I DO know how to play ACES.

They just don't like me too much.

***** Hand History for Game 5075952090 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, September 01, 01:44:34 ET 2006
Table Table 96545 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: MEXMAT1991 ( $11.50 )
Seat 4: way2draw ( $5.65 )
Seat 6: bnecksouls ( $141.06 )
Seat 8: MrRob248430 ( $23.70 )
Seat 9: uryy4me ( $12.55 )
Seat 1: johnnyBuz ( $25 )
Seat 5: strkteam ( $23.90 )
Seat 7: chensz2 ( $5 )
Seat 2: hcnup_yeknod ( $25 )
Seat 10: AcesFull_417 ( $10.76 )
strkteam posts small blind [$0.10].
bnecksouls posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to johnnyBuz [ As Ad ]
MrRob248430 folds.
uryy4me raises [$1].
>You have options at Table 96762 Table!.
johnnyBuz raises [$3].
hcnup_yeknod folds.
MEXMAT1991 folds.
way2draw folds.
strkteam folds.
bnecksouls calls [$2.75].
uryy4me is all-In [$11.55]
johnnyBuz is all-In [$22]
bnecksouls folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, Jh, Qc ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
johnnyBuz shows [ As, Ad ] a pair of aces.
uryy4me shows [ Kd, Ah ] a flush, ace high.
johnnyBuz wins $12.45 from side pot #1 with a pair of aces.
uryy4me wins $26.80 from the main pot with a flush, ace high.

looks good

Originally Posted by TerryToma

looks good

i think $3.5 to 4.0 would work better in this situation, no? i don't want to scare them into folding preflop but i want to get some value out of the premium hands and build a pot for the flop.

FWIW i usually bet 3$ in this situation.

3 or 4 doesn't really make much of a difference. villain will not respond differently to having to call $2 instead of $3.

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

3 or 4 doesn't really make much of a difference. villain will not respond differently to having to call $2 instead of $3.

= we bet 4 to get more cash in.

Originally Posted by HalvSame

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

3 or 4 doesn't really make much of a difference. villain will not respond differently to having to call $2 instead of $3.

= we bet 4 to get more cash in.

yep as long as we would 3-bet the same amount with other hands.

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

Originally Posted by HalvSame

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

3 or 4 doesn't really make much of a difference. villain will not respond differently to having to call $2 instead of $3.

= we bet 4 to get more cash in.

yep as long as we would 3-bet the same amount with other hands.

can you elaborate?

Originally Posted by johnnyBuz

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

Originally Posted by HalvSame

Originally Posted by martindcx1e

3 or 4 doesn't really make much of a difference. villain will not respond differently to having to call $2 instead of $3.

= we bet 4 to get more cash in.

yep as long as we would 3-bet the same amount with other hands.

can you elaborate?

Use a static bet/raise size. If you reraise AA to 4$ you need to reraise other hands to 4$ as well, don't reraise to 3$ with AK, 2.50$ with QQ etc. You don't want opponents to be able to put you on hands based on bet sizes.