Originally Posted by TylerK

Live hands from Foxwoods this weekend. $1/$2 NLHE.

Hand 1:
Weak-tightie raises from MP, I am in the SB with AA. I have not shown down a hand yet, but have won a couple of pots without showing. Previously, MP called a 25xBB reraise after she raised PF, and has been raising strong hands. Field folds to me, my action?

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

I think you already know the answer. Reraise to about 25BB. What sorta raises are going for the norm?

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

Depends on your bankroll and emotional ability to take a loss here. If you figured him for KQ, you should have check-raised.

-'rilla

Originally Posted by journey075

2.) looks like its multiway, although you might be ahead of any one of them, KK is not a hand i want to all-in multiway. id probably muck.
edit: rilla's right, i forgot about re-raising. i still think id take a hit on the big pair here though.

Originally Posted by journey075

3.)id be happy with either play. based on cards id fold, but theres a good chance hes semi-bluffing. id be more inclined to call.

Originally Posted by TylerK

An added something about hand 3: I didn't correctly calculate my equity at the table if he did have KQ (I don't remember if there was a flush draw on the board or not, so I assumed there was not). This is a LOT thinner than I thought I was against a presumed KQ at the time.

Board: Jh Th 3d
Hand 1: 51.8645 % [ 00.52 00.00 ] { AJo }
Hand 2: 48.1355 % [ 00.48 00.00 ] { KQs, KQo }

Originally Posted by TylerK

Oh, another note about hand 1, villain is extremely passive postflop.

Originally Posted by journey075

i dunno, ive seen so many hands (i think its a lot, some of you guys have probably seen plenty more than i have) that i think pushing preflop with kings is so marginal esp with 2 aggressors. its a game about pushing edges, i think you could control variance if you folded. thats my thinking anyhow.

thats one hell of a table you were on though, i dont think ive ever seen a 25xbb raise being called preflop at 1/2 nl.

anyway on hand 3, yeah youre a slight dog even though youre ahead...straight draw + overs. thats assuming youre ahead. folding might be the best idea but something bugs me about how he said he had KQ. i would probably call if for nothing else than to see if hes a straightforward person with calling his cards.

Originally Posted by TylerK

My thinking on hand 3 is as follows preflop:
-> There's a good chance he has the KQ. I am more than 50% certain at least.
-> If he has a different hand, it is more likely that he has a worse hand than a better hand.
-> Therefore, while I'm a coin flip against KQ after the flop, I am likely more ahead against a different hand.
-> He knows I do not have any hand that dominates KQ because I didn't raise preflop.
-> Therefore, my most likely holding is a small PP or an Ax.

Here's the key postflop bit.

-> Since he knows I will likely call his all-in with a naked ace or a small PP if I believe him on KQ (being on almost exactly a coinflip with dead money in the pot), he MUST have a hand with MORE pot equity than KQ against MY possible range of hands.

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

Tyler, I think I've found what may be the fatal flaw in your game.

Your approach to the game mentally is just a hop-skip and a jump ahead of your competition.

Don't equate to brilliance what can easily be explained with stupidity. He has a straight draw and thinks you're just trying to muscle him out since you know what he has. He won't be muscled!

Mr. Burns while watching Homer running in a circle while lying on his side after negotiating for the workers dental plan, "Mr. Smithers, I'm afriad my opponent was not the brilliant tactitioner I had thought him to be."

-'rilla