$5 NLHE Full Ring: Spot with AA

hello all!
just got myself into a spot with AA and was just hoping for some general feedback and how you all might play the hand.

I do not use a hud at the moment, so only general reads i had on villain was that he was playing full stack, $5 full ring game.

hero dealt AsAc utg+1

utg min raise to 10c
hero 3bet 35c
everybody folds, villain calls 25c

flop, 4h qh 2d pot 86c
villain checks
hero bets 55c
villain raise 1.70c

I am interested in what would be your next move and the thought process behind it in hero's shoes.

I am aware this may be V dependent, although what is the most profitale play in a vacuum?

PEACE!

I'd raise a little larger pre-flop. Now that the min raise craze is catching on at lower limits, it's important to raise large against these guys because part of their strategy is to call 3-bets for smaller amount so that they have a decent SPR. On a side note, about 6 years ago or so, a high stakes grinder I played with a lot started employing this strategy to combat the 3-betting and open up his range. People thought he was being stupid, but he was winning and doing well with it. Now it's seeping into all limits.

Any ways, I'd call the flop raise since you have position and then shove over most turns. It's a pretty dry board aside from the flush draw, so it's pretty bad to be CR here for value, but it's 5nl, so he could have anything.

And that's my 5 cents.

Did that player's name start with a K by any chance John A? I still remember all the hate he got. Then everyone realized that he was crushing the games and started copying him. One of the best cases that I have ever seen of why you should ignore the "standard play" if you think there is a better way in the games that you play in.

In this hand I would also raise it up more preflop but I would just 3Bet ship the flop versus an unknown at NL5 and expect to get called by worse a lot.

So his range on the flop is sets for the small part and draws, top pair with some middle to good kicker, KK, AA and maybe 99,TT,JJ for the large part. If you had some more info on him you could narrow that range . It is obvious you are favourite against that. Some will say that he only has sets.But it is not true. I think a player calling a 3-bet OOP is bad enough to call with all of that range.

thanks for the input guys, i understand the point being made to raise more pre which is something i will add to my game at this limit.

i can also let you know that i did 4 bet shove all in and V turned up with a set of 22.

although as mentioned above, i also felt V can have more in range other than sets, such as pair plus draw combos so im hoping in the long run my 4 bet shove all in, in this spot would become profitable.

peace

ESTPRO1990 said:

thanks for the input guys, i understand the point being made to raise more pre which is something i will add to my game at this limit.

i can also let you know that i did 4 bet shove all in and V turned up with a set of 22.

although as mentioned above, i also felt V can have more in range other than sets, such as pair plus draw combos so im hoping in the long run my 4 bet shove all in, in this spot would become profitable.

peace

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If you have a large database(at least 20-30K) you can filter and see how much money you have won when you 3-bet IP with AA and got called oop. It is obvious that at this stakes a lot of people will make the bad choice to setmine or call 3-bets OOP with other s..t and play HU. I will tell you that there is not a more profitable line when you see the flop than to 3-bet with AA in position and get called . You have a lot of money put in preflop and villain hitting nothing most of the time.

he could easily had KK... dont know why you just called his 3-bet though... would 4-bet flop.

and as it was i would reraise big the flop hoping to go all in.. he doesnt have 44 or 22, so the only hand he is beating you there is QQ and he probably doesnt have it. Ship it

people at micros setmine a lot cause they think its profitable. when someone raises u and ur perceived strength is high its usually the nuts. that was a large raise. against a tight caller u can potcontrol ip any street especially on a dry board. gl

Yeah calling this every time.

What is your stack size? I will go allin here if I have less than 100BB