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FTP $24+2 early position AA play
I have recently started playing MTTs, after playing almost exclusively 90 person SnG. Reading this forum has helped me a lot, I hope I can get some insight on this hand.
It is a double-stack tourney, blinds are 50/100 and I'd say the average stack is about 4k. The villain and I have some recent history. We've been together for about 30 hands and he's been playing fairly tight (14/9) and I have been playing looser than I am used to (30/15, I am usually 20/15). He has check-raised me about ten hands ago and I have done the same just 4 hands before this one. On to the hand: Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com Hero (t6160) UTG+1 (t3105) MP1 (t5050) MP2 (t6500) MP3 (t2235) CO (t1005) Button (t6325) SB (t3420) BB (t8275) Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. Hero calls t100, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">7 folds</font>, Hero calls t300. Flop: (t950) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> Hero ??? So, I don't usually do the limp/reraise UTG with a big hand thing, but I have been very active in the last orbit (played 50% of the hands) so I decide to limp with the aces and see what happens next. Since it goes back to me after the villain's raise, I decide to flat call since it is heads up and re-raising here would telegraph my hand. Now, my question is: given the recent history, what do you think is the best line to get all the money in? Lead weak/strong on the flop? check with the intention of check-raising? check/call and then check-raise turn or lead the turn? |
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Re: FTP $24+2 early position AA play
ive never played aces like this, but i imagine i'd do something like c/c and donk the turn hoping to get shoved over.
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Re: FTP $24+2 early position AA play
God forbid if one plays with aces with a little creativity.
having said that: If you've been raising a lot, you want to raise here, right? I mean, what, are you afraid of being RRed? LOL. Raise to 300 here, and then let UTG +1 reraise if he has JJ +. On the flop, check, because you show that you have a midpair that whiffed and the last thing you want to do is bet because THAT telegraphs your hand. Now, if Villain bets, I say call, then on the turn, depending on what card hits, check or bet again. it's a weird line, but it works in certain spots. Just don't overuse it. Barry |
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Re: FTP $24+2 early position AA play
If you've been raising a lot, you are in a great position to raise with Aces. Hopefully someone's frustrated with you by now and you get reraised light and can find yourself in a nice big two way pot. As played, probably C/C the flop and maybe weak lead the turn. If you're lucky, the guy has a medium strength hand and reads you for an OOP float and shoves over your weak lead.
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