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how do you play AA pre folp in mtt s
as an a aggresive player i like to get all my chips in pre flop with AA but i find they get beaten so many times by ppl that hit with dodgy hands should i slow play them more. does this happen like this in live play
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the big decisions with AA are postflop.
Raise pre to get rid of trash hands, then play post flop based on texture - remembering that it's still only one pair. I 'pretty much' ALWAYS raise pre because in a live MTT once I limped (to try & be clever) & got called by a late position fish with 74 suited & she hit her 2 pair - subsequently knocking me out.
And yes, Aces do get run out Live, just as frequently, you just see them less often due to hand volumes online.
And remember that you WANT people to call with rubbish hands, when they do, you're doubling through a huge percentage of the time, that's the dream scenario.
Yeah it hurts when you get sucked out against, but it only seems worse because you remember those few times a lot more readily than the rest of the times when your aces hold.
I made it to the final 10 of an MTT the other day ( Tuesday actually) I wsa chip leader from the first hand until the money. Here's the two hands that eliminated me, both involving Aces. I was bruised, but it just happens.
HAND #1 - My Aces: -
Hand History #772688349 (16:19 30/04/2014)
HAND#2 ( a few hands after)
Hand History #772690729 (16:27 30/04/2014)
So Yeah. - I was first for almost the ENTIRE tournament. - I think I played well. then when we were down to the final 12 - theses catastrophes happen & I go from the top 4 to bust 10th.
Oh well.
There are so many crazy calls in these games you'll find a customer often enough to make it a surprisingly profitable play, probably more profitable than making a standard raise in my opinion. Everybody at the table will assume you're just another bingo maniac, calling ranges will be much wider than you might expect.