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Originally Posted by monkeymaps
what is wrong with wanting to win a large pot with AA/KK? esp agianst a bad player. while a large raise preflop might be better its not because "I want to take it down right here" or " oo I might get into trouble" im pretty comfortable playing KK OOP agianst a bad player.
with your reasoning overbetting the pot so you opponent folds his flush draw is a "good" play because you "might get into trouble" when in fact your letting him play perfectly.
I also don't understand what you mean by saying that a 4 bet the size I made announces my hand? im making a four bet with the same range here regardless if I make it 4 bucks or 6. its not like it I make it 4 bucks villan will think I have a better hand than if I make it six... I don't get your thinking here
The point you're missing, is that you UNDERbet pre-flop. I'm not suggesting overbetting, I simply suggest making a pot-sized raise, which is NOT an overbet.
Yes, you certainly want to win big pots with KK/AA, but the way to achieve that is NOT by making inviting raises. What you want ideally with these hands is to at most see the flop, that's it. Any time you go further than flop means you have to be careful. However if you put most of your money in pre-flop and are left with a pot-sized bet on flop - you are always making a +ev play if you always shove on flop or call a shove. That's what your goal should be with those hands, having a big pot pre-flop, not after. And if there is a raise and a 3-bet in front of you - it means you hit gold - the ideal situation has happened, make at least a pot-sized raise!
Last edited by Eddi; 12-30-2007 at 03:03 PM.