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Legend
Silver Level
There are situations where you might be able to get a little more out of AA by limping than you would if you raised. For instance if you had AA UTG and there is an aggressive button or cut off player that raises a lot to punish limpers. Limping with the intent to three bet might not be a bad idea. But it's also risky. Open limping encourages others to limp be hind you. AA doesn't play will in multi-way pots. So if we do limp with AA, we are hoping someone raises to try and take the pot down uncontested, so we can three bet.
If that doesn't happen, we need to play very cautions the rest of the hand. We will be in a multi-way pot out of position and have no clue where we stand in the hand.
Here is an example of trying to get tricky with AA and then overplaying and having it all blow up in your face.
Full Tilt - $0.10 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
Hero (BTN): $10.00
SB: $13.91
BB: $14.91
UTG: $11.43
MP: $10.00
CO: $7.86
SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10, MP posts DB $0.10
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.25) Hero has 5:club: 7:diamond:
fold, MP checks, CO calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, fold, BB checks
Flop: ($0.45, 4 players) 8:club: 6:spade: 3:spade:
BB checks, MP checks, CO bets $0.45, Hero calls $0.45, fold, fold
Turn: ($1.35, 2 players) 4:heart:
CO checks, Hero bets $1.10, CO raises to $7.31 and is all-in, Hero calls $6.21
River: ($15.97, 2 players) K:club:
Hero shows 5:club: 7:diamond: (Straight, Eight High)
CO shows A:spade: A:club: (One Pair, Aces)
Hero wins $14.91
I had some history with the villain and knew if I hit my straight, he would pay me off. I was also pretty sure he wasn't on a flush draw.
So if you are going to get tricky with AA and try to give your opponents different looks that's fine. However, when your plan back fires, you need to slow down and depending on the board texture, you might need to give up the hand.
If that doesn't happen, we need to play very cautions the rest of the hand. We will be in a multi-way pot out of position and have no clue where we stand in the hand.
Here is an example of trying to get tricky with AA and then overplaying and having it all blow up in your face.
Full Tilt - $0.10 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3
Hero (BTN): $10.00
SB: $13.91
BB: $14.91
UTG: $11.43
MP: $10.00
CO: $7.86
SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10, MP posts DB $0.10
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.25) Hero has 5:club: 7:diamond:
fold, MP checks, CO calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, fold, BB checks
Flop: ($0.45, 4 players) 8:club: 6:spade: 3:spade:
BB checks, MP checks, CO bets $0.45, Hero calls $0.45, fold, fold
Turn: ($1.35, 2 players) 4:heart:
CO checks, Hero bets $1.10, CO raises to $7.31 and is all-in, Hero calls $6.21
River: ($15.97, 2 players) K:club:
Hero shows 5:club: 7:diamond: (Straight, Eight High)
CO shows A:spade: A:club: (One Pair, Aces)
Hero wins $14.91
I had some history with the villain and knew if I hit my straight, he would pay me off. I was also pretty sure he wasn't on a flush draw.
So if you are going to get tricky with AA and try to give your opponents different looks that's fine. However, when your plan back fires, you need to slow down and depending on the board texture, you might need to give up the hand.
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