Is it ever correct to fold pocket aces preflop?

Yes.

However, if you need to ask this question the answer is, "No".

Yeah, that answer kinda sucked. Sorry.

Yes, it can be correct to fold aces preflop however the situations are very specific and unusual and if you don't know them you just should never fold AA preflop.

Basically we're talking about situations on the bubble of satellites or satellite structures (ie; DoNs) where folding guarantees you a win and calling risks a bust out. As well as other bubble situations where your chip stack is so small that doubling/tripling up doesn't really do you any good and meanwhile someone else is busting out this hand (or basically guaranteed to bust before you get swallowed by the blinds) and breaking the bubble so you just need to hang on.

What is the best way to start a bankroll, and what books would you recommend for someone starting out? I'm a student at the moment. If you say deposit, I'll have to wait until September. I don't mind doing that if it means I can study books, articles, and this forum. Some great stuff here.

I've read Gordon's Little Green Book, and Leatherasses book. I'm now on Sklansky's Theory Of Poker, and was fancying moving onto Harrington On Hold'Em next. Would that be appropriate? Is there something I'm definitely missing and should read now?

Ive just jumped from 2NL to 5NL and I haven't noticed much difference, in terms of opponent skill. Should I not be worried until I get to 25 or 50NL?

The gap from 5NL to 10NL should be a lot bigger, but basically don't worry if you're beating the game, worry if you can't. Beginning to worry before you even start playing will only make you scared and play worse.

There's some threads in the COTW's that are pretty good about this, this is just general full ring advice for micro though:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/78...etting-447771/
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/78...exture-442027/

Also read this:

http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/show...Number=9472282

Try searching the HU forums for more appropriate info about HU, I don't know anything about that so I'll leave that up to you/someone else.

Should you always raise with AK, what about AQ? When is it appropriate simply to limp in with these hands and hope to catch something on the flop?

When you miss on the flop, what should you do? If it is checked to you in position, should you raise? Or base your raise on the amount of players at the table?

I believe Phil Gordon says you can limp in with a very strong hand, if you think someone will later raise you in the betting round and then you can take them to town. Is this correct? (Not 100% sure if it is Phil that says that)

I am not a beginner (at least I thought so) ... but please help me understand why I lost this hand?

KK88A > KK887

His hand is KK88 with an Ace kicker. Yours is KK88 with a seven kicker (you play the board). You can't have three pairs

my hud/graph is not working with rush poker, auto import is importing hands but nothing is shown in graph tab and hud is not showing up. it works perfectly fine with normal cash games and sng/tourneys, anyone know what the fudge's up?

Get the latest version maybe? What program?

oh right, it's HEM. ty i'll check if theres a new verision but i DLed it 2 weeks~ ago

Thanks guys! makes sense now

downloaded 1.11.05 and hud works great but still no rush hands showing up on the graph tab in HEM anyone know why?

Have you filtered for certain games? Rush is a seperate category.

Can you guys help me make sure my thinking is right (in concept and execution)?

NL2. I'm on the button and preflop the MP1 raises to .20. His stats from MP are 33/22. Everyone folds to me on the Button with AQs. Pokerstove gives AQs 61% equity in the pot. Furthermore I'm sure I'm ahead of most of his range. So, I 3bet here to .80. Is this correct?

Wait what?!?! I only see 1.11.04 on their website right now?? Where are you getting .05 updates?

Is he always raising that much when he is raising? Maybe he is raising only .06-.10 normally, but is raising more with his monsters. Is he is a preflop shoving monkey? Is he the type that's willing to get it in with KT? Are you only $2 deep or $5 deep with him? If you hit top pair, will he spew his money to you? There's a ton of missing information here.

Raising 10 big blinds is really big and non standard, so unless you know his pretty much always doing that here with the top 22% of his range, this is a fold. Standard 3bet is about 3-4 the initial raise.

The number PokerStove gives you is the % of times you would win against his range when you would see the hand down til the river. Obviously, only a small number of hands actually get to showdown and a lot of betting usually occurs in between. Still, it gives you an idea of how your hand performs against his opening range.

If you are ahead of his open range, should you always 3bet? Again, it depends. If he will only call or raise with a range that crushes your hand, what is the value of 3betting? Suppose in this case he will always fold, unless he has something better than AQs, which he will 4bet-shove and against which you will have to fold (or call when you get the proper odds, but you'll be behind).

Maybe 3betting will show a small profit if he folds too much, but then you could also 3bet 72o as a bluff. However, if he calls (OOP) with a hand like KQo, then 3betting AQs becomes very profitable, because often you will pick up the hand on the flop or you can stack him when a Q flops.

So you have to decide the following:
- How often will he fold?
- What range will he call your 3bet with?
- What is your plan on the flop (cbet or no) and how often will you be ahead?
- What range will he 4bet with?
- Will you be commited to call when he shoves?

If you decide to 3bet (or 4bet) and you don't want to be commited to call a shove you have to put less than 33% of your stack in. In 2NL that means you can raise to about $0.55 - $0.60 and still fold against a shove. Raising a little higher is OK when you plan to stack off anyway.

Sorry, haven't found the answer to these:

---What's the difference between ghosting and railing?

---What's < 3 mean, as in the complete post was: < 3 OP

Thanks for the info. I meant 5NL instead of 2NL.

how do i subscribe to certain threads?

Thread Tools ---> Subscribe To Thread at the top of the thread you're interested in.

Hi all:

When people on this site say 200NL, 5NL, what does this mean? My best bet is that the number means the bb X 100 thus 200NL is 1/2 no limit. Or is it simply indicating your stack size? Kind of confused, some clarification would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks