Thursday, April 12, 2007

Play 'em like AK!

I wanted to post this hand where I play Aces hard preflop and get maximum value.

I raised my Aces under the gun, and then I get a cold caller and a button raiser. The button raiser does this habitually, and he's a regular at these tables. I believe that if I put in a normal 4-bet, both of my opponents could fold because my holding would be obvious. And I didn't want to just call his raise because I wanted to trap the middle position player's money in the pot.

So I pushed all in.

This move is usually reserved for AK hands in exactly this type of situation. By overbetting my Aces, I believe I'll get calls from lesser hands who would likely misread me, thinking I held a hand like AK.

In this situation, pushing preflop may have been the only way for me to win a piece of this pot because I was out of position with a scary flop. I may have been forced to fold on the flop if I had played the hand slower.

5/10 NL
Dealt to Hero [ Ad Ah ]
Hero raises [$ 35 ]
MP calls [$ 35 ]
Button raises [$ 135 ]
Hero is all-In [$865].
MP is all-In [$357.5].
Button calls [$ 765 ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, 4c, Jd ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2d ]
Button shows [ Ac, As ]a pair of Aces.
Hero shows [ Ad, Ah ]a pair of Aces.
MP doesn't show [ 9h, Th ]high card Queen.
Hero wins $ 507.50 from side pot #1 with a pair of Aces.
Button wins $ 507.50 from side pot #1 with a pair of Aces.
Hero wins $ 594.75 from the main pot with a pair of Aces.
Button wins $ 594.75 from the main pot with a pair of Aces.
Hero's Net: +$202.25

1 comment:

Fuel55 said...

LOL. I love a good overbet for value. Funnier outcome than most.