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AA in BB vs serial raiser from Cutoff

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GiMac:
Ok Hero (That"s us) is in BB in Major Hold Em Pot Limit Tournament. Action folds round to cutoff where Villain makes a raise. He has raised the last 4 rounds on your BB. You look down and see the blessed sight of  ad1 :as: .

Yes, you think got him.

You are both above average stack of 20k, you have 35k and he has approx 26k and blinds are 400/800. His pre-flop raise was to 2500.

How do you play it?

and I want pre-flop, and post flop play please.

Swinebag:
I"d call pre flop

I"d check raise post flop

HaworthBantam:
I had similar to this in Edinburgh last year.

The action was folded around to the button, rather than the cut off, who raised 3xBB. I looked down at  ac ah

I thought about it and just called the bet.

The flop came down  6c  qd  6d

I bet out 3/4 of the pot and was called.

The turn came out  6h

Again, I bet out 3/4 of the pot and was called.

By this stage I was worried. The original raiser could have raised with anything and my call pre flop did nothing to identify what she might be holding.

I can"t remember what the river was, but I again bet out 3/4 of the pot and the original raiser laid it down. The reason I bet out, rather than check, was to stop myself from being put in a position of doubt if the original raiser then bet out. If I was raised after my bet then I would probably have had to lay down the aces.

I think my main problem was not re-raising pre flop, something I wouldn"t hesitate doing now.


Edit: In fact, you (Gordon) and Mickey P were at that table.

AMRN:
Raise preflop, but not massive enough to put him off, nor minimum to make it obvious. Reraise to 6000.

Assuming he calls, I am first to act after the flop and if it"s a non scary pot with low to middle rainbow cards, I will lead out half pot..... if it"s scary ie all suited, will overbet, perhaps even shove all in, to remove any odds he thinks he might have to call. If he calls without odds and hits, well c"est la vie... but then it"s difficult to say what I would do post flop without more info on the guy, the situation, the stage of tourney, etc.

What I would never do with AA (any more) is flat call preflop, then check the flop. Only time I would slow play the flop is if it showed an A, with disconnected rainbow cards

Swinebag:

--- Quote from: AMRN on January 03, 2008, 14:47:55 PM ---
What I would never do with AA (any more) is flat call preflop, then check the flop. Only time I would slow play the flop is if it showed an A, with disconnected rainbow cards

--- End quote ---


I agree, but just thought the flat call and check raise would get another bet out of a serial raiser with a weak holding.

there is obviously more to consider

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