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2$- Aces- Like my play? 2$- Aces- Like my play?

01-14-2008 , 02:13 PM
Full Tilt Poker, $2 + $0.25 NL Hold'em Sit n' Go, 40/80 Blinds, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: 3,820
UTG: 2,195
MP: 585
Hero (CO): 3,595
BTN: 2,020
SB: 1,285

Pre-Flop: (120) A A dealt to Hero (CO)
2 folds, Hero calls 80, 2 folds, BB raises to 280, Hero calls 200

Flop: (600) T K 7 (2 Players)
BB bets 180, Hero raises to 880, BB calls 700

Turn: (2,360) 6 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets 2,435 and is All-In, BB calls 2,435

River: (7,230) 4 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)
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01-14-2008 , 02:22 PM
no
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01-14-2008 , 02:31 PM
I don't like the limp preflop, but when BB raises, please 3bet here. You are set up perfectly. This makes it so much easier to play the hand and to get your stack in the middle.
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01-14-2008 , 02:40 PM
limping aces is so bad but since you did and got the BB to raise, reraise him.
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01-14-2008 , 03:04 PM
Heres my thought process. If you see a limp then a reraiase what hands do you put your opponent on? If you see a limp than call, what hand do you put your opponent on? I also wasn't planning on folding these aces unless the board was like k-k-j-j or something of that sort so i wasn't worried about the chips in. Also from the villains previous history i felt like he hand ace-x maybe k-q so i was relatively good. My goal was disguising my strength heads up. However i do agree that my limp pre flop wasn't very good but you have to mix up your play occasionally to keep your opponents thinking.
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01-14-2008 , 03:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by CCuster 911
Heres my thought process. If you see a limp then a reraiase what hands do you put your opponent on? If you see a limp than call, what hand do you put your opponent on? I also wasn't planning on folding these aces unless the board was like k-k-j-j or something of that sort so i wasn't worried about the chips in. Also from the villains previous history i felt like he hand ace-x maybe k-q so i was relatively good. My goal was disguising my strength heads up. However i do agree that my limp pre flop wasn't very good but you have to mix up your play occasionally to keep your opponents thinking.
no you dont.

u raise here cuz u raise a ton of hands here so u get reraise's from hands that are beating ur raising range but u have top end here so u can shove and they have to call cuz that's what you'd do with midrange hands.
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01-14-2008 , 03:31 PM
Your limp loses a lot of value that you can get by raising, building a pot, and getting chips from worse hands. Not to mention you risk it being limped around.
One he has raised, you lose a TON of value by not re-raising. He is felting his hand a good portion of the time & you don't want to give worse hands a chance to get away from their hand preflop. If he has a hand like TT,JJ where he might get it in preflop, and the flop comes KQ2,AK7,Axx,Kxx, etc, etc, he's going to get away from his hand. Obviously you add the risk of being outflopped.
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01-14-2008 , 07:02 PM
I only want to stressed on your PF play.
SNG, no time to get tricky.
If you play cash game, playing with 100BB, on LAG table, you might consider limping with A's EP.
In intention to reraise if someone raise behind you.
but still in a small% of the time.

Here your 6 handed. AND your on the CO.
If you raise here, every one can easily put you on a steal and decide to reraise you (or better yet the 2020 guy shove you with 7's+, AQs+).
that's +++++++++++EV, WAY more than just limping.

yeah you gotta mix up your play.
but you gotta consider situation given too..
And, this is 2.25, very view people really paying atention with what you do anyway..
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01-14-2008 , 10:25 PM
Mixing play at 2$ sngs with AA is funny.
Never limp aces and you get mass ev boost with them. There are some Special spots where limping is more ev then raising but they are so rare you can ignore them before you seriously move up.
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01-15-2008 , 02:00 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by CCuster 911
However i do agree that my limp pre flop wasn't very good but you have to mix up your play occasionally to keep your opponents thinking.
No.

At low-stakes SNG's it is possible to be very profitable playing a super-ABC style with no trickiness whatsoever. Your opponents will keep making so many costly mistakes that mixing up play doesn't matter much. In addition, what makes you think your opponents are watching your play? Table image is important in cash games, sure, but at low-stakes SNG's it barely matters - your weak opponents will simply play their cards.

A further point is that setting up future hands doesn't apply so much to SNG's because you will play with your opponents for a short time only and likely never see them again. So basically, play virtually hand in a standard way at these stakes.
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01-16-2008 , 11:53 PM
Thanks for your input guys i truely understand why my logic in sit n gos is so flawed. I gues i need to work on playing my opponents and there skill level more than I am. Thanks for your input its grealty appreciated.

Note: I am having a lot of success in micro stakes but there are times where i find myself giving these players too much respect(Folding a-q to raises and even sometimes 10's and j's).
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01-17-2008 , 05:53 AM
I like limping with aces when table becomes shorthanded - bubble or ITM situation. On micro limits no one expects such move - people play own cards as it said earlier here. I will get raised with hands like AJ, AQ - that is what I'm looking for Or I will have limpers with one or two face cards. And when flop has K,Q, or J I will get big value from my aces. At the same time rising preflop will win me only blinds cause most of the time no one has premium hand to call my raise. But while table is 5-9 handed I will raise preflop.
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