Joined: Oct '16
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I played today a freeroll that had 40 tickets ($565 each one) to the 1 Million WPT. Was it 1650 players. I started with calm, and doing all that I had to do. Slowly I saw how my stack grewd up and, 1 hour later, I was in the 8th position with a half of players in the tournament (I maked screen´s photos but i don´t know how I can put it here). A few hands later AA came to me. I didn´t wanted to gift any cards (and I had a villain who was very agresive) so I make a potbet, all fold, the villain call. The flop was 8 10 K , I didn´t like what I saw but I thought that I was ahead of him. So for eliminated all my afraid I maked an allin. The villain called with Q 9 ...turn J , river 2 ....
Well the guy paid to see a flop and he got a nice one but indeed you don't feel good to lose there because you had the best starting hand but that is poker, better luck next time.
and again it happens .... again, two aces lose .... if I get two aces, then in this case a difficult situation .... Of course there is a great temptation to win as much as possible but I've already seen many times in my game that two ace lose ..... I can only express regret for this situation
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why did not opt for the all-in preflop? AA is just one pair and very often you lose with this cards. This man had two good cards and if you only asked for the potbet it was normal for him to pay to see a flop. If you lose with AA all in preflop is a thing but if you play badly AA and you lose is painful.
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Unlucky there with the aces getting cracked. If you want to take a screenshot, use the PrtSc button to take one, then use the Paint program that exists in windows and Paste it there.
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When I play against a loosey-goosey player who virtually calls (or raises) with any two cards preflop and sticks around to see the flop, turn, and river, I try to find the perfect opportunity to give him rope to hang himself, and this strategy usually works (especially in cash games).
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Posted by CALICUL: why did not opt for the all-in preflop? AA is just one pair and very often you lose with this cards. This man had two good cards and if you only asked for the potbet it was normal for him to pay to see a flop. If you lose with AA all in preflop is a thing but if you play badly AA and you lose is painful.
These villain had called an all in in other hand before it (when he had 25000 chips and I 6000) with ridiculous any two. I knowed that he would call, I try to induce to play the other four players that was there. AA is a pair that oblige to make value. I only can play all in preflop in a table that these move seems a bluff an they pay for it. Don´t in this case...
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maragatero in the future you should know that it is best not to wait for the flop but immediately go all in, so far I have seen many times that it is not good to wait when you have AA every player is immediately all in
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The problem is that you have not played this hand all in preflop. It is possible for him to pay but there is a good chance for your opponent not to pay your all in. When you play AA as you did and the other sees the flop with his cards... it is normal for he to pay after flop. If the game was for a lot of money then it was different.
10 
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