Paired Board good for Pocket Pairs??

[bigslikk]

Okay let's say I'm holding xx pocket pair and board comes up something like AA4 or 884 or 773 rainbow-

Knowing there are other factors, generally, am I in good shape??

[benny999]

this depends on too much - how many are in the hand? are they loose? do your OPPs raise a lot and are you OOP (because your hand becomes crap if someone raises you in position)? was it raised pre flop + how often does he raise pre flop? what are stack sizes? you get the idea...

but generally the AAx or KKx or QQx boards are worse and you want to keep the pot small if you do bet and dont hit a boat and have no read.

[crushednuts]

Playing a paired board can be tricky especially if there are alot of players in the pot and the table is generally loose. It is very hard to tell whether someone has trips on a board of 773 because they will generally slowplay them. Also, QQX and AAX etc. are very dangerous because many players at lower limits play any ace any king and any queen. Also, w/ a small pocket pair you will have a tendancy to believe that the other fellows can't possibly have flopped trips and over-commit to your hand. For this reason, you must be extremely careful w/ these hands in early position especially

[TLR]

there are many different scenarios, some are good some are bad.
In almost any multiway pot (4-5 people, especially if it wasnt raised preflop and the blinds saw the flop) a paired board is not good.

In scenarios when you have a raised pot, 1-2 oppponents:
If you hold an overpair (lets say KK) and the baord is 944 you are usually good, QQ7 can be trouble.
If you hold mid pair lets say 66, and the flop is 774 you may be good, if the board is KKJ it is not that good.
If your pair is lower then then the board (you hold 22 and the board is 775) it is not good, since another 5 will counterfeit your pair

[Anosmic]

TLR, that's outstandingly helpful.

Thanks.

[TLR]

You are welcome

[bantam222]

i usually just try to see a cheap showdown in these spots...