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Ax suited...when does it lose it's value?

  
 
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Old 02-03-2005, 09:04 PM     Post subject: Ax suited...when does it lose it's value? #1 (permalink)  
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Now, I'm trying to pick apart my game in an effort to better myself. One of the things that I notice is my general love for Ax suited, due to some previous experiences attached to the huge pots I pulled in with the nut flush against other two pair, straights or lower flushes. I predominantly play full tables, and love to get the multiway pots when I havea good draw.

However, I do notice that as the table gets smaller, the 'power' of my A2s gets less and less through the middle number of players, and comes back up again when severly shorthanded or heads up.

Is there a point where an A-rag suited becomes a foldable hand, all the time? Is my love of the Ax suited one of my downfalls?
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Old 02-03-2005, 09:29 PM #2 (permalink)  
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At a full table, you're looking for the nut flush. limpable late with lots of callers,thats the value play anyway.

I'll raise lots of things pre flop. if an ace hits, it's mine regardless of weather or not i have an ace in my hand, so not much value there. once it gets down to four or so, i raise most aces for value. ace high can be a winning hand short handed.
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Old 02-04-2005, 01:30 PM #3 (permalink)  
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Ax suited is limpable for the min, and preferably with as many people in the pot as possible. You should limp in with it when you feel there won't be a raise back to you. For that reason it's best done from the blinds or very late position (button, one off the button). Only at a very passive table can you afford to try limping with this hand from middle or early position. If a raise of 3xBB or more comes down, you pretty much have to fold, and you're leaving yourself wide open for this by trying to limp from early position.

As far as table size, it's a good limping hand with more players - full ring games are ideal. Not such a great hand at a smaller table like 6 max, where pre-flop aggression may be higher, pot odds are consistently lower, and people will tend to play a wider array of hands that usually beat yours (i.e. A10 or A9 vs. your A2/A3/A4). In really short-handed play (heads up or 3 players) it's OK just because you have an ace - if you hit top pair you're probably on the best hand, even with the bad kicker.
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