Re: *** Top Set w/AA ??? ***
^Terrible^. Stop slowplaying.
Take the role of MP in this hand. If the Button has AA, JJ, or TT he has to call a shove given the pot odds. If he chooses to fold, that's great for us, we profit by him folding (because he's making a mistake). If we cold call, you realize we're allowing him to call $50 to win a $500 pot. There's almost no hand that isn't correct to take those odds. But much more importantly, BTN is clearly strong raising this flop. If we cold-call, he's not allowed to raise (because BB's raise does not constitute a full raise), so we have to see a turn. So suppose we cold-call BB's shove and BTN calls. Now the turn comes K. Oops, now what? We can't stack BTN's TT or AJ anymore. So what's your plan as MP? Cold-call and let a scare card-fall? Min-raise which is so clearly WAY stronger than a shove? All other options are trash. Shove.
Note: Calling the first $25 and then cold-calling $125 more with no flush draw on board looks VERY strong. All hands that go broke to that line also go broke to a shove.
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