
UTG $1000

UTG limps, 1 call, 1 raise to 30, folded to me. I raise 60 more to 90.

UTG reraises to 210 (120 more). All fold to me.

I've never played with this guy before and I usually play 1/2, 1/3, 2/5 blind games so it's somewhat new territory for me (The 5/10 blind game is the 2nd largest in my area and the largest [10/25] only spreads on Thrusday evenings).

That said, he just joined the game about hour before and had been playing solid. I was pretty sure he had a big pocket pair. He did lay down QQ earlier when an A was on the board, but not before putting about $300 in the pot.

I deliberated for a bit, trying to decide what to do.

I was only considering two moves:

1) reraise $400
2) push

What would you do and why?

Re: AA in BB
 

call, c/c any flop, c/rai any turn

Re: AA in BB
 

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call, c/c any flop, c/rai any turn

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you can probably just flop c/rai

Re: AA in BB
 

shove with his stack; he obv loves his hand and u dont wunna risk a flop that could kill ur action (like if A flops and he has KK, or if he has AK and misses postflop, or if he has QQ and A OR K hits). He loves his hand and its live=SHOOOOVE preflop!

Re: AA in BB
 

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call, c/c any flop, c/rai any turn

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you can probably just flop c/rai

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Either way, I assume you want the guy pot committed before pushing?

Re: AA in BB
 

you really should consider some other options

Re: AA in BB
 

I would call then crai on flop.

Re: AA in BB
 

Yea really does sound like he loves his hand, I would take a bit of time and shove.

Re: AA in BB
 

dude make it 420 how could you not?

Re: AA in BB
 

Shove all in preflop, as stated above, your opponent likes his hand, and live players can't find the fold button when this is the situation. He isn't finding a fold ever with KK here and will call with QQ/AK 60-75% of the time. No need to get cute. You get called often enough to make this more profitable than potentially risking a flop that kills your action.