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Two EP limps

Hero 200$ has AA

Makes it 15

BU
Blinds
And limpers call

Flop (90$) 667r

Checks to hero who bets 30$

BTN calls
BB calls
Rest fold

Turn (180$) 667Kr

BB checks
Hero?

Check flop. As played check

With so many in the hand I think this is a spot where you just have to let go of your hand (check/fold). Pre-flop I would consider making it 22 because that will get some folds and there are always 1 or 2 suckers that will call.

I don't mind the small flop bet to find out who is interested in this pot. When that gets two callers you need to check turn. Your not trying to build the pot now, there are a lot of worse hands willing to put a little money in but if the pot gets big somebody usually has a 6.

Yeah, check the Turn. If Button bets the Turn small and BB folds, I'm calling once--he could just be clicking buttons with a 7. But if he bets Turn and BB calls, I'm done.

If Button checks Turn, and BB checks flop, I'm (small) value-betting a non-7, non-T River. (And obviously folding to a raise from either.)

Check flop. You want this pot to stay small six ways. Check turn.

Checking the turn. More worried about BB than BTN and trying to get to showdown cheaply now.

Could go either way on the flop. With AA you're not worried about overcards - you welcome someone catching a pair on the turn - whereas JJ has more incentive to bet

Thanks for advice

Hero checks turn.
River (180$) 667K8

Bb bets 60$
Hero?

I'm calling a complete brick (a deuce) almost every time for that price (60 into 240)--I think it's close enough to break-even, always a chance BB binked a King (or is clicking buttons with a 7) and Button had a straight draw that missed. I'm still expecting to lose most of the time I call, though, but we only have to be good 1 in 4 times.

I think this specific River (completing an OESD) pushes us into the Fold column, though. But, again, you have Aces and are getting 4:1, so it's not like a call is *horrible*. (As long as we're obviously folding if Button raises). I just think folding is the more +EV play on this particular River.

(Easy for me to say behind a computer though, in real life I'm putting the money in 100% of the time!)

With this many people in the hand, and two straight cards out there, I think we should bet tiny, to at least get the gutshots out. Otherwise, any Turn 3,4,5,8,9, or T completes a potential straight (and, hey, also not bad to deny equity to the baby pocket pairs that could turn full houses against us).

We're still keeping the pot small, but we're not giving up just because there's a pair on the board--AA will still be the best hand on this board some of the time. We have incentives to thin the field without bloating the pot too much.

Yeah, that's a good point that favors betting smallish

I doubt T9/T8 fold to a tiny flop bet but 43 might.

Preflop is a little bit tricky at a new table because we have no idea what people are willing to call and we don't want to win just blinds + limps. That said, with the knowledge that 5 people called, I'd go at least 20 next time and expect at 2-3 callers.

On the river i'm inclined to call a small bet from BU if BB folds. With BB betting and BU left to act, I think it's a fold. (In game I obviously call because I hate folding)

I would do as you did. Bet small flop or check flop. Check turn. I would call here. If we are giving our opponents a range of random 6's (we block a lot of A6) we also give them a lot of K7/K8. Our line has disguised our hand strength so call river. Expect to be good about 30% of the time which is plenty enough.

Call river. Dont show if you lose. Expect it to be neutral to slightly positive EV for that price.

I raise slightly more PF but play it the same on the flop and turn.

OTR I call, odds are just too good and we have the nut two pair hand. I honestly think folding is ludicrous, but that’s just me.