Aces and slowplay

[LOOPY]

I mix up any slow play, so I don't get predictable by the rest of the table.

 

[theoxy]

Its important to understand that Aces only winner 100% of the time preflop. So definitely slow-play is not an option. And its gonna be probably a bigger pot if someone is calling you as you won't give up easily or at all, but you don't have to take it to all-in if the board is connected or he/she showcasing way too much power to your raises.

Agree with you.

 

[luckyhenri]

I never play Aces pair slow, all in is rational

 

[samircyber9]

Never slow play any premium hand.
I was in the BB in a large live tournament and there was a player in late position who limped in. I called with 7,4 off suit. Flop came 7, 4, x.
I check called 3 times ,including all in after the river and doubled up. He had slow played aces.
A good raise or 3 bet will give you an idea of what a villain has.

 

[Subel007]

Never play premium hands slowly
With that kind of playyou will win few or lose so many

 

[igroksash]

Playing slowly with AA is very wrong in my opinion, giving an opponent with a trash hand a chance to make the best combination and it will be very difficult to fold your AA.

 

[YuriDitz]

I'm against slow play of the top hands, as it gives the opponents with trash hands a chance to strengthen and beat us.

 

[dongato2]

generally you have to play aggressive with AA but it also depends on the flop and the player I face or if it's a multiway pot

 

[najisami]

In poker as in life in general, we all make mistakes. But from all the years I've been playing, I've learned that the WORST mistake in poker is to slow play a premium hand, especially AA.

 

[Tomek416]

I have been punished for slowplaying AA on many occasions. Now I just go all-in.

 

[moularaki]

never slow play ace
if you do so you might loose

 

[plan]

Only if there are maniacs after me and I'm sure there will be a rise. It's better to win little than lose a lot to some trash hand.

 

[Ragonesi]

For you to have Aces cracked is very unlikely but I believe you should size the bet same way you being doing with AK AQ KQ etc... So the opponent will think you are on the same range.

 

[jj6m]

got beat yesterday with pocket AA by a 56o.

 

[Genep66]

Not really my way of playing. I’ve been burnt to many times by straits or flushes.

 

[018smitty]

Ya slow playing doesn't seem to work very well for me with aces. Ironic I came across this thread right after I got burned twice today slow rolling aces.

 

[budweiser74777]

biggest mistake is limping AA

 

[Jwl8092]

5 hands played out of 50 all 5 hands were ahead until the river .. from 75% ahead to 95%... fun fun... lost all of them

JW

 

[Cute Octopussy]

Slowplay premium hand. Sometimes it can help you to get more money, but it depends on the table. I know that in many books they recommend you to raise and then after someone’s reraise go all-in. But it can be useful in live poker, not in online. My friend and I during our sessions wrote down when we got AA and what happened next. In ~60% preflop all-in we have lost. Maybe we are so unlucky, but we got more chips and money if we raise and then slowplay on the preflop and then if our hand is the one best on the table we play quite more agressive than other hands. And only when we have less than 20 BB we go all-in.
Maybe we lose some money, but all-in is always random, I prefer to trust myself and not to rely on chance.

 

[cferdi]

I used to slow play them occasionally to try to win bigger pots, but learned that it's not worth it - too many times you get called either by a small hand or many opponents, then they end up catching and you end up losing you a lot!

As someone said, it is hard to lay them down, especially when there is a rag flop, and even if you do, by then you can have lost so much. Just not worth it - better to try to take the pot before the flop or, hopefully at worst, with only one opponent.

 

[ppartizan2]

It really depends on your position.I hate when everyone before me folds,so then theres 3 potential players left.In that situation ill just 2-bet,but you have to always switch it up.

 

[Rahatis]

It depends on the table mainly.

 

[zipocool]

no slowplay - aces should be played intensely aggressively preflop, as AA will rarely improve postflop, unlike other hands

 

[garpsc]

always bet, play agressive and read the table

 

[mavrulit]

I think it's possible to slowplay with aces, but in certain situations, for example, at the end of the tournament... when it's more about skill than luck.