How would you play AA

Do you Limp out of possition? Limp in position and hope for a raise?
Raise in position and hope for a call? raise out of position and hope for a re-raise? all in pre-flop? rasie, get a call then all in on flop?

tell me your way of playing AA :smile:

It really depends on the table for me. If everyone is limping and i'm in late position, I'm raising hoping to isolate but get at least 1 caller. In early position I usually raise it up too unless I'm feeling like gambling so I smooth call it...situational I guess

I don't like to play AA so i just move all in with them whenever i get them. At least that way i'm always ahead preflop except vs another AA. Also, i can now complain if ever i lose because i was ahead to begin with.

when appears a AA, i like to slow to, and, if someone raises, depending on the raise, if the raise ia small, i just call , for the other player bet more ate the flop, if the raise is like 1/2 of my stack, i go all in, then, qhen i just call, and the men bet at the flop, i call, when he bet at the turn, i call, and depending on the cards, if he bet on the river, i raise or i go all in.
obs: at the river, if has 4 cards of a flush, i just call, if i don't have the A of the flush

marble said:

I don't like to play AA so i just move all in with them whenever i get them. At least that way i'm always ahead preflop except vs another AA. Also, i can now complain if ever i lose because i was ahead to begin with.

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I do the same with AA....especially in tourneys...for me its either all or nothing with them...no grey area here!

I like to disguise AA by playing it similarly to how I play other slightly lesser hands. When people see you will play AA, 66, KQ suited, or even a bluff hand relatively similarly, it will make it hard for people to place ehat you're playing.

My method. Only time i would limp in under the gun and reraise is if I can sense the raiser. If there's a guy who keeps raising like an idiot, then I would limp in and then reraise all in. Of course, all in sounds stupid bcz pot odds aren't even correct and people will fold. But there are people who will call, thinking i have weak hand or i'm trying to steal the pot. But if I'm playing in a table full of rocks, then i NEVER slowplay or limp in with pocket Aces. never EVER.

If i am first position, i bet..
In Late position If people before all of them fold,I just check..slowplay

it depends on the situation at the table, so I play them slow or make a decent raise, honestly i dont like AA very much, in freerolls I lose with them 8 of 10 times cause donks call with 52 and hit 2 pair ..lol

BuggyX said:

it depends on the situation at the table, so I play them slow or make a decent raise, honestly i dont like AA very much, in freerolls I lose with them 8 of 10 times cause donks call with 52 and hit 2 pair ..lol

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?? you play them slow and are wondering why you get sucked out on??

I can't tell you how I'd play AA... cuz then I'd have to kill you.. simple!

You really have to be far more specific with your question to even get any kind of an answer of value. Come on.. take a couple of minutes to set up a couple of scenarios at least. In a 'nutshell'.. I'd open with them just like anyother hand I'm opening with. Would only consider limping in from EP if my table was uberaggressive but can't say I've ever even done that now for at least a year, lol. Coming over the top of a player's raise after limping in utg is just way too transparent (unless of course you're doing the same thing with AK here). Anyone who'd call the utg limp, reraise shove is an idiot. I really think you stand a better chance of getting paid off by an aggressive player in late position by having him 3-bet ya preflop, or call your raise and then try to float you on the flop and take it away from you on the turn or something like that. Who knows though... there is no 'late position' player here so I couldn't tell ya how he might play, LOL.

Make something up so you can get a specific answer,.. idk.. anything.. Billy Bad-Ass in last position is a total maniac and has been reraising everyother pot for the past few levels. I wake up with AA in early position and am on an avg. stack as we approach the bubble of a decent-sized mtt. There are two shortstacks on the table,... one has folded utg.. the other is on SB. What is my line here???

It doesnt matter if I slow play it or all in it. My AA always seems to get cracked. Usually by 85 off and crap like that. I have been considering folding it pre-flop a few times.

I like to keep my bets consistant. So you cant get a good read on me. I would bet the same as if they were kings, Queens, jacks and the occasional 10's. I belive if you change your betting patterns you lose alot of your table image or give away to much info and pot odds. or not enough you want to show strenth when you have it. you lose out on a lot of profit going all in with a strong hand most people don't like to risk the all in but will call a few hundred dollar bet! now you don't want to many callers but you want maybe 2-3 and if you see a flush or a stright possibilty and you get the all in move don't be afraid to toss it. but I play that way so you can set up for biger moves latter when they see you consistant you can change it up with lower pairs and hope for the set!!but the most importat I think is showing you don't bluff alot and or just push for a gamble!!!

I always try to get all of my money in the pot pre-flop with pocket aces. But that doesn't always work out since its likely that you won't get a call. You should never limp with aces in late or middle position, but limping in early position it ok sometimes. You need to be careful with how you raise or re-raise with aces because you don't want to seem suspicious like you have a strong hand. Most of all, playing aces depends on the players at the table. Their styles and etc.

