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Pocket Aces And Limping In

Posted on Mon Feb 16, 2009 08:24:52 AM
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As long as I’ve been writing about poker, I have heard two questions asked again and again. First, is pocket aces really the best hand? Or are some other hands better? And second, should you limp into the pot sometimes, or should you always raise? I’d like to put these ...

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7 Responses to “Pocket Aces And Limping In”

frank
@ Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:50:06 AM
1

this article is old right? i remember reading exactly this maybe 6-9 months ago.

Ed Miller
@ Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:59:20 AM
2

It’s newly published in Card Player, but if I remember right it’s one I edited together from an old blog post, so you probably did read it before. About half my Card Player articles are edited together from old posts from this site…

Sorry for the relative lack of new postings on here recently. I decided to devote that time to getting the book out faster. Editing is pretty time consuming it turns out. :(

frank
@ Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:08:41 PM
3

well no worries, I’m sure we all totally understand.

I’ll be sure to pick up the book too !

MisstressElka
@ Tue Feb 17, 2009 03:41:10 AM
4

Nice article, Ed. It should be said that many online microstakes player play so badly aces. I’ve seen lots of people limping aces with >50BB with no realiable evidence of a raise coming after them.

I can imagine situations where not 3betting aces would be profitable (against a shortstacked in a heads-up spot) but not many reasons to limp/call or limp/reraise pre-flop. These are, in any case, exceptions.

Burning
@ Wed Feb 18, 2009 04:11:07 AM
5

Hi, Ed,

If I do what you’ve suggested in this article, say playing aggressively preflop with AA in the middle position, and the other two players called my raise.

Then on the flop, the early position player bets large. I raise. The late position player re-raises. The earlier position calls. And I also call.

And the turn card does not help me. No A.

Should I slow down or continue to attack if the flop is drawy? e.g. [3s] [4s] [5h]

Should I slow down or continue to attack if the flop is dry? e.g. [3h] [8s] [Jd]

Thanks a lot~

Ed Miller
@ Wed Feb 18, 2009 09:20:41 AM
6

Burning,

It sounds like you’re talking about limit hold’em. If so, I’d keep going with the aces.

If it’s no limit, then your aces are likely in big trouble. If someone bets, you raise, and someone reraises behind you, the reraiser almost always has a huge hand (but possibly can have a huge draw rather than a hand like a set).

Burning
@ Thu Feb 19, 2009 07:50:57 PM
7

Thanks a lot, Ed.

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