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Can someone show me how to make AA beat A 8?

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  1. Picasso 2 Picasso 2 is offline

    Doune
    United Kingdom

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    Sep 22nd, 2005 (9/22/2005 12:48am)

    Hey folks.....Just busted outta the 50k R and A on paradise.....had AA on the button with blinds 1.5k and 3k....guy one before me raises to 13k. I decide that he is stealing from good position and want to make maximum value from my AA, so i reraise to 25k (leaving 11k back in chips). He flat calls the raise and flop comes Q 7 4 all clubs......so i push in my last 11k. He shows Ace eight of clubs. Just wondering if people think i played this hand badly.....i decided that i wanted to make the maximum value from the aces, instead i finished one outside the money and lost an 80k pot.....I guess AA isnt as great as i thought!
     
  2. MetalGod MetalGod is offline

    Thomaston, CT
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    Sep 22nd, 2005 (9/22/2005 1:25am) in reply to Picasso 2

    I think an all in preflop reraise would have been a better play. Online players have a tendency to be calling stations and never get away from hands but maybe after an all in he might have thought about folding. Logically I can understand that you want to maximize profit with aces, but then again staying alive in the tourney would also be better.
  3. justinbennett justinbennett is offline

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    Sep 22nd, 2005 (9/22/2005 3:13am) in reply to Picasso 2

    shit happens ive lost so many bullshit hands and i can only thank ultimate bet and paradise poker, check my bad beat and tell me how u feel and i guarentee its gonna make u feel better.
  4. chipgeeks chipgeeks is offline

    Cincinnati, OH
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    Sep 22nd, 2005 (9/22/2005 9:31am) in reply to justinbennett

    Nothing you can really do there. Sometimes you have to look back on a hand and just recognize that you were supposed to lose.

    Example. Last night late in a SNG I get dealt AKs. Get one caller who has me covered. Flop comes AK4. I bet he bets the rest of my stack, I call. He has 44 for a set. Nothing I could do on that hand, I was going to lose.
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