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Millie232
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Silver Level
So the title describes the situation really. Is it ever a good play to call with AA and then just shove when somebody raises you (obviously, you'd have to know they'll raise enough to be committed for this to work)?
My local casino hosts a weekly short stacked freeroll where the average stack is only 3-5 BBs, if that. I found myself with AA with a player after me who was playing hyper aggressive. I would certainly get at least one other caller and most likely two, and I knew that this person would most likely raise with anything. Knowing that, I only called and, as expected, he raised. I then shoved, and he followed, because his raise put in about 50-60% of his stack and he had me covered.
I believe, in this situation, I made the right play, because I recognised what he was going to do and then played effectively to nearly triple my stack (due to the size of the blinds, who folded).
This got me thinking: are there any other situations where this is the correct play?
My local casino hosts a weekly short stacked freeroll where the average stack is only 3-5 BBs, if that. I found myself with AA with a player after me who was playing hyper aggressive. I would certainly get at least one other caller and most likely two, and I knew that this person would most likely raise with anything. Knowing that, I only called and, as expected, he raised. I then shoved, and he followed, because his raise put in about 50-60% of his stack and he had me covered.
I believe, in this situation, I made the right play, because I recognised what he was going to do and then played effectively to nearly triple my stack (due to the size of the blinds, who folded).
This got me thinking: are there any other situations where this is the correct play?