I received an article from a writer for my other site and thought it was very well written. Though it probably isn't advanced enough for everyone here, I thought I would still post it. If anyone disagrees with anything in the article post it here.
HAHA I could have used that last night in the FTP 32K Guarantee....
SB with AA re-raise button raiser to 600 original raise was 90....(first level blinds 10/20) he calls...flop comes JJ4...I shove....he flips over KJ....WEEEEE
You have to be aware of YOUR table image. If you are usually tight, re-raising will give off to much info.
As Jim said, cold calling an aggressive player is a nice trap. IF IT WORKS!
If you miss a scary flop, you only are holding a pair. Be prepared to let them go if necessary.
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I have been playing a lot of .5/.10 & .10/.25 nl of stars lately. I am finding that there are only 2-3 aggressive players at a table.
Far too often I see the agressive players winning pot after pot stealing blinds.
If I have pocket Aces and am in early position I always raise. If I am in late position with rockets I like to call instead of opening with a raise.
For instance I have been dealt pocket rockets 4x already today in 61 hands.
I raised 3x pre-flop and was only called once. I won the hand all 3x with little to show for it.
The 4th time I was on the button and called. Both blinds saw the flop which was KQ6. SB bet, BB folded, I raised, SB re-raised, and I went all-in. SB folded and I won a $10 pot.
I see nothing wrong with calling in late position in an unopened pot.
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Agreed. Anybody that says you should always raise with AA 100% of the time or that you can NEVER fold AA pre-flop in a tournament, I want that exploitable player in my table. Never say never in poker, and always avoid using "always"!
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Originally Posted by actyper
I stopped reading after the first bold
1. Don't limp. Ever.
Silly to say never ever do this.
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Yes there is. Absolute poker and bugsys room Both are full of tight passive and loose passive players. Although a year from now they'll likely be much more aggressive than they currently are.
Yes there is. Absolute poker and bugsys room Both are full of tight passive and loose passive players. Although a year from now they'll likely be much more aggressive than they currently are.
no, they won't
absolute has alot of those players before majority of good players are boycotting them. (superuser issue)
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Agreed. Anybody that says you should always raise with AA 100% of the time or that you can NEVER fold AA pre-flop in a tournament, I want that exploitable player in my table. Never say never in poker, and always avoid using "always"!
As a guide for new inexperienced players, I'd rather see it say raise every time with pocket A's. Too many new players try to play 'tricky' poker and slow-play their big hands after watching too much TV.
In a loose passive game (yes they still exist), Aces edge against the field is lost after 4-5 callers. A raise (especially AFTER a few of those calls), will likely thin the herd.
Start by teaching players why it's good to raise, then teach them the exceptionalities to that rule. IMO.
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if you are at an aggressive table with aggressive players to act after you, calling with aces with the expectation of re-raising is acceptable.
Jim, that's what you/I hope for in all cases..., obviously, it doesn't always happen that way and you end up with 4 players seeing the flop. Some "big blind" special then lays a smacking on your rockets and you're all of the sudden short stack at your own table.
Good example yesterday at Ching Hill, I got them UTG with Mr. Horseshoe being the agressor at the BB, has the tendancy to raise each and every pot he enters but on this particular hand, he didn't and what do you know, he flopped a set of 4s on me with 47o. The rest is history.
In my experience, AAs either gets you a small pot or loose some big ones!
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