$200 PLO on Stars. I have $185 and raiser has $411.
2 limpers and raiser, who seems to be an aggressive, good player (I hadn't been at the table long, so am not completely solid in reads yet), pots it to make it $11 to go. 2 LP callers, and I'm in BB with AsAhJc4s. Single suited with one broadway card, I classify this AA hand as middle-of-the-road, as far as AA goes (not a bad AA but not a great one either).
Anyhow, I go ahead and repot to make it $59. As the course of the hand shows, I think this was a mistake. Near all-in, I don't have a problem (hence against short-stacks, i.e., less than about $100), but getting right at 1/3 of stack in is a bit dodgy because now potting it is all-in, and half-pot commits me way too much (am I really supposed to dump 2/3 of stack, then fold?). Anyone like a mini-raise on my AA here? Original raiser calls and all others fold.
The flop then comes horribly for AA, and I'm OOP: 8d3d7s. Well, I've got an overpair with runner-runner flush. Like a complete idiot, I move in and get a call from 6789, who makes his straight and already had to know he was ahead.
I rather think the trick, if one is to adopt some kind of aggressive raise strategy, is actually NOT to get in right at 1/3 of stack, which is about the worst place to be. I'm thinking this is probably a good AA to flat call with (probably better than the mini-raise, which I think might be good for junk AA hands, monster AA hands and all other super-strong hands, such as wraps, double big pairs, stuff like that). Maybe then check-raise flops I like, including my nut flush draw if the board isn't paired ... (?)Statistics: Posted by Aisthesis — Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:17 am
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