Getting Cute with AA

[DaNutsInYoEye]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) converter

UTG ($33.35)
MP ($107.55)
CO ($83.85)
Hero ($97.15)
SB ($45.25)
BB ($53.95)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, A.
1 fold, MP raises to $3, 1 fold, Hero raises to $6, 2 folds, MP calls $3.

Flop: ($13.50) 9, 8, 2 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $5, MP calls $5.

Turn: ($23.50) 2 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks.

River: ($23.50) 6 (2 players)
MP bets $13, Hero raises to $30, MP calls $17.

Final Pot: $83.50

Results in white below:
MP has 7c 7h (two pair, sevens and twos).
Hero has As Ac (two pair, aces and twos).
Outcome: Hero wins $83.50.

[Fnord]

Usually a great way to get stacked. Any particular reason you decided to get cute?

[DaNutsInYoEye]

Usually a great way to get stacked. Any particular reason you decided to get cute?

I'm not calling a large 3-bet on the river. MP wasn't respecting my countinuation bets, often coming over the top of them. I was trying to induce him to do it on the flop. It didn't happen so I checked the turn hoping he would take a stab at it on the river which he did. He was doing this a lot and I hoped a raise on the river would slow him down in the future. He was relatively tight PF and I hadn't seen him raise with anything creative like mid connectors off the button, so I put him on either overs or a mid PP.

Given his range I thought it was relatively safe to let him have a free card and raise if he led out on the river. If he had overs he was drawing dead and if he didn't already have a set then he was drawing very slim. If he already had a set I probably would've lost the same amount of money anyways, if not more, had I bet the pot on the flop, was smooth called, bet the turn and was raised.

Playing the hand the way I did, I don't think he'd re-raise me on the river with anything less than a set and he'd likely push at that point. I wouldn't have any problem folding if he did, just as I wouldn't had I played it straight forward and was check-raised AI on the turn.

[bdawg56kg]

Nh. I like your thinking, but I think your bet sizes definitely need to be bigger. Preflop I pop it up to $10. If he's gonna go set hunting, then he'll have to pay more than $3. Flop is interesting. I would either bet out $15 or so, or just check behind. If you bet the flop, then I like checking behind on the turn, and if you checked the flop, then bet the turn. I lean towards the bet flop/check turn line tho. And of course hammer/push the river if he checks. Then again you could just drop the hammer on every street, but if villian has a brain he is not taking his PP past the turn.

Also, what is your range for reraising a 3xbb opener? Is villian aware of this?

[dsaxton]

I tried a similar play against an aggressive player. He could have anything here preflop / flop. The board pair made me more inclined to raise the river.

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UTG ($221.20)
MP ($43.05)
Button ($213.60)
SB ($220.30)
Hero ($202.75)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, A.
3 folds, SB raises to $6, Hero calls $4.

Flop: ($12) 7, J, 2 (2 players)
SB bets $6, Hero raises to $18, SB raises to $30, Hero calls $12.

Turn: ($72) 5 (2 players)
SB bets $10, Hero calls $10.

River: ($92) 5 (2 players)
SB bets $10, Hero raises to $30, SB calls $20.

Final Pot: $152

[zenbitz]

dsaxon's hand -

If he re-raises the river, do you pay off a 5?

[Fnord]

SB ($220.30)
Hero ($202.75)

Hero is BB with A, A.

Turn: ($72) 5 (2 players)
SB bets $10, Hero calls $10.

You got to hammer it here, getting sucked out on given the pot size and money behind is going to hurt too much.

[dsaxton]

dsaxon's hand -

If he re-raises the river, do you pay off a 5?

I don't think he can reraise without a full house, so I probably fold if he reraises. I was only raising so he'd make a crying call with top pair or a counterfeited two pair.