That's really what you want to do with aces - get it all in before the flop. That's so that I can re-raise whoever opens, or if there is an open and a re-raise, maybe I can get all of the money in before the flop. I will always limp in with aces if I am in early position at an aggressive table and no one has entered the pot in front of me. Now, is there a time to slow play aces before the flop? Yes, of course there is. Both of those situations mean you should be raising more. Either you don't raise enough or your opponents don't call enough. If you notice that you can't get any action when you raise with premium hands, it can really mean only two things. If you aren't getting any callers, you're not raising enough before the flop. I think you should be raising and re-raising from every position with AA. Now, when you don't raise before the flop with AA, you don't even know where you stand when the board shows two deuces. Maybe then when the King flops, you bet he raises and you call, the turn brings another king and your opponent moves all-in, maybe you don't have to lose all of your chips. If you raised and got re-raised, then you smooth called the re-raise to trap, at least you'd have some ideas as to what strength your opponent is representing. Another thing is that by not raising before the flop you are not learning anything about your opponents' hands.

For one thing, you're letting the more speculative hands like 98s see a flop, and those are actually the ones that are the biggest threat to you. You can't limp in with aces in middle position, let four people see a cheap flop, and then be upset when you get beat by some raggedy hand. Most of the time that is the worst thing you can do. I know that when you get pocket aces your natural instinct is to go into trap mode. Before the flop, I see this hand played worse than any other poker hand. We've established that pocket aces are a huge favorite against any starting hand, right? And believe me when I say that 4 to 1 is huge. What about when you run it into suited connectors, say 76s? The answer is that the aces will hold up 4 out of 5 times, or 4 to 1. KQs? Yeah, uh, that's about 4 to 1 in favor of the aces.

pocket kings, what do you think? Oh well, that's about 4 to 1 in favor of the aces. a random hand = better than 4 to 1 in favor of the aces. 1st let's just do some math and we'll see how 'horrible' this hand really is.

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