Comments on: Playing The Pocket Aces – Part 1

By: kim

kim — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:21:07 +0000

the one time i would maybe just double the BB is on the button with an agressive short stack sb or bb. i would want them to think I am weakly trying to steal the blinds. but never ever limp.

By: kim

kim — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:18:28 +0000

limping w AA in any position is NOT the best decision. by all means, if you are ever at a table with me, please limp. .

By: Marios (Administrator)

Marios (Administrator) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:43:45 +0000

If you right down the numbers and do some calculations… The best strategy is “raise”. That is generally accepted.

A good spot to limp with your aces though it when you are in late stages in a (low buy-in) tournament with a small stack and you have a lot of shortstacks after you looking for double up opportunities. (In higher buy ins your limp will be noticed!)

In cash games and early in tourneys is better to raise for a lot of reasons.

By: Giovanni Sepe (writer)

Giovanni Sepe (writer) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:02:48 +0000

so you play the pocket aces just limpin?
ok!

By: Ady Miles

Ady Miles — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:04:48 +0000

However, in Mid to Late Position raising or going all-in is generally correct

By: Ady Miles

Ady Miles — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:39:02 +0000

No, it’s correct. Raising in Early Position with Pocket Aces is poor poker, particularly 5BB

By: Giovanni Sepe (writer)

Giovanni Sepe (writer) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:54:38 +0000

i hope you’re kidding!!

how can you say the best strategy is to limp in?! that’s just wrong.

By: Ady Miles

Ady Miles — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:29:08 +0000

IMO very bad advice re AA in EP

“Playing the pocket aces in early position is quite easy; the best way is obviously raising the pot, from 3 to 5 times the BB”

The best strategy is to limp in. 9 times out of 10 someone will raise, someone will reraise, or even go all-in. So long as there is some kind of raise you can reraise to reduce your opponents to two or three at the most, or simply go all-in if the raises or reraises are quite large

Raising 3BB in EP with Pocket Aces is amateur and foolhardy. It will often win you only the Blinds or a small to moderate pot. You have to maximise the value you get from your 1-in-220 Pocket Aces hand

By: Giovanni Sepe (writer)

Giovanni Sepe (writer) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:22:20 +0000

ty Marios!!

By: Marios

Marios — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:49:50 +0000

Nice article Giovanni!
I am waiting for the second part…