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Do you have the balls to fold AA?
So here I am playing at PokerStars at 2NLHE tables and boom! The all awaited pocket aces appear just below my name. I raise, someone reraises, someone goes all-in, I call with lightning speed and the other dude also calls. We all had about a 50-100BB stack. Anyways... yadee yadee yada, I come out as the victor. Yay. Now, my next hand right after my big win with my pocket beauties... to my surprise, I get pocket aces again! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
<u>PREFLOP</u> (9 people at a 9-max table 2NLHE) 1st calls (stack: $1.16) 2nd calls (stack: $3.73) Hero raises $0.10 to $0.12 (stack: $4.53) 3rd calls raise (stack: $8.24) 4th calls raise (stack: $2.83) two ppl fold 5th calls raise (stack: $2.83) 1st calls raise 2nd calls raise <u>FLOP</u> (pot: $0.73) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5th dude bets $2.71 and is all-in 1st dude calls $1.04 and is all-in (and the pot is now $4.48 with $2.71 to call) 2nd dude folds Hero? <font color="red">Should I call? Or grow big balls and fold? I honestly was brought to a fork in the road... I didn't know what to do. Do you have the balls to fold pocket aces here? Are the balls even necessary to have here?</font> Results: To be continued... |
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Re: Do you have the balls to fold AA?
pretty standard fold at the higher levels I would think, the only hands you beat are donks going crazy with top top or an overpair like 99, but it's far more likely I would feel I was drawing next to dead again'st a flopped straight, two pair, or trips, and even if I was ahead of both of them somehow they obviously would have had redraws like no other, I would fold.
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Re: Do you have the balls to fold AA?
easy fold
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Re: Do you have the balls to fold AA?
insta call
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Re: Do you have the balls to fold AA?
Fold. Even if you're up against just a flush draw and just a straight draw + small pair for example, you're in a breakeven spot.
Board: 7c 6c 8s Dead: equity win tie pots won pots tied Hand 0: 34.773% 34.51% 00.26% 16830 126.00 { AA } Hand 1: 34.551% 34.29% 00.26% 16722 126.00 { QcJc } Hand 2: 30.676% 30.42% 00.26% 14832 126.00 { 97o } You will also be dead against a set, or behind to two-pair a lot of the time. |
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Re: Do you have the balls to fold AA?
[ QUOTE ]
Fold. Even if you're up against just a flush draw and just a straight draw + small pair for example, you're in a breakeven spot. Board: 7c 6c 8s Dead: equity win tie pots won pots tied Hand 0: 34.773% 34.51% 00.26% 16830 126.00 { AA } Hand 1: 34.551% 34.29% 00.26% 16722 126.00 { QcJc } Hand 2: 30.676% 30.42% 00.26% 14832 126.00 { 97o } [/ QUOTE ] This is not a break even spot. There is already money in the pot so you would have an overlay. Also, you might lose to the short stack, but beat the larger stack, and get most of your money back. Paul |
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Re: Do you have the balls to fold AA?
oooh, majority so far, folds. I also think that would be the best bet, but I shall give my reasons a bit later.
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Re: Do you have the balls to fold AA?
At higher stakes I'd fold, but at NL2 where players are likely to get ai on the flop with top pair or overpairs it's a call.
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Re: Do you have the balls to fold AA?
Just the board alone is scary with the straight draw and the flush draw. But add in the action and it gets even scarier.
By the way, you did not tell us if you had the Ace of clubs to even give you a chance at the back door flush. Also, how big is your total bankroll? Not just what you had at the table, but your entire bankroll. Personally, based on the board and the action and without knowing your total bankroll, I would fold. |
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