Cunningham folding aces on the river vs. Ivey

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How easy is it for you to throw away Aces on a rather 'dry' (i.e. lacking possible flushes, straights etc.) board? When a board, on the river, offers the possibility of a straight or flush (esp. a 4-card straight/flush draw) then folding Aces is obviously not out of the question...

But when it comes to situations like the one on this video, is it only me who finds it nearly impossible to throw them away?...

 
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It's very difficult to get away from this, but Ivey has been giving indications about the strength of his hand with a bet out of position on every street. However, he might do this with another hand too as a bluff.
The question to ask then is, how many times will he be bluffing here and how many times will it be for value. There is also the possibility he could be playing with two pair, which would beat his aces already, but there is less chance that he would be playing those cards out of position. If he would be in a late position two pair would be a risk but here not so much, which makes it more unlikely again that he would have a hand.
I don't think he would be doing these actions with for instance TPTK, but it is a possibility. The calls from Cunningham might have slowed him down with that hand, so I wouldn't think he has that either.
Very nice fold and I think most players would call because they have two chances: he is bluffing or he has a good, but less good than aces (like KK).
 
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Wow !!! im definately going to pay IVEY off there ... LOL
 
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He was making some decent size bets the whole time, half pot size. Hard to think he is three barrel bluffing at that point. Not sure if I can make that kind of a lay down, but there also playing for way more then I ever would play with in one hand
 
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You must also remember that these 2 guys know each other. Allan knew that small pairs are in Ivey's range, and that it is very like him to have pocket 2's 4's or 9's, because he has played him so many times before. Allan's assessment here was that ivey's hand was polarized, and he chose to believe he was beat.
 
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Well done. I threw off aces , but the situation was different. It is unlikely that I would have folded. But I am a beginner, and he pro
 
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Aces are merely the best hand pre-flop, with that said any hand can beat the after the flop has hit. With that said I'm not that good of a player and would probably stay married to them in this situation and would of been left crying and a lot less $
 
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Also think about what pairs he's having in raising/calling pre-flop compared to what's on the board, since only a set or two pair beat you on a dry board.
 
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Ivey would probably decimate my stack there... If I didn't re-shove on the flop and lose the lot.

Just got knocked out of the daily with AA... I went all in on the jack-high flop, guy called with JQ and, of course, queen comes on the turn. Bye bye Tracid.
 
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Well in this situation on this tournament i would call 90%. Maybe thats reason i will never get in situation :D
 
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