Thursday, February 21, 2008

Why do people have a problem with AA?

Went to Wheeling again and had a friend tell me that they would never play AA there. Never. Just would flat out fold those bullets before the flop. All I said was "WTF??" You just want to fold the best hand in poker without playing it?? And the thing is, they're not alone. All around the tables you hear the same complaints about getting their Aces cracked. But to me, it's not that their Aces were beat, it's that they were beat bad (but not necessarily a bad beat though).

To be a good poker player, you have to understand where your hand lies in relation to what other people may have. The fact that you have AA just means that you have a better starting hand than the other players at the table, but the flop can quickly take that away. I saw a hand one time where a player with AA ended up having the 5th biggest hand after the flop after 3 players flopped flushes and the 4th flopped 2 pair. He just misplayed the hand and because they were Aces, he stuck around with all the betting all the way to the river (even when a 4th club came and he did not have the Ace).

So right after my friend tells me that they won't play AA, I am sitting with them at a 1-2 NL table and I get dealt 2 red Aces (very pretty looking). A player raised to $11, I called, and there were a couple more callers after me. Flop came with an A, which I really don't want to see. This means I am almost guaranteed to win the hand, but since there is only 1 more Ace left in the deck, it is unlikely someone else has it and so all players may fold to any bet. So I let the original raiser bet for me, called again, and had a couple players fold. Turn was a blank, checked all around. The river gave a 4 card straight on the board (3,5,6,7) and I doubted there was a 4 out there so I bet, got one caller, and took down the pot. I show the Aces and tell my friend that you can win with them...

The very next hand I get AA again! This time, I initiate the raising making it $15. Get 2 callers. And once again I spike an Ace on the flop. Crap. I know I won't make any money this hand. Check to me, of course. I make a $15 continuation bet, knowing that there will probably be 2 folds and am not disappointed. But it would have looked too fishy if I had checked. Showed my Rockets again and got some ribbing from the players. Mucked around for a bit and left even. At least I didn't lose any money...

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