To me it all depends on the table you are on if you have an aggressive player i will limp and when he raises call. Then when the flop comes check if i am first to act then i like to reraise him and just hopes he does not get lucky

I like to raise 5xBB plus 1 for every limper.

If you get AA the first hand of a single-table, shoving might work. As far as when not to shove pre-flop with AA, in a MTT, I'd say when it's at 3 tables or less. Now, this doesn't mean you shouldn't do it if you think you will get called. However, this is usually a time you can raise and either get a fold or get a mediocre hand to call. Shoving with AA in any FTP SNG or MTT is never a bad idea though

I have been betting Aces in a certain manner pre flop. What are you doing with yours and how has it been working out for you. My thoughts are as follows. Let's say you come in with a four times the big blind, you are allowing all other pairs a chance to hit their trips. After the flop you are willing to call about any raise. Over the coarse of a lifetime are you winning with your pocket Aces or not? I guess my point is, for four blinds you saw the flop. After the turn and river you may be willing to lose twenty blinds to hold onto your Aces before the strong overbet at the river that tells you that you are probably beat by trips or better.

The alternative here is to over bet the Aces pre flop. Way over bet them by let's say twenty to fourty times the big blind. This of coarse is telling the table what you have. However the players that are playing only one table at a time and have been waiting for three hours to finaly catch a decent hand and are holding AK or QQ or KK will push here.

What are your results with AA?

if there is a single raise before me, i would shove it with AA.
at late position, and no calls or raise. i would limp, then check raise
if two raises before me, shove!

I play 4NL and 10NL Tables. At the 4 NL tables, sometimes AA plays itself- for example, when there is an uttermaniac acting before you and thinks that A10o or KJ is some kind of monster.This happens all the time at 4NL and to a lesser extent at 10NL on the site I use. Often players will push with the above sort of hands, or at least commit a lot of their stack.
This is my favorite scenario because you know you are likely to take an entire stack.

If facing no such raise, then I will do the raising myself, early or late. I like to slightly overbet it, but not much...4 or 5 times the big blind. Again I am looking to get massively reraised by donks and or pushed by Kings. Again, I know that this has positive EV if I am all.

The tricky part is post flop. What if you raise and get a call or two. The way I play it is of I am first to act and there is nothing high on the board, I'll raise a fair bit- 1/2 to2/3s of the pot. If a tight player calls, I'll slow it down and check later rounds if possible. Even with aces, I am folding to most massive reraises post flop.

Now, if I hit trips and there is nothing nightmarish on the board (straights etc), I might check or bet small hoping to be rairaised- at which stage I could push.

I don't have a problem folding Aces if I think I am beat. The problem is that better players may already know what you have but keep their bets non threatening until later.

Playing it as I do is probably not optimal but I am very new to the game and I am only really willing to bet my entire stack where I think I am a strong favorite. This probably means that I give up some hands that I might otherwise have won, but it also keeps me out of trouble in other ways.

As I learn the game I want to develop a more subtle approach, but I would prefer to be too tight than too loose at this early stage. Luckily, there is enough questionable play at the lower levels to make the way I play AA very profitable.

it depends on my table,stack,ect

but for the most part i,m putting up one heck of a bet...from there its just going on your gut...what i dont do is fold them preflop...but if i get a bad flop later...i,ll look hard at a all in bet.

I try to raise enough (2.5 - 4X BB) no matter what position Im in in order to play the hand heads up. It's easy to run into problems with more than one person in the hand. If the flop is favorable for me I'm then making a pot size bet.

in no limit i try to slowplay..in limit, im cappin all the way...iyt really deopends if its limit or nl how i play aces.

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lately aa are nothing more then away too get your self in trouble the same with ak a q aj seems all theses knuckle heads that like playing there ace rag always come out ahead lately so i tend too be very cautiouse now that ive been playing online for 3 years ive seen just about every bad beat possible.ive learnes when i try too raise after flop the opponent calls my big raise 9-10 times he hit 2pr set on flop some times they just have a good draw but definately watch out maybe not raise next time around.

first off i hate seeing pocket aces, in a casino or online it dont really matter. It can be extremely hard to kick em in (post flop that is). It does depend on table play for sure. tight table and Utg- ill raise maybe 3 1/2 to 4 bb's preflop,dont want a bunch of limpers in there. same for late position probably. Now if the table has aggresive players it'd be a little different, id be inclined to limp in early position and hope someone else raises so i can re raise or flat call if he/she is super agressive.

This is a very very broad question. If your playing on a tight table you definitly dont wanna abuse of your bet. I mean its just bad common sense to raise hard, hoping that someone thinks your bluffing BEFORE FLOP, COME ON, on a tight table. On the other hand if you are agents agresive players you can take that chance. Remember, always mix up your game cause if you keep playing the same way with monsters like big pocket pairs, youll be read and you wont be able to make as much money as you would have. Usually though id raise fairly preflop so that ppl dont catch by limping in... 3 or 4 times the pot. Good luck at the tables .