$2 NLHE 6-max: Playing AA Post Flop

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Ok, so I absolutely hate playing AA/KK postflop, especially when my opponent is being very aggressive. So what would you guys suggest to do after he re-raises me postflop?


SB: $2 (100 bb)
BB: $1.95 (97.5 bb)
UTG: $19.73 (986.5 bb)
MP: $0.47 (23.5 bb)
Hero (CO): $2.03 (101.5 bb)
BTN: $2.02 (101 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Ah Ac
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, 2 folds, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.13) Tc 8h Kc (2 players)
BB bets $0.06, Hero raises to $0.24, BB raises to $0.54, Hero raises to $1.97 and is all-in, BB calls $1.35
 
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First. Raise more preflop . Make it 10 cents if you have fish the like to call on your left.
Than put down some stats. At the first glance I could say the villain is a fish. 97.5BBs stack is a good sign. Now the question is what kind of fish. Put some stats here.
 
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Thanks for the reply, I forgot to mention it was zoom and I had no stats on villain. I often raise to 3bb pre with KK/AA as I often find it hard to get a caller, especially in 6 max.
 
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Thanks for the reply, I forgot to mention it was zoom and I had no stats on villain. I often raise to 3bb pre with KK/AA as I often find it hard to get a caller, especially in 6 max.

That is because 80% maybe more out there playing zoom are nits. They are not the reason why you are there and they will not put too uch money down without something strong. Fish are the reason. And fish do what fish do. And at 2NL the fish are the people that have no idea what they are doing. First time playing poker or people that came from facebook playing one table for playmoney. They do not know about "standard". They just want to play any Ace,King,Queen,Jack, any suited 2 cards, any connectors,1 gap connectors etc. Anything that looks nice . I saw people playing any deuce because deuce brings them luck. It is a circus there.
 
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I agree with Swingro. Zoom is too different. If this is a regular game, pre-flop is fine but you can raise more. For the post flop, I will be moving in on this.
 
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That is because 80% maybe more out there playing zoom are nits. They are not the reason why you are there and they will not put too uch money down without something strong. Fish are the reason. And fish do what fish do. And at 2NL the fish are the people that have no idea what they are doing. First time playing poker or people that came from facebook playing one table for playmoney. They do not know about "standard". They just want to play any Ace,King,Queen,Jack, any suited 2 cards, any connectors,1 gap connectors etc. Anything that looks nice . I saw people playing any deuce because deuce brings them luck. It is a circus there.

I like that people play nitty because it's more likely they'll do the following:

Punt with TP/TK
Overvalue 2 pair (Twice tonight I won good sized pots when I flopped a set and villain thought they were good). On one particular hand, he shoved the rest of his stack (just slightly larger than the size of the pot as a 91% dog and I gladly called him.....I was only disappointed that he didn't have a larger stack (was 2c-5c NLH Zoom).
They'll get married to their hands and will gladly pay you off if you just play sound poker and not try and do anything too fancy. That's the one flaw I find that they have. Don't get me wrong, I make my share of mistakes too, but I find a fold more often in situations where I am faced with a decision like "do I WANT to call the rest of my stack with just one pair?"

I heard that a lot watching the Main Event live stream, and even the highlight shows.....where the commentating makes reference to it being really tough to call off your tournament with just one pair. It was very educational to watch for me and I found that it has helped me immensely with my game in a short period of time.

Sometimes you just HAVE to be bluffed.
 
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Ok, so I absolutely hate playing AA/KK postflop, especially when my opponent is being very aggressive. So what would you guys suggest to do after he re-raises me postflop?


SB: $2 (100 bb)
BB: $1.95 (97.5 bb)
UTG: $19.73 (986.5 bb)
MP: $0.47 (23.5 bb)
Hero (CO): $2.03 (101.5 bb)
BTN: $2.02 (101 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Ah Ac
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, 2 folds, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.13) Tc 8h Kc (2 players)
BB bets $0.06, Hero raises to $0.24, BB raises to $0.54, Hero raises to $1.97 and is all-in, BB calls $1.35
Good pre-flop open size. You got it all in on the flop, nice. Villain stat's are irrelevant as are the results. I see nothing wrong with the way you played the hand. Very nice sir.
 
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If this was a relatively tight opponent i might have thought long and hard whether i should continue with our hand after getting 4bet on the flop but against an aggressive villain no way am i folding aces at this spot. I would have played the hand the way you did. :)
 
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Incase anyone was interested, he had TK and so hit a two pair on the flop and won the hand.
 
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Incase anyone was interested, he had TK and so hit a two pair on the flop and won the hand.
Oh, then I take back everything I said. Fold preflop.
 
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No need to call that much. No worse hand will 3bet you on the flop
 
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I think continuing with the hand is good as I believe there are enough people who might play AK this way. Sometimes you'll be up against flush draws and str8 draws as well. TT, 88, and two pair is the only thing that you have to be worried about. The thing that makes this scary is that he donk bet re-raised. If you ever read the book Super System. This is a play that is made with strong hands. This line seems to be somewhat popular among certain players. That makes it scarier and a not-so-easy decision. I think a call is best though since you have the ace of clubs. You block straights for QJ and if a club comes you're still in pretty good shape. With the chance of him being a crazy fish, he could be stone cold bluffing and lose all his chips to you.

@swingro
How does 97.5BBs prove that Villain is a fish? That's pretty much the same thing as a full stack.
 
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I think continuing with the hand is good as I believe there are enough people who might play AK this way. Sometimes you'll be up against flush draws and str8 draws as well. TT, 88, and two pair is the only thing that you have to be worried about. The thing that makes this scary is that he donk bet re-raised. If you ever read the book Super System. This is a play that is made with strong hands. This line seems to be somewhat popular among certain players. That makes it scarier and a not-so-easy decision. I think a call is best though since you have the ace of clubs. You block straights for QJ and if a club comes you're still in pretty good shape. With the chance of him being a crazy fish, he could be stone cold bluffing and lose all his chips to you.

@swingro
How does 97.5BBs prove that Villain is a fish? That's pretty much the same thing as a full stack.

I wonder how many times did you sat at a table with a 97.5 BB stack without autotopup?
 
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