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12-16-2017 , 07:26 AM

neilwave

newbie

Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 26

hi,

i´m struggling to play AA** Hands in the small blind or in general OOP.

Would you 3bet every kind of AA combos, also the "weak" ones, like AA27rainbow? What is your play, cold call, or even fold?

My thoughts:

Ok, i have the highest equity preflop (against ~ CO, BU), so i should 3bet. But to realize fold-equity on the small stakes seems like a unattainable task to me.

OTF, i´m almost always dead with AA and no (re)draws.

Even against a very low SPR OTF against a short stack, i´m not happy to GII.

I appreciate any helpful comments.

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12-16-2017 , 08:35 AM

3K_TOM17

grinder

Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 451

Reraise gii against smaller stack, majority is just flat call

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12-16-2017 , 10:04 AM

kamilk

centurion

Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 134

You can 3b if you manage to put more than 1/3 stack in preflop. So basically only v short.

Most of the time bad AA is a call OOP. Your set - when hit- will be concealed and you should get a max value. Rest depends more on your side cards and opponents

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12-16-2017 , 11:44 AM

CJ72

grinder

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+1 to the two above.

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12-16-2017 , 12:36 PM

3K_TOM17

grinder

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Originally Posted by kamilk

No matter what form of poker, position is important. Being oop puts u in ultimate -ve ev state, unless you're against superb fishy villians, u can't even extract max value with good hands...

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12-16-2017 , 01:46 PM

Loctus

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Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,158

This question is too vague and general to result in anything worthwhile. It really is close to "how do I play PLO", ya know..

In general you do want to 3b those hands, yes. And then where you take it on the flop comes down to the texture of the flop and how it interacts with your 3b range as a whole vs villains opening range. Which is where we suddenly land in "how do I play PLO"-land again.

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12-17-2017 , 04:38 AM

neilwave

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Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 26

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Originally Posted by Loctus

In general you do want to 3b those hands, yes.

And then where you take it on the flop comes down to the texture of the flop and how it interacts with your 3b range as a whole vs villains opening range

this is where i have to work on

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12-17-2017 , 12:29 PM

Purasevic

adept

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Anybody who knows the answer on this is rich.

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12-18-2017 , 04:53 PM

neilwave

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Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 26

I do not expect a clear answer, i hope for a few opinions :-)

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12-18-2017 , 08:23 PM

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lucaspawpaw16

journeyman

Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 284

As said above it depends on a number of factors - against solid opponents i prefer flatting weak AAxx in sb as it disguises the top set. Against short stacks im happy to iso. Against loose deep stacked im happy to call also unless i have smooth aces AATJ ds etc

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12-19-2017 , 05:00 AM

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fabregas

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Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 58

I agree to the version of calling with rag AA OOP not having an opportunity to invest 33% of your stack to jam on most flops (except for tragedies like T98 KQJ and etc.)
the most dumb thing in poker is construct huge pot with rag hand and then just fold your hand having no more option
all in all I'd highly recommend the TS to watch PLO Quick Pro as it answers such questions very quick and with pure clarity

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