Folding AA to Calling Stations Raise Heads Up

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I am getting ready for another trip to Thunder Valley Casino Resort with a work friend!

We were discussing about how to play pocket aces (AA).

Lets say we are playing $1/$2 No limit. We are playing with 9 people. I am under the gun. Everybody has $200.
I am dealt: Ad Ah
I raise to $15, the button calls. The button is a calling station, not a major one, but loose enough.

The flop is:
Ks 7h 2d

The I bet $20, I get raised to $45.
I think about it, and I fold, because I am either going to put him all-in or just fold.

I have gone all-in in the past before, and then they have shown two pair on many occasions!

I am asking about heads up play (vs one opponent):
is folding my AA the correct move in this situation?
should you fold AA (or top pair) vs a raise in general?
should you fold AA or top pair vs a raise when playing against calling stations most the time?
 
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I would not fold this hand in this situation. There aren't draws to chase and like you said, he was a calling station player, so he could easily only have top pair.
 
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You can slow down and call.

Then check the turn and reevaluate.

If you know this dude never raises unless he has 2 pairs or better, then ok fold, but on a board like this, it seems he's more likely to have hit top pair K or a set than 2 pairs. And with a set, would he be more likely to flat call? Maybe he has something like KQ/KJ.
 
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You can slow down and call.

Then check the turn and reevaluate.

If you know this dude never raises unless he has 2 pairs or better, then ok fold, but on a board like this, it seems he's more likely to have hit top pair K or a set than 2 pairs. And with a set, would he be more likely to flat call? Maybe he has something like KQ/KJ.
This tbh. Call the raise, but be wary. Try and check turn and river to slow down the action. If opponent keeps on firing then fold.
 
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I'm getting ready for another trip to Thunder Valley Casino Resort with a work friend!

We discussed how to play pocket aces (AA).

Let's say we play $1/$2 without restrictions. We play for 9 people. I'm at gunpoint. They all have $200 each.
I was given: Ad Ah
I raise it to $15, the button calls. The button is calling, not large, but rather loose.

The flop is:
X 7h 2d

I bet $20, they raise me to $45.
I'm thinking about it and discarding it because I'll either put it all in or I'll just throw it off.

I used to go all in and then they showed two pairs many times!

I'm asking about a one-on-one game (against one opponent):
Is resetting my AA the right move in this situation?
Should you fold AA (or top pair) against the raise overall?
Should you throw an AA or top pair against a raise when you're playing against a call station most of the time?
The opponent must have had KK.
 
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You're opening 7.5bb and then folding an over pair on the flop to a click back?

This question is very vague and general. How often is he raising, how often is he supposed to be raising, that's going to be the difference in range between what he should be raising and what he is raising?

I would recommend getting a tool like flopzilla as well as finding a set of preflop charts for 9 max live cash and then play around with it a bit. See what your equity is against what "wide range" you give him and see if AA is enough to call or jam.


I'm never folding here on a 6 max online table. It sucks when you lose but you can't run from shadows. Scared money don't make money, you're ahead often enough and benefit from some denial if you wager all your betting discs
 
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