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How do you play Axs preflop?
No pro here, but one thing you never want with pocket Aces is a crowd seeing the flop. But yes, position, appearance, table manners/history, etc are all important. There's a myriad of ways to play pocket Aces.
BreakoutCoin- I'm watching this coin closely- How about a shout from these pros backing the coin?
How about they join the thread for some poke discussion.
Axs stands for Ace and any other card of the same suit. Since you brought up aces, that happens to be the easiest hand to play pre-flop, IMO. I can probably teach a 5 year old how to play AA properly pre-flop. Open bet and keep raising to get it in good. That's it. With 100bb-200bb stacks you can play KK the same way.
Are you trying to scare everyone out of the hand, or take all of their money? If you're a quiet observer type player and try that, no one will risk money against you. It's all relative and why pros are pros.
Slow playing AA is a recipe for disaster unless you are ridiculously good post-flop.
I'm not really saying to slow play, I just feel your statement is too aggressive for a general rule of thumb. If you're the button and everyone folds, you're pretty much golden. If you're in a middle position and post a huge raise after playing extremely conservative, there's a good chance you won't see a flop or if you get a caller they'll be hesitant to call much post flop- they may place a sizable bet to see where you are, but they'll be wary.
So, for the last time, it's all relative to what's been happening at the table, your own attitude/betting history, etc. One thing is for certain- you DON'T want a crowd seeing a flop with pocket aces. Too easy for someone to hit two-pair, the chances of someone else hitting a set are equal to yours, and it also opens up draws for straights and flushes. I should note that I'm more of a conservative who mainly plays great opening hands in early positions and good hands in late positions, and wait for several hands to get a feel for my table. Other players come out firing with the utmost confidence and have a lot of success, however. I certainly ain't no damn Tom Dwan- pretty sure I've seen him make guys fold QQ-AA with a 2-6 off suit haha
I have a good feel for the game and have won a lot more than I lost, but I am too anxious to play often. My adrenaline overwhelms me, so I stick to cash games at the local card room or casual games with friends.
For the last time and I will drop it, but no player can ever go wrong with playing AA too aggressively pre-flop no matter what the table dynamics are. The time to play AA agg is pre-flop, after the flop is when it gets tricky. To be clear I'm talking about pre-flop so I'm pretty certain Tom Dwan never made anyone fold AA pre-flop, EVER, unless it was an online misclick.
If you're talking simply winning the hand, sure, you can never play AA too aggressively. But, if you want to maximize profit, then I disagree. We can just leave it at that.
Of course it wasn't a pre-flop AA fold. Pocket Aces is the nuts pre-flop, but if you have a crowd of 5+ players seeing the flop your chances of winning the hand, while still the highest, is lowered by a fair margin. Can't tell you how many times I've seen AA folded following a flop with a crowd- and usually they were correct in folding.
I'm going to let you get the last word in even though I can keep going.
