If you go all-in, you have more chances to win the hand. Because fewer inrocs will come into play. There is a chance of losing the entire stack at once, but if you enter with a raise, more players will enter the game as you can determine what the opponent has. Maybe the entered straight or set has already hit the flop or will be making a combination. Here at the last table, I will definitely come with a raise so as not to risk the whole stack.
0546474 said:
Precisely, it makes sense to pick a raise size and generally stick with it. We don't want to become exploitable by raising different sizing based on hand strength. My open raise size is usually determined by effective stack and game speed. For the cardschat League games and freerolls online, I typically (as many in this thread already know) open raise 2.5x (bbs).
I may alter occasionally (not for hand strength though) for other factors like size of other stacks or things like that.
Sucker them in..
Getting AA UTG, in most cases, you want to make the bet that will lure your opponent in, then pounce, and shove all in. If opponent is super tight, make min bet, or small continuation. Make opponent feel they are trapping you, instead of you trapping them.
Getting AA UTG, in most cases, you want to make the bet that will lure your opponent in, then pounce, and shove all in. If opponent is super tight, make min bet, or small continuation. Make opponent feel they are trapping you, instead of you trapping them.
Without more information, I think I would do something like this:
1) In the beginning of tournament - 5BB raise
2) In the middle - 2.2BB raise
3) On the bubble - 1BB raise
4) ITM - 1BB raise
5) Final table - 1BB raise, limp, or shove
1) In the beginning of tournament - 5BB raise
2) In the middle - 2.2BB raise
3) On the bubble - 1BB raise
4) ITM - 1BB raise
5) Final table - 1BB raise, limp, or shove
TeUnit said:
Isn't this when you'd want to protect your hand the most? Some chump flops two pair and you're not gonna fold, you're gonna bust.
If I heard a bad beat story about someone getting bubbled holding aces, and it started with 'I min-raised', I'd be thinking...'Well, there ya go'.
The Long Shot said:
The other players should be risk averse as well, and I dont want to waste shoving my aces to pick up the blinds, with less than 20BB effective which is what I was assuming. At a stack depth of 20BBs effective I do not expect a lot of cold calling.
If the effective stack sizes were something like a 100BBs then I am not min raising them.
1) In the beginning of tournament - all in bc. its a new table ppl might call
2) In the middle - std raise if its a tight table n proceed cautiously based on the comunity cards & whos involved. all in if its a wild table or if we think someone might call
3) On the bubble - all in bc. its bubble time
4) ITM - all in bc. usually we all pretty much have a 10 - 15bb stack sizes
5) Final table - really depend on stack sizes of others compared to ours, jam it in if we have little differences or we are on the small side & std raise if we have the big stack
2) In the middle - std raise if its a tight table n proceed cautiously based on the comunity cards & whos involved. all in if its a wild table or if we think someone might call
3) On the bubble - all in bc. its bubble time
4) ITM - all in bc. usually we all pretty much have a 10 - 15bb stack sizes
5) Final table - really depend on stack sizes of others compared to ours, jam it in if we have little differences or we are on the small side & std raise if we have the big stack
1. Bet
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5. Bet
Limping is out of the question ,only for KK UTG this might have results
Generally the bet would be x3BB ,but if very deep or very loose or deep stacks follow after me I might bet more , better no calls than have many calls and lose
I hate AA UTG in tourneys/sngs , but I love it in cash games
2. Bet
3. Bet
4. Bet
5. Bet
Limping is out of the question ,only for KK UTG this might have results
Generally the bet would be x3BB ,but if very deep or very loose or deep stacks follow after me I might bet more , better no calls than have many calls and lose
I hate AA UTG in tourneys/sngs , but I love it in cash games
How to play AA UTG is very dependent on your stack size, your opponents stack size, and the player pool. There is no one size fits all answer to this question. In general I will open raise 3BB early in a tournament when everyone has 100BB+ with my entire opening range. As stack sizes start to shrink I will open raise less and eventually at >40BB will open for a min-raise. Other factors can come into play which can change my opening strategy.
No need to create unnecessary problems for yourself) raised aces - everyone folded - well, okay, more will come. If you limp, there is a chance that a couple of fish with all sorts of pockets and connectors will also limp into the pot, and then you will suffer with aces on the flop.