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View Poll Results: Do you slowplay these babies? | |
Yes - all the way.
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Usually.
|    | 9 | 15.79% | |
Rarely.
|    | 39 | 68.42% | |
Never. Raise high pre-flop.
|    | 9 | 15.79% |
05-25-2005, 11:55 PM
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| | | The only time I would consider slow playing any high pocket pair is in a heads up situation or a short table of 2-3 people. I'm certainly no expert, but I prefer to win small pots safely with them and win big pots with other, less flashy starting hands. |
05-25-2005, 11:58 PM
|  | Poker Nerd (and Admin) | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: bottom pair and a flush draw Age: 35
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Originally Posted by Wizard The only time I would consider slow playing any high pocket pair is in a heads up situation or a short table of 2-3 people. I'm certainly no expert, but I prefer to win small pots safely with them and win big pots with other, less flashy starting hands. | i slowplayed KK last weekend. the table was playing very tight, in a $20 NLHE tourny. i limp UTG, and i get 5 callers! i'm crapping my pants now, but the BB, genius that he is, minraises. i reraise 12X the BB and took it down there.
whew.
i'm back to never (or almost never  ) slowplaying big pairs. |
06-01-2005, 03:23 PM
|  | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada
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Originally Posted by jojobinks Quote: |
Originally Posted by Wizard The only time I would consider slow playing any high pocket pair is in a heads up situation or a short table of 2-3 people. I'm certainly no expert, but I prefer to win small pots safely with them and win big pots with other, less flashy starting hands. | i slowplayed KK last weekend. the table was playing very tight, in a $20 NLHE tourny. i limp UTG, and i get 5 callers! i'm crapping my pants now, but the BB, genius that he is, minraises. i reraise 12X the BB and took it down there.
whew.
i'm back to never (or almost never ) slowplaying big pairs. | Last night in a SNG on Stars, I minraise AA and get re-raised all-in. I call, and he shows KK. I've got him, right?
Flop comes 8-J-T, turn is a 9, river is a Q. He takes the pot with K-high straight....
That's poker! |
06-01-2005, 04:22 PM
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| | | Yup, happens all the time. Pocket A's are just favorite to win but not guaranteed to win. |
06-01-2005, 11:25 PM
| | Poker Nerd (and Admin) | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: bottom pair and a flush draw Age: 35
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| | | tonight: two times people slowplayed AA in the wed night tournament by min-raising PF and betting 1/3 the pot on the flop. both times they were sucked out on. once a guy hit a gutshot on the turn. the other time dude flopped trips with J6...
warning: don't slowplay AA. and a minraise? that's a slowplay. |
06-02-2005, 09:31 AM
|  | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chicagoland Age: 33
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| | | The trickiest I ever try to get with AA is to maybe pull a limp-reraise from early position. Even then you can flirt with disaster if it gets limped around and all of a sudden your AA is facing 5 other players. |
06-02-2005, 09:48 AM
|  | On the Bubble | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Houston, TX Age: 36
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| | | Late when the blinds are high, a min-raise can be enough to get only one caller. Last night, UTG min-raises, and I'm short stacked in SB w/ AKs. I fear UTG is being sneaky, but am forced to go All-in in this situation, only to have him flip the rockets.
Myself, I always will put out my standard raise with the AA. I don't like to advertise my hands, most of my raises are about the same. |
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