How to Play High Pairs in Texas Holdem Poker

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You play your big pairs aggressively or rather do the slow play?

Is a tool called "Slowplay" use or not use, are the cruel question ... !!!

How many ever did and did very badly, of course I am one of them, even in possession of a pair show as "AA", "KK".

Go all-in or make slow play - Playing a strong hand passively so that more players remain in the pot.

I get very upset when I lose to "AA" or "KK", even though about 80% to win and 20% lose, we have to learn from our mistakes in past games.

And you? What they prefer to "ALL-IN or SLOWPLAY?"
 
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Most cases play every hand that you play aggresively not only the big pairs.
Very few cases where to slow play and those are mostly where there is an aggresive people next to act so you let him do his thing.
 
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I play high pairs in different ways, it happens that I play passively but sometimes I play aggressively, I look at the situation on the table and how other players play, I also get upset when I lose "AA" or "KK" but this is a game and different situations occur!
 
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It depends on my position at the table, but usually I play aggressively. Of course, you need to consider the exact format of the tournament you play. Good luck.
 
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pairs from aces to 10 usually raise from any position !!! pairs from 9 to 2 play differently at the beginning of the tournament I try to see the flop with them but I fold for a big raise, in the middle and in the late stage of the tournament the pairs 9-2 play only from late position but my game also depends on the number of chips if the chips are small 9-2 go all-in but only in the event that the players before me no one raised the rate! I do not like to play with AA and KK passively, although against aggressive players it can be very effective !!!in most cases I'm with AA and KK do not go all-in immediately and try to play!
 
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its really opponent and stack size variable sometimes QQ and below vs large stack size in tournaments can be a flat as don't wanna stack off that much and you will want to use pot control so really its dependant but for most part play em aggresive and you will be rewarded when the suck out comes accept it also depend how polarized your hand will look so again very situation dependant but for most part aggresive
 
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I try to play high pairs aggressively. The fewer opponents remain in the game, the greater the probability of winning. I think that it is not necessary slowplay high pairs, because the situation on the flop may change in favor of the opponent.
 
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i always think about how many big blinds i have at the moment, lets imagine blinds 50/100 and we have 3000, you are at UTG +2 with 88's I think its okay to raise 3,4bet to see the flop, and if someone reraise us, we fold because they may have a stronger hand
 
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hi

hi all,
new to the dite, trying to find my way
 
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I like to play slow.Traping the opponents.
 
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Its not that simple, you must take some factors into consideration like how many BB do you have are you in a MTT/SNG/CASH-GAME, what information do you have on your opponents, what's the texture of the flop, etc. Sometimes is good to play slow and sometimes is good to play fast. It would be more simple to post hands and seek advice.
 
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You play your big pairs aggressively or rather do the slow play?

Is a tool called "Slowplay" use or not use, are the cruel question ... !!!

How many ever did and did very badly, of course I am one of them, even in possession of a pair show as "AA", "KK".

Go all-in or make slow play - Playing a strong hand passively so that more players remain in the pot.

I get very upset when I lose to "AA" or "KK", even though about 80% to win and 20% lose, we have to learn from our mistakes in past games.

And you? What they prefer to "ALL-IN or SLOWPLAY?"
I think that SLOWPLAY with such pairs is not very good. I try to play them aggressively, otherwise my opponent always has the opportunity to reach his hands and beat my strong pair.
this was often.
 
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I would like to play high pairs aggressively preflop, so I can also sometimes add some bluff to my preflop 3-bet if I find my opponents fold to 3-bet very often.
 
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I generally play my big pairs aggressively (AA KK QQ JJ 1010 is border) 3 bump in 1 and 4pos pot in 8 9 567 hope I know plyrs at the table to decide bump. Not sure the correct thinking but for me I got the hand and do not want sliders coming in if they do not pay.
 
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