Its going to be one of those nights !

[rfph1]

first game of the day, a warm up for the forum game and this happens.


***** Hand 1626059289 *****
15.00/30.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 02 June 2009 19:14:44
Holdem Turbo (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: broodson (2422.00)
Seat 2: rfph1 (1485.00)
Seat 3: Fanta2500 (1455.00)
Seat 4: juventin0 (668.00)
Seat 5: manu121 (1470.00)
manu121 post SB 15.00
broodson post BB 30.00
** Deal **
broodson [N/A, N/A]
rfph1 [Ad, As]
Fanta2500 [N/A, N/A]
juventin0 [N/A, N/A]
manu121 [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
rfph1 Call 30.00
Fanta2500 Fold
juventin0 Call 30.00
manu121 Raise to 120.00
broodson Fold
rfph1 Raise to 360.00
juventin0 Fold
manu121 All-in 1470.00
rfph1 Call 1470.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [Kh, 2c, Ac]
*** Turn(Board): *** : [Kh, 2c, Ac, Kd]
*** River(Board): *** : [Kh, 2c, Ac, Kd, 4h]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 3000.00
broodson Fold Win: 0.00
rfph1 [Ad, As] Full house Win: 0.00
Fanta2500 Fold Win: 0.00
juventin0 Fold Win: 0.00
manu121 [Kc, Ks] Four of a kind, kings Win: 3000.00

[jingjangjong]

sick but wtf is with the aa limp?

[rfph1]

pretty obvious, at 3e turbo, someone always raises in front of you (as in the above example)

[ongame player]

You are never sure that someone will raise.. never limp AA. Never limp first in a pot with anything actually.
It would have been a worse beat if you got your money in on that flop.

[rfph1]

guys wtf, you are allowed to limp sometimes, Harrington recommends it in tourneys just to mix it up.

If people are raise happy then limping AA can't be bad at all.

Exactly, you dont want multiple opponents, but when you are 90% sure of a raise behind you then the reraise is the best way to get the ££ PF AND isolate 1 player for the hand.

NB all forum people, when I limp utg in the value added game next tuesday just remember that I probably have aces

[fishboy1983]

Exactly, you dont want multiple opponents, but when you are 90% sure of a raise behind you then the reraise is the best way to get the ££ PF AND isolate 1 player for the hand.

NB all forum people, when I limp utg in the value added game next tuesday just remember that I probably have aces

limping utg in a turbo is good play, obv you don't do it everytime, but with 3 minute blinds someone will raise nearly every hand. When you come over the top, alot of ppl will shove, their range is way wider in a 3e turbo. You get them shoving with Q10 suited, K10, KJ etc, even when the blinds are still 10/20.

[jingjangjong]

it would get no action from me it smacks of big pp

[Wakou]

UTG limp AA in bonkers/turbo microStakes........ +++ev IMHO

[Rich Ghost]

Agree although tbh in a 3e turbo you could just open shove it and some berk is gunna call with a sooooooooooted K or somert lol.

[Barnfather]

its all about boosting the pot surely. Whilst you may get called if you shove, chances are you won't be - and if you are its just a heads up situation. Limping and re-raising may mean you get a few other stragglers money calling the first raise before you push.

I've found that even at micro-stakes, a big raise kills action mostly (unless someone has a premium hand), so slow-playing initially with the intention of drawing someone into a raising war is often the best strategy. Of course, if no-one raises then you face being outdrawn, but thats life...