Joined: May '09
Location: Germany
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In the last time it happens more and more that people slowplay KK/AA preflop, postflop and sometimes to the showdown. No raise, just check/call. Only on the river check/raise. Do you slowplay them too? And if you do, why?
Joined: Nov '07
Location: Belgium
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Dpends of the table
If U get LAG spastics raising every pot, U can take the chance of limping in and extract max value out of it. or limp raise em but yet enuff to make em go into the pot.
Also : Limping KK/AA in deepstack tables is more common, or at least where I played. Depends alot on stacksizes in general.
The board is a big factor
If the board is wet and very coloured or connected, I want to raise to take the pot anyway . If they call and instincts say they made the flush / str8 then Ur forced to lay it down anyway.
Limping can also be very dangerous by letting small PPairs calling for set value (22-77) So it's a decision U have to make by image and table
Joined: May '08
Location: Canada
Age: 48 (M)
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some time I do,slow play but it really depends on who im playing against,if there donkeys,Ill go allin and take my chances,or if its a cash game,it all depends who is playin at the table
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
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Huge hands pre-flop, but if you get unable to go all in pre-folp you will may have difficult decisions post flop. The standard move is to play them strong and to protect them from draws, a free card can lead you to lose a big pot.
That's poker, sometimes your big hands are not paid well. But if you play micro/low stakes you shouldn't worry about it, you will have a fish paying you big very often.
Well, for preflop anyway depends on the situation, if I'm chip leader, etc. I tend to slow play a monster hand like that pretty often, though if the hand seems to be a group that calls much too often, I might go in for a high bet right away.
Assuming I didn't bet beforehand, after the flop I try my best to make it look like I have middle pair.
edit: though I'm somewhat of a beginner, adopting my playing strategies may not be the wisest thing in the world to do.
I never slow play AA or KK. After trying it and getting burned to many times from letting the marginal hands into the pot, I stopped doing that. It depends on my position, if everyone in front folded to me, the players style and chip stacks, etc., etc., as to what I do. But most of the time I want those marginal hands out, if I get reraised then I amp up the pressure and make them pay if they want to go to the flop. Nothing hurts worse when you have KK or AA and someone plays a small pocket pair and hits a set because you didn't make them pay. What happens is you see a flop with smaller cards thinking you are ahead and actually you are way behind and don't know it.
No, I never slowplay them now cause in the past I was doing it a lot and the Aces were cracked a lot. Nowadays, they are still cracked but very rarely now because I'm not slowplaying them so guys with suited connection can't call and...
Joined: Jan '09
Location: Italy
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I think if you slowplay AA/KK you have to be prepared to fold them according to board and oppo behaviour; but I can't fold them so 99% I don't slowplay, often I got trapped by my trap .
I thought: he is betting cause he thinks I have nothing (cause I limped) but I have the best starting hand so I reraiSe and...........BUMP
Joined: Dec '08
Location: United Kingdom
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It depends on the situation i always like to be in control of the hand when i have AA/KK, but you have to remember that they can get drawn out on, Just remember it is only a Pair
I have a bad habit of check raise with AA/KK but again dependant on the board
Joined: Mar '08
Location: Denmark
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I sometimes only call when i'm deep in and mtt and utg in hope of someone trying to steal the pot from me and then coming over the top . Works most of the times but doenst work if you do it like 5 times in 10 mins if you understand. Early ind a tour i never ever slowplay my cards because there just to many donks out there who will call with anything and hit on river and then your fuckt. I learnt this the hardway
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