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bdc30
Your thoughts on this play? AAxx from UTG or UTG+1, where the xx aren't exactly great...

Full Tilt Poker
Pot Limit Omaha Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
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Stack sizes:
Hero: $49.50
UTG+1: $60.85
CO: $98.45
Button: $66
SB: $73.85
BB: $12.90

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with 7 icon_suit_club.gif Q icon_suit_heart.gif A icon_suit_diamond.gif A icon_suit_heart.gif
Hero calls, UTG+1 folds, CO calls, Button raises to $2.75, 2 folds, Hero calls, CO calls.

Flop: 8 icon_suit_diamond.gif 4 icon_suit_club.gif 2 icon_suit_spade.gif ($9, 3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, Button bets $8, Hero raises to $33,
BigLebowski
We think alike. The only other option would be to get cute and raise to something like $20 and push any turn.
simo_8ball
Don't limp preflop. Please don't.

On the flop you are bluffing with the best hand a lot of the time by repotting. I raise to $20.
BigLebowski
QUOTE (simo_8ball @ Monday, November 5th, 2007, 2:21 AM) *
Don't limp preflop. Please don't.


I can't speak for BDC, but for me personally I don't feel I am good enough to play post flop OOP with an AAxx like this so I have temporarily plugged a leak in my game by NOT raising these types of hands PF unless I can get a decent amount of my stack in there pf.

Yeah I know, we are basically calling with AA here for set value, but I can't count the number of times I stack people because they simply don't believe people would play AA this way. If you raise or reraise and an A flops that is usually the end of the action.
bdc30
I've gone to raising next to nothing from UTG. It would have to be super-suited AAxx where the xx are solid too, JT, T9, JQ, etc OR a good d/s wrap hand 89TJ, for me to be raising now.

-and - it's not only for set value, but on junk flops like these, we can semi-bluff what is most likely the best hand and/or get the fold equity against the "other" AA if it's in the other guy's hand.
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