How is the best way to play with AA?

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I already lost a lot of times with AA.
When i have to be aggressive ou tight? All in or fold?
 
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Fold :D , lol joking , always agressivly, preflop always raise
 
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if possible always reraise on preflop
 
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Pocket aces aren't invincible at all and if to approach a negligent draw of this starting hand, you can lose a lot of money. Therefore attentively study this related guide as it shall help you to learn correctly and it is profitable to play pocket aces.

Always try to do to Beth or рейз with pocket aces

You shall understand that pocket aces not that type of hands with which we would like to appear in multisweat. An ideal situation for a draw of pocket aces – hedz-ap sweat on a flopa (i.e. when you appear in a draw in private with the opponent). Therefore to limp (it is simple to come into a game a call) with such hand in an early line item is dangerous tactics, and you shall avoid similar lines of a draw. Eventually, if you limp, then on a flopa you can appear in opposition with numerous opponents, and in such situations you shall be ready to dump the hand in response to aggression of opponents if only you didn't get to a set.
 
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Situation dependent... my main rule is: just don't allow an opponent to draw out on you without making them pay for it... 'cause after the flop you're taking further increasing risk on each street...
 
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Well , Its depends of situation , but play agressivly with such of hand , because if you will slow play , then you will be very mad when you will losse with AA against 47 or 78 such of hands.
If you're from UTG you could play this hand agressivly , but if you feel this situation , and you decided to slow play AA , then try to play from the button , because they can try to steal the bank , but if you will have AA :) I think this will be very confortable call or to re-push.
Thanks.
 
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AA is 85% Heads up and significantly declines the more players in the pot.

All in is not necessarily a good play in my opinion unless your are sure you are going to get at least 1 caller.

4X BB should get plenty of junk out of the way and get a pocket pair or high card callers.

You do not just want to steal the blinds with AA IMHO, you want the entire stack of just 1 caller. Yes they may hit, but you have just as good of odds of hitting yourself and in the likely event no one hits, you win.

I may play a bit to aggressive, but when my odds hit 85% or more, I'm trying to get all my chips in play.
 
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AA is 85% Heads up and significantly declines the more players in the pot.

All in is not necessarily a good play in my opinion unless your are sure you are going to get at least 1 caller.

4X BB should get plenty of junk out of the way and get a pocket pair or high card callers.

You do not just want to steal the blinds with AA IMHO, you want the entire stack of just 1 caller. Yes they may hit, but you have just as good of odds of hitting yourself and in the likely event no one hits, you win.

I may play a bit to aggressive, but when my odds hit 85% or more, I'm trying to get all my chips in play.
I forget all the exact odds stuff but I'm in agreement with this... np...
 
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There is no best way to play AA. It depends on your position, the bets before you and the styles of other players. It also depends on whether you are willing to gamble by playing trappy and accepting beats because you didn't isolate. As comments before you indicate, AA plays best against only one opponent. Raising pre-flop with AA is for most players a way to thin the field and get into a heads-up situation.
 
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... there is a no right way to play aa ... also there is a huge amount of ways to play any hand besides allin or fold ... generally you should make a raise pre ... and go from there
 
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aggro! unless you know your opp is betting big but folds to any agressin himelf
 
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It all depends on the position on the table and where the button is, ie the positivity is important when it comes to throwing everything in the strong bet
 
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You have to go cautiously and when you manage to link a trio or full there you go aggressively
 
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Aces are the absolutely nuts pre flop. That's the first thing to know about aces.

If you're playing freerolls, microstakes or even small stakes, pre flop you should always raise for sheer value pre flop no matter what action villain has. Players tend to be passive. (Metagame is important on bigger stakes)

On the flop, the aces aren't likely to still be the nuts (unless you flop quads or top set on a non-flushy, non straighty board), but they still are the vast majority of the time on the value side of the spectrum. You should be almost all the time betting or raising with aces on the flop, but unless you have a read on your opponent, I'd avoid re-raising aces on the flop.

Turn and river, if your opponent called your aggression pre flop, and on the flop, you should start thinking about showdown and exercising pot control. You don't want to be bluffed out of your aces, but they become no longer the monster they were on earlier streets.

SplitSuit channel on YouTube shows a wide variety of videos on tricky situations of playing aces.
 
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3bet and look on table whos raise my bet. Always playing this cards with cold mind.

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PLAY it as you would any strong hand preferably with a decent sized raise or reraise to hopefully clear out tbe crap cards . HOWE ER keep in mind that just because you raise even if it is a healthy sized bet , ther is no gaurantee that it will make anyone fold just because you feel it js the correct thing for them to do. MANY players have differnt agendas and unfortunately do not include what most of us would consider a good or profitable play.
If you get more than one cLler proceed with caution and do what you feel is right , and yes depending on the board and the other variables ie reads on other stack size and a number of others it is ok to fold them at any point afer the flop if you feel you will not be holding the winner , or if you ceel you can not get the other player to fold simply put play them aggressively pre try to isolate one player if you feel you are ahead still play them aggressively if you feel u are behind or your hand wont get there consider bluffing , if you still feel your hand is behind post flop turn or river it is ok to fold if you feel it is the right move to make. If you are like me id probably just pay them off anywqy to see if my read was correct lol howevdf that can be an expensive way to validate go with ur gut and gl
 
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Little information for any analysis of your games with AA. I can only advise to read a lot of theory . And watch training.
 
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AA is my favorite starting hand in no limit holdem and i think its easy to play with. always raise preeflop from any position. raising allows you to narrow the field down to only one or two opponents. it is not good to play AA with many opponents in the hands, because one of them will beat your one pair.
 
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I nearly always raise preflop. I will only shove if I think I am getting a call and will only call if I know I have someone behind me that likes to raise every pot so I can bump again after.
 
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Stay aggressive with it preflop but if called you have to avoid being blinded by them on later streets.
 
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Safest would be aggressive with AA. Try to keep most of players out and hope the best. Big raise is good choice usually. But if you pay against loose players then anything can happen.
 
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Look at the position!

Be aggressive most of the time, watch the villains always and see how your bets react!
 
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Hi friend, look at me I find it well to enter the flop with three blinds after seeing the flop and seeing that there is not much danger such as a color or a ladder, I bet the pot and if on the turn I see that it is not built No play better than mine at the table I go all in clear is that this is in the case of not hit a trio at the table, I am somewhat cautious, I hope you serve, good luck at the tables.
 
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With AA, you always want to be looking to raise or re-raise before the flop. It is never good strategy to limp or simply call a raise because you are missing the opportunity to get more money into the pot with the best hand, and you are giving weaker hands the opportunity to overtake you on the flop.
After the flop you should again look to keep the action flowing by betting and raising. You do not want to give anyone the correct odds to call for any straights, flushes or drawing hands at this point, so make sure you put them to a tough decision for their chips.
 
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Everything depends on the flop if there is little chance of a draw it is best to slowplay to try to extract the most chips from your opponents, but if it is a flop with many draw like a Straight or a flush it is better to be aggressive
 
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