$4 NLHE: AA what to do

[tonelise]

$4 NL HE: AA what to do

No definive readings on the opponents, ca 40 players left from 180 starters.
What to do?

pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, 4.4 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB (t6892)
BB (t1050)
UTG (t10845)
UTG+1 (t3407)
MP1 (t13285)
MP2 (t2074)
CO (t4605)
Hero (Button) (t8125)

Hero's M: 27.08

Preflop: Hero is Button with A

, A

UTG bets t400, 3 folds, CO raises to t800, Hero raises to t2000, 2 folds, UTG calls t1600, CO calls t1200

Flop: (t6300) J

, 6

, 2

(3 players)
UTG bets t1800, CO calls t1800,

 

[Dorkus Malorkus]

3-bet a little more preflop - 2.5k to 3k is good. although playing a 3-way pot in position isn't the end of the world we should be aiming to get this heads-up. Your average $4 player is pretty much never min 3-betting then folding so you could even make a case for just shoving pre although then you might lose some value against UTG if we force him to fold hands like TT that we certainly wouldn't mind him coming along with.

Anyway, as played just get it in on the flop. There are so many hands in both players' ranges that we have beat (KK-TT/KJ+/stuff like KcQc) that we're not nearly deep enough to consider anything but shoving it in - especially seeing as the only hand we're really afraid of here is JJ.

 

[Jillychemung]

Agree with DM on it all. Bigger 3-bet and now on this flop just shove as the pot is already larger than your stack.

 

[Egon Towst]

just shove as the pot is already larger than your stack.

I concur.

 

[tonelise]

Oki thank you very much for the input, seems that your bigger preflop bid was the way to go here

Hero raises to t6125 (All-In), UTG calls t4325, CO calls t805 (All-In)

Turn: (t21155) J

(3 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t21155) 10

(3 players, 2 all-in)

*** SHOW DOWN ***
zselee: shows [Kh Jh] (three of a kind, Jacks)
ToneLise: shows [Ac Ah] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
zselee collected 7040 from side pot
WickedFreud: shows [Qh Qs] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
zselee collected 14115 from main pot

Total pot: t21155

 

[Jillychemung]

I'd stack on these odds all day every day. There are very few 100% winning hands even after the flop.

Board: Jc 6s 2c

Wins Ties equity
82.42% 0.00% 82.42% ( AcAh )
17.58% 0.00% 17.58% ( KhJh )

 

[tonelise]

So what about my opponents, what do you think about their call? is it normal to bid and call like they did? i know i would never have joined this race with KJ, unless i was bluffing ofc.

 

[Jillychemung]

Who knows why KJ opponent played this hand. Maybe suited K's are his favorite hand? Maybe he is willing to take 10% shots early hoping to get a large stack? Maybe he just thought both of you were trying to buy the pot? Anyway why try to figure him out, you want tables loaded with these players since in the long run you'll profit heavily from their mistakes.

 

[Implied Odds3]

yea, 3bet more preflop and just shove on the flop. Bad luck, just variance.

 

[lektrikguy]

Easy push.