Q&A #99: Taking A Free Card On The Turn, Or Giving It?

Can someone define “stiff ace?”

@SelfMade:

I take that to mean the same thing as bare ace, i.e. only an ace and nothing more, here two pair with an ace kicker.

In NLHE:TAP Ed and David Sklansky use something like “stiff ten” to mean a one-card straight on an extremely coordinated board.

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It’s good to see the mid-limit games at Commerce playing like their legendary reputation. If it’s really true, as some suggest, that the NL games are getting tougher there then I might want to refresh my LHE skills.

Wow are the $40/$80 limit games really that loose at the Commerce? I have GOT to make a trip out there.

I didn’t know that 4 to the flop is considered “loose.”

Nor do I see why a 3-bet is warranted with one EP raiser and a cold caller.

Since when did 3 betting early position raisers with A2s become correct play? I would have thought that is an auto fold but not only is this guy doing it, Ed is half way in agreement with the play! What gives? Am I missing something?

Adman, on this hand, the player is a late-position blind in the cutoff. He’s already in for 1 bet with A2s and a multi-way pot developing. He’s not going to fold for 1 more bet with position, so the only decision is raise vs. call, and I agree with Ed that a call is better here.