4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Rochester Hills, MI
Posts: 1,720
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Originally Posted by fishstick
not to quibble (because we all know i agreeable i am  ) but why wouldn't you always want to get "in all your chips when you have the best of it"?
yes, there are times you will get outdrawn, but if you start from a position of advantage, over the long run (one long session) you will ultimately profit more.
would you ever hesitate to call an all-in preflop with AA or KK? not me. |
No no, not with those hands. Basically I'm talking about something like you have QQ and you know no one else has a higher pocket pair, and probably not AK.
But also I'm mainly talking about pushing in. I nearly always have the best hand when I go all in, unless I'm on the short stack, but doing it preflop is very dangerous.
I use to push in with QQ for example, and lose to an Ax type hand (not big slick) 40% of the time, and think I made the right play every time. Now I prefer to raise big (4x-6x BB), see if there's an overcard on the flop, and if not then push all in.
Basically, its all in my first post / thread: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...pic.php?t=1026
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