Poket Aces,how to play em

[OmgUrMom]

some truly epic responses in this thread. Pre-flop raise the same amount you would with any other hand you are going to come in raising with, generally 3x the big blind +1 big blind for each limper. So if 2 people limped in front of you raise 5x the big blind. If you have 3 players or less with you to the flop, always continuation bet on the flop and well use your instinct from there, really depends on many factors from this point on.

[excel]

Re-raise all in!!

[sinmiedo]

depending on the possition and the caracteristics of the players that i face.
In early possition i just call if i know that i will have some bluffers and raisers on the table. then I push
on a later possiton after the action, big big push, just to rake the table.

[mrmarket]

How much to raise depends on a lot of things. Position, table image, opponent tendencies, stack sizes etc. Without this information any decision on what action to take is not going to help.

Taking the lack of facts into account generally you want to raise the highest amount someone will call preflop without folding. The goal of any hand with large preflop equity is to get lesser hands to call it. You aren't trying to weed out competition. As long as they call you win by default (not taking future decisions into account).Anyway there is a ton more about raising to consider but all this is very basic stuff.

[Phightin' Phils]

too broad of a question to answer.. like the dude above me said it depends on literally everything that went on in the game prior to being dealt aces, or any hand for that matter. me personally though i do like to trap a lot, probably much more than i should, but to each his own.

[joseph333]

Like digdaddyjames said is how I play them as well!!!

[Toronto Fc]

There is some really great information in this thread.

[DrStale]

i would check and then slow roll them to see what everyone does then drop the bomb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wrong.

I really hate pocket A's. Generally I slow play them. They make me nervous... lol

I'd be nervous if I slowplayed them too. Fail.

slowplay and take my chances

Wrong again.

[whatsgood5]

Slide the bar all the way to the right and click it!

Dunno what I'd do at a live game though

[ATX]

depends on who you are playing against and what you think their ranges are

if a K and a Q flop after a decent preflop raise you might want to limit your exposure in this ONE hand and think more about stealing during the next 7 hands or so

I'm playing their cards, not mine

[andrew5]

all in balls out

[davidnc76]

It depends on what position you are in at the table and how the other players have been betting during the game. Sometimes I slow play, sometimes I go all in...

[poker_dummy101]

why is this thread still going

[Bswitz32]

def raise a little. Dont limp cause then you will get caught and end up losing on the river most likely.

BOL

[andrew5]

raise bet the pot

[lebronjames0]

You would sucker them and try to get as many chips as possible. All in might scare em out of hand

[pamplemousse]

i always go all in with aces

[gryfyn1]

Generally play them like you would nay pre-flop hand - Any hand you are willing to play you should play the same anyways. With one Caveat - don't call, raise or re-raise.

Doyle Brunson says "Pocket Aces either win you a small pot or lose you a big one"

[gcarp707]

i always end up getting in trouble with these half the time. I like to raise just a bit but usually end up getting beat by some awesome hand haha.

[mrmarket]

I think i threw up a little in my mouth after reading this thread.

[Al Masters]

i havent got them in 5 months, i forget how to play them.

[JerseyShop101]

I played in a satellite last week where 16 players advance to the next round. With only 17 players left, a guy with the next to largest chip stack goes allin pre-flop with his pocket Aces. The largest chip stack then calls with his pocket Kings. A king on the turn knocks the pocket aces guy out of the tourney. He was pissed, but the low stacks at the table (me ) were very happy.

[JerseyShop101]

Forgot to add:

If in a situation where you are 1 away from advancing, you might even consider folding your pocket Aces if a higher chipstack than you goes allin preflop

I need to look this up now. I wonder if any pro ever folded pocket Aces preflop in a situation like this?

[Al Masters]

I played in a satellite last week where 16 players advance to the next round. With only 17 players left, a guy with the next to largest chip stack goes allin pre-flop with his pocket Aces. The largest chip stack then calls with his pocket Kings. A king on the turn knocks the pocket aces guy out of the tourney. He was pissed, but the low stacks at the table (me ) were very happy.

How much ahead was the largest stack? depending on that, i dont think i would of called the 2nd largest all in bet with pocket KK.

[Sam Odom]

Tourny play & cash games are two different animals

I had AA Thursday in a live 2/3NL cash game little blind

Everyone folds to dealer. He raises to 12.00

I re-raised 30 total

BB calls & dealer calls 90.00 pot

Xd 2c 7c flop

I have 200.00 in front of me the other 2 have around 140-160 each. I bet 100.00, fold, dealer calls

Qh turns

I put the dealer all-in, he calls

River is a Xc

Dealer held Kc Xh wins with a set

How can you beat that?

[JerseyShop101]

How much ahead was the largest stack? depending on that, i dont think i would of called the 2nd largest all in bet with pocket KK.

Chip leader had about 19K, followed by 13K. But what made it an even worse decision was there were 3 or 4 low stacks with under 3K in chips. I think the blinds were 300/600.

[Al Masters]

Tourneys won for both of them at this stage, i believe i would of folded the KK and played the AA soft,with the big stack to act after me, its not like hes playing for a final table spot or a win

[DrStale]

Forgot to add:

If in a situation where you are 1 away from advancing, you might even consider folding your pocket Aces if a higher chipstack than you goes allin preflop

I need to look this up now. I wonder if any pro ever folded pocket Aces preflop in a situation like this?

If you're talking about a satellite I could theoretically see where you're coming from, though I would never fold AA. You never know what could happen if you're a small stack and you should take the advantage if its there.

If you're just talking about making the money then you should definitely not fold those hands near the bubble.

[magicbuck]

ALL in
check
or just raise a bit?

There are just so many variables that go into making the proper decision there.

[Dante]

they are scary as you don't want to bet to little or to much to get people out but you want to win .... just raise normal bet if its 1-2 id raise it to 11 or 15 max

[Dante]

i havent got them in 5 months, i forget how to play them.

i wish I got them more to

[mikemca]

It depends on a lot of variables like how many big blinds you have,has anyone entered the pot yet,how many people are left to act etc.If you are UTG or first to act then make a standard raise.Pretty much do this up to the cutoff.
If everyone folds and your on the button you can just min raise so it just looks like your stealing the blinds.If it folds to you in the small blind this is pretty much the only time you can limp and the big blind will probably raise cause he thinks you just wanna see a flop.
If someone raises in front of you you should pretty much always reraise 3x the size of the pot.
The only time you can get away with just calling is if there is a raise and everyone folds to you in the big blind.You can just call most of the time here unless the raiser is a huge nit(very tight) and you know he has a top tier hand that he isn't getting away from.Then just raise enough to commit him to play for stacks.
Plenty of other ways to play it also but this is long enough.

[hunterwrot]

Play them strong. Never slow play unless shorthanded against aggresive players.

[Dante]

It depends on a lot of variables like how many big blinds you have,has anyone entered the pot yet,how many people are left to act etc.If you are UTG or first to act then make a standard raise.Pretty much do this up to the cutoff.
If everyone folds and your on the button you can just min raise so it just looks like your stealing the blinds.If it folds to you in the small blind this is pretty much the only time you can limp and the big blind will probably raise cause he thinks you just wanna see a flop.
If someone raises in front of you you should pretty much always reraise 3x the size of the pot.
The only time you can get away with just calling is if there is a raise and everyone folds to you in the big blind.You can just call most of the time here unless the raiser is a huge nit(very tight) and you know he has a top tier hand that he isn't getting away from.Then just raise enough to commit him to play for stacks.
Plenty of other ways to play it also but this is long enough.

very good post

[Andy117]

Just fold em.