Calling followed by all-in AA?

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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?
 
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Heads up it's a good play (usually:p). The point of raising is to isolate but in HU there's no need obv.
 
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You knew your player so it was the right move at that point in time. If I didn't know any of the players and how they played I'm raising to Isolate , Not giving anybody a chance to limp and Catch. Great read
 
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It can be a very useful play when you know your opponents, or when there are shorter stacks behind you who have been aggressive. This is pretty much the only time I will not raise or re-raise AA. Nice play.
 
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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?


This depends on the players you are with at the table.
 
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