10NL; AA on the Button

royalburrito24

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Pagget aces on the button. Folded to me. What is our line here pre flop?

full tilt poker Game #5007506416: Table Tara - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:15:58 ET - 2008/01/26
Seat 1: royalburrito24 ($8.25)
Seat 2: daeh0105 ($10)
Seat 3: Silent N ($4.85)
Seat 4: SVD77 ($3.35)
Seat 5: Lerry24 ($13.80)
Seat 6: BWenzel ($1.85)
Seat 7: Be6661 ($5.20)
Seat 8: nofoldpoker ($4.15)
Seat 9: Oli Pocher ($1.85)
daeh0105 posts the small blind of $0.05
Silent N posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to royalburrito24 [Ac Ah]
SVD77 folds
Lerry24 folds
SVD77 stands up
BWenzel folds
Be6661 folds
nofoldpoker folds
Oli Pocher folds
royalburrito24
 
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That's one of the worst feelings isn't it to see it folded around?

Standard line is to raise it... no more than a standard 3x raise. This is one of the only times in poker I think I don't mind a min raise either.. you want him to play back at you. Be prepared to just pick up the BB though.


A bit riskier but reasonable play is to just limp and hope he either raises or catches a pair on the flop (but not anything better!).
 
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Usually i just put in a standard raise to 15c if the blinds are average NL10 players, you will get called a lot of the time by at least one of them. Ive seen many players calling my CO and BTN raises with absolutely anything, simply because they think I'm stealing with garbage.
However, i do remember David Sklansky saying calling here is best almost all of the time.
He says let people in and make a pair, let them trap themselves, sometimes they will win but much more often you will take down a decent sized pot with your aces.
 
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Usually i just put in a standard raise to 15c if the blinds are average NL10 players, you will get called a lot of the time by at least one of them. Ive seen many players calling my CO and BTN raises with absolutely anything, simply because they think I'm stealing with garbage.
However, i do remember David Sklansky saying calling here is best almost all of the time.
He says let people in and make a pair, let them trap themselves, sometimes they will win but much more often you will take down a decent sized pot with your aces.

The only problem I have with your reply is this.
You cannot raise to $0.15, unless you mean $0.15 more than the BB, which would make it raising to $0.25.

I agree that a limp here would be good, and a $0.25 raise would also be just fine.

I went with the raise.

royalburrito24 raises to $0.25
daeh0105 adds $0.05
daeh0105 folds
Silent N calls $0.15
*** FLOP *** [As 9h Tc]
Silent N has 15 seconds left to act
Silent N checks
royalburrito24 ??

What's next?
 
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Pagget aces on the button. Folded to me. What is our line here pre flop?

Full Tilt Poker Game #5007506416: Table Tara - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:15:58 ET - 2008/01/26
Seat 1: royalburrito24 ($8.25)
Seat 2: daeh0105 ($10)
Seat 3: Silent N ($4.85)
Seat 4: SVD77 ($3.35)
Seat 5: Lerry24 ($13.80)
Seat 6: BWenzel ($1.85)
Seat 7: Be6661 ($5.20)
Seat 8: nofoldpoker ($4.15)
Seat 9: Oli Pocher ($1.85)
daeh0105 posts the small blind of $0.05
Silent N posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to royalburrito24 [Ac Ah]
SVD77 folds
Lerry24 folds
SVD77 stands up
BWenzel folds
Be6661 folds
nofoldpoker folds
Oli Pocher folds
royalburrito24

Is this a joke? Please raise. You have the best hand in poker and if he has rags he'll likely need to hit 2 pair or trips to call you anyway in which case, unless you hit the A he has you beat anyway. A limp or min-raise is just asking for someone to suck out on you, gives them way too good implied odds. Anything under a 3x raise is a mistake IMO.
 
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The only problem I have with your reply is this.
You cannot raise to $0.15, unless you mean $0.15 more than the BB, which would make it raising to $0.25.

I agree that a limp here would be good, and a $0.25 raise would also be just fine.

I went with the raise.

royalburrito24 raises to $0.25
daeh0105 adds $0.05
daeh0105 folds
Silent N calls $0.15
*** FLOP *** [As 9h Tc]
Silent N has 15 seconds left to act
Silent N checks
royalburrito24 ??

What's next?

Sorry, posted the last one without seeing this first, but...

You bet. He called your preflop raise so it's possible he hit some kind of pair or even has a straight draw. If he missed this flop he's not paying you off, and if hit it he'll call your bet. This is a no-brainer, he checks to you and you have to bet. You do want a call though so I'd be betting maybe 30 cents here.
 
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