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bame980 · Guest

when ever i get pocket aces i wind up getting shit on all the time whats up with that

bigboy81 · Guest

its very common for it to happen ya its a good hand but it gets beat alot

webmaster · Site Admin Joined: Nov 26, 2003 Posts: 668

That suggests you are slow playing them. In a head to head situation you will win 9 times out of 10. With 10 other players seeing the flop your odds are considerably lower.

onemore · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:42 am Post subject:

yes, i kept getting beat with AA too, because I didn't raise pre-flop to not to scare people off, however that turned out to be the wrong strategy.

wompah1 · Newbie Joined: Mar 25, 2006 Posts: 4

I'll always raise with my aces to get rid of people playing crappy hands(I find it keeps people honest) 3-4x the BB, this usually is effective, aces get cracked sometimes though so be careful of straight and flush chances. If it doesn't look good well then fold.

MystySue · Junior Member Joined: Apr 24, 2005 Posts: 5

Definately if it's a full table you need to raise enough to get rid of most of the players. It took a while for me to learn that, but after getting beat by 6-8 or 8-3 enough, I caught on Very Happy

Of course, there's always that person that will call a $300 raise on a $50 blind when they have nothing in the pot already and 4-9 offsuit in their hands, and he'll inevitably draw a straight or a flush!

MrMuckets · Member Joined: Jan 28, 2006 Posts: 31 Location: USA

I look at pocket aces as just a high pair. Never go all in right off the bat with them unless it's late in a tourney and i'm in a desparate situation ie. About to get blinded out.

dovla · Junior Member Joined: May 27, 2006 Posts: 14

AA or pocket rockets.. is the best possible hand in poker..
but the most important thing is good playing aces.. you don't want to be in pot with more than 2 players with AA - there are big chances that you will be outhdrawn.. big raise is important to lay down hands like small pocket pairs, or suited conncetors.. never flat call when you are in late position against 2 or more opponents,.. RE-RAISE ALWAYS.. if somebody is moving go for it.. (remember that your chances are minimum 80%!)

the best hands you want to be against is AK or AQ .. if you see some possible danger on a flop bet BIG .. (you want to take the pot right there).. if you don't hit the 3rd ace bet big too, don't try to trap somebody - you can be outhdrawn really easy (you don't want to let someone to hit the 2nd pair or SET on a turn or river) ..

aces can and will lose sometimes, but with good play of them it will always be a BAD BEAT!..

JShady · Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:40 am Post subject:

Heres my opnion on pocket cards, not just AA.

If you have pokcet 77 or lower then dont raise too big, only call or raise twice the big blind. IF you have 88 to JJ, then raise up to 3 times the big blind depending on your chip count. If you have QQ to AA then I would raise Huge. When you slow play those cards your odds are bad that anything you need will hit that flop, most likely all low cards. So depending on your chip cound should tell you how to play the pocket cards Very Happy

JayInFlames · Junior Member Joined: Sep 30, 2006 Posts: 16

as soon as u raise pre-flop with rockets, everyone seems to fold, because they dont have an Ace themself.

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