Premium hands in early position.

Good morning guys. I would like to learn more with you about your moves with hands premios in initial position. How do you play when you have pairs prizes like AA or KK. They may also talk about AK, AQ, AJ, etc.

I tend to vary the bets with premium hands in early positions, sometimes a plain call other times a small raise or a large raise. This tends to confuse the other players to some extent, and stops them from reading you if you do the same thing all the time. I never go all in, never ever!

Actions depend on: the table, the game structure, the stack depth, the previous actions. But in general, often aggressively, rather than trying to put the trap. It is necessary to consider specific cases and distribution, not to talk about it in general.

Always depends on a variety of factors but i like to play a little tight and agressive so i normally raise to 3 blinds

I asked why I make a move that is more or less so. When I'm in the league from the beginning I give a small raise and hope to the floor of the table. Earlier people seem to be less cautious. From the middle to the end of the game I'm more agrassivo. Am I wrong to do this?

Diegol said:

Always depends on a variety of factors but i like to play a little tight and agressive so i normally raise to 3 blinds

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It's weird to talk to Brazilian in English hahahah. But you do not think your raise of 3BB is not just to avoid losing vc with crazy stark hands? To talking about it, because I already lost many hands putting little value in the pot with hands premiuns

3bb open-raise only for early stages in other stages 2-2.5bb is fine.

roddypra said:

I asked why I make a move that is more or less so. When I'm in the league from the beginning I give a small raise and hope to the floor of the table. Earlier people seem to be less cautious. From the middle to the end of the game I'm more agrassivo. Am I wrong to do this?

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I think if this freeroll or any league - is to play cautiously. By increasing your aggressive closer to bubble. But in MTT tournament with a buy-in of $ 22 and above, perhaps you can play aggressively from the start. Not only the table, but the game should govern your actions.

In early position with AA KK QQ and AK I'm raising or reraising.

premium hands, always bet/3bet/push. and AJ - not premium
AQo fold on 3bet vs regular player, but AJs it's call.

I'm by far not a professional . so being an amateur.. I'm gonna raise a good substantial amount..if not all of it..

Recently i'm folding AJ or even AQ when I'm out of position. Its a sharp knife, but use it wisely. Anw, if you want to steal the pot, raise. If you want to heads up, limp.

It actually depends on total range size. If it is (too) wide then opening to 2.5bb is OK, otherwise 3bb is standard.

Limping premiums is stupid BTW.

sometimes just call, sometimes raise 3BBs, sometimes small raise. Just don't do the same thing every time. Keep opponents guessing.

i dont use any set rule myself-i tend to mix up my bet amounts to try n throw off the more savy players-im def raing how much is table dependant

Usually 3x or 3.5x depending on what type of players you are facing. In geral, you can fold AJ and AQ in some situations, and this rule can be applied to AK too.

AA and KK are almost impossible to fold pre-flop, and remind don´t change the raise amount pre-flop, it´s a big leak from new players.

My initial bet sizing is usually table dependant. Early or late position it is the same bet. Unless there are limpers and I up the amount a little for every limper.
About the only time I will limp is versus a habitul straddle raiser

I tend to make a larger raise in early position than I would in later position. Each person that calls will be giving better pot odds to those following. I prefer to make a 4 or 5 BB bump.

I would usually raise to just a bit bigger in early position, it's table dependant but usually between 2.5-3.5 BB depending on which stage in the tourney and the table type. This raise size should obviously be the same size with all your hands to make you less predictable. I wouldn't trap very often at all in that position, because you don't want a huge multi way pot if you have AK or whatever. I also never really limp in early position. I think it is worth building the pot and (later on) stealing the blinds, rather than playing having tough decisions in a weird multiway pot OOP.

In terms of trapping by raising, this can be a valued option. I would shove a few hands with 18-20 BB OOP, but I don't think it is worth it with these hands. You can get more value by giving people a better price and making it easier for them to shove. If the table is fishy, I might still just raise with 15BB or so, because they won't notice what I'm doing and the tactic will still work.

I generally think it is worth being aggressive with these hands in early position, and I wouldn't be afraid to be agressive. I wouldn't 4-bet that much with AA, but I don't think that doing so is a big mistake. Just try not to play these hands completely differently from any of your other hands.

Hope this helps,
Good luck!

CallmeFloppy said:

I tend to make a larger raise in early position than I would in later position. Each person that calls will be giving better pot odds to those following. I prefer to make a 4 or 5 BB bump.

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Don't you find yourself commiting an awful lot of chips when playing out of position this way?

AA and KK are the best card you can get, but they are not always the winning card. In several ocasions, I`ve lost the round because of AA. If you wait for someone else to raise and then go all in, someone can get straight or flush with small cards when he sees flop. My oppinion is, when you have AA or KK, go all in.

it depends on what mtt you play, your stack and players on your table. But i usually raise especially early in the tournament cuz its a good way to build a decent chip stack especially the hands like AA KK QQ

roddypra said:

Good morning guys. I would like to learn more with you about your moves with hands premios in initial position. How do you play when you have pairs prizes like AA or KK. They may also talk about AK, AQ, AJ, etc.

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Good morning, Roddypra.
My action may vary according to the action of the viloes, if I have viloes that hide the hands then hiding and is paid even with premium hands in order to deceive them but if there are viloes that put many all in with weak hands then paid his all in With AA but if your chips have a value of 50% of my chips paid your all in with KK in my hand
AK AQ and AJ paid raises before the flop of up to 10% of my total chips .... remember if AA can lose to AJ if flop turn KQ10

mammadduke said:

I'm by far not a professional . so being an amateur.. I'm gonna raise a good substantial amount..if not all of it..

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The fact of not being a professional does not mean that the players have to give up playing against them.