Cash game my pocket aces would have won as MOST money players do not chase inside straights BUT i like the ones who do lol:).
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Ok, just had pockets ACES in 3 persons sit n go n some guy calls and beats me with 2-4, he turned and rivered a 2 :)ā¦Next time toss the Aces .
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If youāre going to toss pocket aces pre flop it stands to reason you would toss all other pocket pairs pre flop too. Am I missing something Bill?
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YES, you are, i now loss with pocket Aces 87% of the time in 16 months here:) toss those pocket Aces, play your Kās though:).
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I heard 8-9 suited is best hand to beat pocket Aces, hmmm, seems even 2-7 off suit beats my pocket Aces lol:).
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Iāve never heard about it, but thanks so much 4 the tip
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isnāt kind of funny how AA can bring on fear and doubt, for me its a raise -push people out- and a raise after the flop
sometimes they hold, sometimes they get beat, pretty sure weāve all been on both sides more then once
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Just played a tourney. The one time I got bullets and the several times I saw others that got bullets, they won every single time. Same thing went on with KK.
The one premium had that seems to give me fits and loses a high % of the time is AK.
Iām certainly playing all 3 of those hands preflop, the only one I MIght fold would be AK, but probably not.
Jacks can be a bit sticky as well, but Iām really hard pressed to fold those preflop as well.
Forget what has happened with your poor luck with aces previously, today is a new day and your luck with them will likely turn around.
Have a nice day.
Pocket Jacks is tricky, because if you do flop a set, you have a very good chance to win a very big pot, but there is also some possibility that JJ can go down to the river and win the hand without improving. However if there are over cards on the board it rapidly loses value, and a jack high flush with four of the suited cards on the board is vulnerable. If you make a straight it will usually be good.
In heads-up you canāt really fold it, but if you are facing a raise it should depend on the kind of game and the size of the raise. And some circumstances I might fold pocket Jacks pre-flop.
I prefer to limp in with Jacks and Tens if that is an option, because the surprise factor when you do hit a set will be magnified by the fact that you showed no aggression preflop and you may even be able to stack somebody who believes they have the best hand with two pairs, or if you make a boat by the river and the board is flushing or straightening.
Things went as usual so far today, make a killing with bullets, cowboys and ladies, get killed with big slick and fishhooks. Flopped king with my big slick to get rivered by a straight, rag flop with my jacks that lost to ladies. One thing is certain, Iāll always play those top hands, just need to become more disciplined to learn I need to lay them down sometimes.
Have a great day.
Doyle Brunson famously said he either won a few chips with pocket aces or lost a lot.
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Pocket Aces is probably a better hand in tournaments where you can go all in pre-flop or on the flop, because you need to double up to stay competitive in a tournament than it is in deep-stack ring games, because if you raise big pre-flop and get called, and then your opponent bets into you on the flop or check raises you, there is always the possibility he has hit a set, or maybe two pairs if the flops suggests that, and you could lose a huge pot.
On the other hand in a tournament, you are more likely to decide to go all the way when you pick up a pair of Aces, especially if you are small stacked, so you donāt have to worry about calling or folding on the flop. You just go for it and hope for the best. The worst thing that can happen is that you get knocked out of the tournament, but in a ring game you could lose a substantial percentage of your total chip stack.
Toss the Aces and play the Kings. Iāve consistently said that over the last 8 years here. Aces are Replays ticket to fabulous chip sales.
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EXACTLY 100% and he was the man of men in poker:)
When most players lose a lot of chips with AA itās because they canāt let a hand like that go, even when faced with a possible flush, straight, or a pair on the board with the potential of facing trips or a boat. I play AA, but when I see a large bet on the turn or river and my hand hasnāt improved, I often fold as Iāve learned that large bets on the turn and river are usually the nuts.
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You are very good at poker does these rules apply at Replay also my friend:) or having 3 ppl. go all in pre-flop and my aces lose here.
Oh, you canāt really apply how real poker is played to Replay. If you try to apply things like check/raising and other similar tactics that skilled poker players use in real games on Replay, they usually go over the heads of the all-inners who are only playing their cards or are just playing Bingo. However, the large bet on the turn and river is a great indicator, most of the time, that the bettor has a very strong hand, even on Replay.
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Thank you for the tips my friendā¦Awww i consider my-self average at best on these new games but 7 stud- hi-lo helped build my house lol but we older ppl do not see it much anymore but GLAD it is here n for fun 2:).
When I play KK, I get beat with A rag!
41% chance an ace or a king will hit the flop. Individually, about 20+%. So, it isnāt as rare as one might think?
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