Question: how do you play AA (pocket aces) in poker, Pre-flop? - page 2.

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Quote from: CarlesPuyol on December 27, 2015, 10:48:02 AM

I'm a new poker player and I would like to know what is your best way to play pocket aces in poker.
In my small experience, most of the time when I played slow, I lost. And when I played aggressive, I won, but a small pot.
What are your opinions?

For a newbie to poker you answered your own question which is good. When you play slow you are giving more players the chance to get in the hand with half assed hands like 7-9 suited etc etc Each player in the hand reduces your chances of winning the hand obviously so when you play aggressive with them you are doing yourself a favor. A very good poker player once told me he would prefer AK than aces his reason was you know where you stand with AK and it is easy to put down when needed. AA is another story isn't it? lol. Over all i think you are best with playing how you feel like but imo your doing it right!

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Obviously if you can, you want to get it all in pre flop. But you also don't want to waste good value if all your opponents fold to that bet. It really depends on position, if its a tourney or cash game, how many opponents ect... I would for sure raise and try to isolate 1-2 players and go from there. If they re-raise its an easy shove.

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Quote from: CarlesPuyol on December 27, 2015, 10:48:02 AM

I'm a new poker player and I would like to know what is your best way to play pocket aces in poker.
In my small experience, most of the time when I played slow, I lost. And when I played aggressive, I won, but a small pot.
What are your opinions?

It really depends on many factors. Who are you playing against, the number of players you could be facing on the flop if you slow play you aces etc
AA is the best hand you can get preflop but it can't handle many players on the flop, as most poker hands, so if you slow play them, and see yourself against more than 3 players, you could be in trouble,

I hardly slow play any hand in poker, so I will do the same with my aces. You should balance your style of course not to be predictable, but slow paying should be done rarely in my opinion.

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You said right things guys.
Now when I think about it, it depends on a lot of things such as your position, your amount of chips, what are the blinds etc.
I think to bet 3-5 times of the big blind will scare all the "weak" preflop hands.

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Most of the time, you should be raising pre-flop with your pocket aces from any position. Raising allows you to narrow the field down to only one or two opponents when you hit the flop and at the same time put more money into the pot. You call a pre-flop raise with this hand only on the rare occasions when it is a good time to slow-play those aces.

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Its the strongest pre-flop hand and naturally most players do go 'all in' but it also depends on the situation of the game, if you're losing on the table you should go all in and maybe you'll bounce back but if you're in a better position on the table, meaning you have good amount of chips compared to others then you should play it slow, maybe raise a little and then play normally.

I have won more on Pocket Aces when playing slow and luring the other people in as compared to going all in because a lot of the time when you go all in others simply fold and then you waste a very good hand.

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I think many pros will be all-in with AA, or do a 3 bet or more in pre-flop, cause they can't allow too many draw hands to see the flop or more rounds, sometimes AA is beaten by flush or straight, so raise a big bet is the best way to protect the best hand-AA.

If i am in the UTG position, i would do a 3-5 bet, i don't wanna be allin cause i can just earn a little, most players will fold if i am all-in

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I'm a new poker player and I would like to know what is your best way to play pocket aces in poker.
In my small experience, most of the time when I played slow, I lost. And when I played aggressive, I won, but a small pot.
What are your opinions?

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