Playing Ace Rag

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How low will you go playing A X, suited and off, from early, middle and late positions with no raises in the pot?
 
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In the early or middle positions only bets of 2X or 3X with AK or AQ suited and in the late positions (HJ, CO or BT) with no previous bets before and with a not very agressive player (and with a huge stacjk) in the BB or SB I could also raise 2X or 3X or even more with A and any X even not suited... If the BB is a large stack and more agressive player I would consider to fold with A and a small kicker not suited.
 
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for me - much unless CO/BU. it's hard to play post flop, to many hads find their way in
 
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I play a lot of Ax suited hands looking for flush draws but try to avoid Ax off suit and much prefer all these hands in late position. It is just to easy to lose money with these hands and never know what exactly to do. If the table dynamic demands it I will play more of these hands but in general I am folding Ax off until late position and playing Ax suited primarily for flushes. It is part of my playing range but not a huge part.
 
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in a late position you can go pretty far down the x scale when no one raises. There is never a the hand does or doesn't play. It is always dependent on the table, the flow of the hand, stack sizing, and other things. When I play an Ax (low x) hand, I almost always play it like a semi-bluff. you can get caught out with these hands too easily, so you need to be careful.
 
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in a late position you can go pretty far down the x scale when no one raises. There is never a the hand does or doesn't play. It is always dependent on the table, the flow of the hand, stack sizing, and other things. When I play an Ax (low x) hand, I almost always play it like a semi-bluff. you can get caught out with these hands too easily, so you need to be careful.

Solid tip. Late position, Ax suited to a limped pot or small raise can be really well disguised and helpful when you hit a strong flush draw on flop. But you have to be careful because if you have something like A6 suited and an Ace drops on flop with no flush draw for you, and villians raise into you, esp if they raised preflop, you need to be wary of hands like A7-AA beating you easily. A friend of mine whose made a good amount of money playing online poker often says about lower Ax suited that it's one of those hands that if you get to the flop and hit an Ace you never know where you're at giving yourself a difficult decision on every street. Which is sound advice. It's hard to play A rag suited when an Ace hits. I've even folded hands like AJ suited to aggression with an Ace on the board to see them show AQ or AK.
 
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Unless I'm in the blind I won't even play A/rag suited or not. I don't like playing anything less than A/10 and I'm not nuts about playing less than A/Q.:D :D
 
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Despite the x factor, having an ace is always better than having any lower card. I would avoid a2 a3 bc there will always be someone with a six, assuming the there are minimal bets pre flop. Those hands can drain a stack if one is not careful.
 
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My range to open raise with aces with no reads on opponents and a full deep stacked table would be something kinda like:

EP - AJs+, AQ+
MP - A9s+, AT+
HJ - A7s+, A9+
CO - A5s+, A8+
BTN - A2s+, A5+
 
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i can sometimes get dirty with it, squeeze with it, always open button with it.. if everyone is playing tight i might open with it from mid. always depends.
 
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will play A suited late position if a quiet table
 
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I play A8+ always all in in the river..
 
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I will always play Ace rag at a passive table but at a tight aggressive table I try to only play A 10-K in late position. I'm not going to lie though I have had great luck on catching 2 pair as of late with hands like A 8 Suited against higher Ace hands that never hit their 2 pair. New age poker is all about mixing it up where nobody can put you on a proper hand range. Once the table has figured you out you have already lost or may never really make anything in cash play.
 
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I open A5s, A4s, A3s, A2s, from EP.
In the GTO strategy, small suited ace is good.
 
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