Does anyone else here slow play aces.

[Thnks4DaChips]

never slow play unless its down to 3 people even then raise small never limp EVER

[manhater]

I would go all in with AA before pre-flop. Gives you better odds. Person with the off suit won't know he'll get a two pair and probably fold his hand most likely.

[Fathie]

I only limp in with Aces when I know there's a very good chance that I'm going to be re-raised by a loose-agressive type. The other time I don't re-raise with Aces is when I'm playing head-up against someone, especially as the SB.

[WebKill]

Yes to play AA every player have to think about his position, how many players raise or enter in the hand. Depends the situation the player with pocket AA have to decided to push to all in , call or only make a small raise.

[Disturbed]

Well nothing is absolute in poker and your decision should be based on the ppl you are playing with. With AA your position should not matter alot since yes they should be slow played and no they will not loose even if you have 6 players in the pot.

Yes they loose sometimes, and you should know when that is to fold them.

Remember a good poker player is the one who wins the most with the best hand and looses the least in a loosing hand.

So general advice; try to get as much players and as much chips in the pot even if that means making 1-2 bets raises to get some small stacks to all in so you can reraise again and make the pot larger.

[willie beaman]

Once taken into account how your table is playing and your own image, make your play based off this info. Even with a loose-aggressive player acting after you, fire a 3-4x bb bet anyway. Hopefully, you are isolated against this player and can get an all-in confrontation.

[scrawnybob]

hi

I would never suggest as a general plan slow playing aces ... that IMHO is a terrible terrible strategy

preflop AA is an 80% favourite against ONE other player

as soon as you let more players see a flop that 80% goes down very very rapidly

with AA, KK even QQ (and maybe JJ & AK) you absolutely must take advantage of your preflop dominance

BUT that doesnt mean your options are all-in or flat call ... you are aiming to get alot of money from one player safely NOT some money from 3 players with alot of uneccessary risk


Quote never slow play unless its down to 3 people even then raise small never limp EVER ...

IMHO if your only down to 3 callers preflop with AA you are in trouble - you need to get rid of more players down to ONE caller

now that does not mean you have to go all-in but dont ever limp ... you need at least a raise in and you really want to put in the bet that will see whoever called (raised) fold apart from ONE player

if he has KK you are still the massive massive favourite ... and someone with a big pair is most likely to call preflop raises

position is the most useful thing on big hands as you can gauge if you are going to get action ... if its called all round or raised a bit then put in a decent pot sized bet pre-flop or more if you feel its needed ...

your aim is to make a bet of suffient size for only one player to stay with you to the flop ... that might need to be quite big or it might only need to be moderate as less have called to start off with

but absolutely never slow play aces - they are at their strongest preflop after that they will generally get more vunerable especially with more than one opponent

it doesnt have to be an all-in to control the table and to remove other players apart from the one you want to clean out

cheers scrawnybob

[Disturbed]

hi

I would never suggest as a general plan slow playing aces ... that IMHO is a terrible terrible strategy

preflop AA is an 80% favourite against ONE other player

as soon as you let more players see a flop that 80% goes down very very rapidly

with AA, KK even QQ (and maybe JJ & AK) you absolutely must take advantage of your preflop dominance

BUT that doesnt mean your options are all-in or flat call ... you are aiming to get alot of money from one player safely NOT some money from 3 players with alot of uneccessary risk


Quote never slow play unless its down to 3 people even then raise small never limp EVER ...

IMHO if your only down to 3 callers preflop with AA you are in trouble - you need to get rid of more players down to ONE caller

now that does not mean you have to go all-in but dont ever limp ... you need at least a raise in and you really want to put in the bet that will see whoever called (raised) fold apart from ONE player

if he has KK you are still the massive massive favourite ... and someone with a big pair is most likely to call preflop raises

position is the most useful thing on big hands as you can gauge if you are going to get action ... if its called all round or raised a bit then put in a decent pot sized bet pre-flop or more if you feel its needed ...

your aim is to make a bet of suffient size for only one player to stay with you to the flop ... that might need to be quite big or it might only need to be moderate as less have called to start off with

but absolutely never slow play aces - they are at their strongest preflop after that they will generally get more vunerable especially with more than one opponent

it doesnt have to be an all-in to control the table and to remove other players apart from the one you want to clean out

cheers scrawnybob

No. I understand what you are saying and this is what prolly most moderate poker players would say, but no.

This is poker and you have the best hand, you need to make the most money out of it. If you cant stand a flop with QJ9 or a flop with 2 diamonds, then stay out of the kitchen and go all in with AA KK and QQ. Other wise play poker.

Most adapted play that I have seen many players do is make a very small raise preflop then big bet on flop regardless of what happens. i.e. assumy blinds are 5/10, so make a 20 raise then go bet 400. I dont like this because eventually your opponent figures out what you have and plays you accordingly, but generally this works and you make a small profit on your rockets.

[AKAPeterc]

Hard to play sometimes you bet and every one folds and then other times you get those idiots that go all in nothing and hit a monster.

[philyd]

but a 5 9 offsuit won't play a strong raise (although some donks will play anything)...