How to strike a balance with AA
1/2 NL. Table consist of pretty loose players, constantly 4-5 players to the flop even after a raise to $8 preflop.
I'm 1 off the button with AA. 2 loose players to my right. Button just sat down so no read.
UTG+1 who is a loose pre-flop but solid post-flop (is there even such thing? but has seen him make a couple of good calls/lay downs) makes it $8 to go. 3 callers to me. This is a pot I want players in, but not too many. I was going to be raising, but to what amount?
Post Flop (my actual play, including turn and river) in white. Please critique
I raise to $24, button and SB fold. BB and original raiser calls. 2 of the original callers folded and 1 came along to the flop. Pot is $117.
Stack sizes, all of us (except 1 who had $60 or so) were between $100-150.
Flop comes A 10 5 rainbow
Checked around to me. Do I bet, or check and hope somene catches up (no straight/flush possibility.
I raised $25, 2 callers (BB and the short stack), $192 pot (excluding the rake)
Thoughts: After getting called, I was sure short stack would be moving in, or will be prepared to put all his money in. BB have shown down a couple of hands where he slow played trips/two pair until river, so I'm putting him on AK, A10, or 1010
Turn 7 gives two card flush on board (either club or spade, it was black though)
BB check, short stack goes all in for roughly $40, I smooth call, BB reraise all in for about another $50, I call. Main pot about $300, side about $100
River J
BB flips over A10, Short Stack said he had 55. I take the pot.
Original raise claimed he had QQ
I'm 1 off the button with AA. 2 loose players to my right. Button just sat down so no read.
UTG+1 who is a loose pre-flop but solid post-flop (is there even such thing? but has seen him make a couple of good calls/lay downs) makes it $8 to go. 3 callers to me. This is a pot I want players in, but not too many. I was going to be raising, but to what amount?
Post Flop (my actual play, including turn and river) in white. Please critique
I raise to $24, button and SB fold. BB and original raiser calls. 2 of the original callers folded and 1 came along to the flop. Pot is $117.
Stack sizes, all of us (except 1 who had $60 or so) were between $100-150.
Flop comes A 10 5 rainbow
Checked around to me. Do I bet, or check and hope somene catches up (no straight/flush possibility.
I raised $25, 2 callers (BB and the short stack), $192 pot (excluding the rake)
Thoughts: After getting called, I was sure short stack would be moving in, or will be prepared to put all his money in. BB have shown down a couple of hands where he slow played trips/two pair until river, so I'm putting him on AK, A10, or 1010
Turn 7 gives two card flush on board (either club or spade, it was black though)
BB check, short stack goes all in for roughly $40, I smooth call, BB reraise all in for about another $50, I call. Main pot about $300, side about $100
River J
BB flips over A10, Short Stack said he had 55. I take the pot.
Original raise claimed he had QQ
Comments
Any freecard can put a flush draw out there as well, it is different if this is heads-up or a small pot, but the money is already sitting out there and you want it now.
I didn't read the rest, that white thing is effing annoying.
And with raise $8- reraise to $24 - I think most KQ players would be gone. It is possible that it is out there - but not likely. I think in your position you are pretty certain you are ahead. Another set would be hand you would most likely be against and you had the best one.
Sorry GTA,
Here is the rest of it
I raise to $24, button and SB fold. BB and original raiser calls. 2 of the original callers folded and 1 came along to the flop. Pot is $117.
Stack sizes, all of us (except 1 who had $60 or so) were between $100-150.
Flop comes A 10 5 rainbow
Checked around to me. Do I bet, or check and hope somene catches up (no straight/flush possibility.
I raised $25, 2 callers (BB and the short stack), $192 pot (excluding the rake)
Thoughts: After getting called, I was sure short stack would be moving in, or will be prepared to put all his money in. BB have shown down a couple of hands where he slow played trips/two pair until river, so I'm putting him on AK, A10, or 1010
Turn 7 gives two card flush on board (either club or spade, it was black though)
BB check, short stack goes all in for roughly $40, I smooth call, BB reraise all in for about another $50, I call. Main pot about $300, side about $100
River J
BB flips over A10, Short Stack said he had 55. I take the pot.
Original raise claimed he had QQ
It was in a home game one of my friend's brother hosts. Pretty juicy game.
Turn...4 flush is out, you smooth call and fortunately the BB goes all in for you....you need to raise the all in with a 4 flush now there that you may have let in cheaply.
Fortunately, no matter how you played this the fact that the BB called preflop with AT means you likely stack him regardless of how this is played. SB calling $24 preflop with only $65 behind is an atrocious play, but you will stack him regardless of the play on this hand as well.
Um....were you dealing...mechanics grip?
Nice pot.
Looking back I felt $25 was way too small with that much in the pot already, but when I did make that bet, it was more like "I made a set, I want people to hang around" which caused me to make $25 instead of say a $40 bet.
Of course, you know who you're playing against better than us. If you're fairly certain that they wouldnt call with suited broadway cards then you made a good move. Butttttttttt, the fact that AT and 55 with a short stack called you tells me that they could be playing KQ.
I probably triple the bet. I make it $24 to go. If they all want to call for $24 I am thrilled.
Cool. We do the same thing.
I have always felt that Mike Caro gives awesome advice when he says: "Do what they expect you to do." They expect you to be. Do so. I make a 1/2 pot bet. $60.
Scarey. You have to call 50 into c. 310. Six to one odds is hard to turn down. What they got? The BB expects you to call. So, I think you are beat. It's possible he has KK or QQ or JJ. Very tough laydown. Ak seems possible too. I think I call.
Nice play, count the money.
I don't get why you think the Hero is beat here. He has the nuts. And why would you only think to call? Isn't this an easy call. How could you not?
Maybe I misread what you said. Maybe I am a dummy.
I had the same problem when I read this.
I assumed:
1) He meant to bracket the section with the [/sarcasm][/sarcasm] button.
2) He misread the action.
3) He was into the sauce.
Or some combination of the 3...
Generally, I try not to fold the nuts. The same applies here.