Nowadays I tend to re-raise all-in over the top with AA against anyone and with KK or QQ vs any player with pfr% of 5% or more.
I only go all-in with AK when limped to by several players when I'm in the blinds as a rule (and usually as a one off early to try to establish an image as a 'bad' player.
I can only imagine calling all-ins with AA KK or QQ (and I'd look very carefully at PT stats on the bettor before calling with KK or QQ).
I'ts certianly a worthwhile move on the low stake NL tables as so many folks call you with rubbish, but you need to have a lot of patience with bad beats sometimes..
I had a dreadful run of 5 in a row last week - I got all-in pre-flop as follows:
AA vs KK (lost to trip kings)
KK v ATo (lost to Ace on flop)
QQ v AKs (hit set but lost to river flush)
KK v QJs (flush again); and
AKs vs AQo (yep the queen paired)
I then got AA and KK and just won the blinds with them!!
But so long as you have the roll, all-ins are a very profitable move in the fishy waters of the NL $50 ring games...
Statistics: Posted by excession — Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:57 pm
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The key to your hand is that two people had already raised. The re-raiser is announcing that he really likes his hand, and it can be hard for someone to fold that kind of hand.
Many of the times you will just win the bets already in the pot (which isn't bad especially since you then have a 0% chance of getting outdrawn). But when you do get called, you will generally only get called by hands like KK, QQ, AK, and JJ. All of these hands play very poorly against AA.
Statistics: Posted by Jav — Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:46 pm
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it helped that I bought in at $20 on a $50 table so folks were willing to gamble against the 'short stack'
Statistics: Posted by excession — Tue Nov 09, 2004 4:00 pm
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This wont work at higher stakes though.
Statistics: Posted by iceman5 — Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:50 pm
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The table is a .25-.50 nl full table. I am on the BB and hit
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[Ac]. UTG +1 raises to $1.00 and MP raises $2.50 pre flop. I have a stack of about $25 and make the decision to move all in. My thinking is due to the size of the table, I could steal the pot of about $5 or someone would call, and I like my chances. Sure enough UTG +1 folds and MP calls without hesitation. Flop, Turn and River produce nothing and chips slide my way to double up. MP mucks his hand and leaves the table immediately so I could not see what he had. Was this the right play? Should I have played it different?Statistics: Posted by daneo68 — Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:47 pm
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