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Three way pot, shove or flat with AA?

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  1. j_farah j_farah is offline

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    Apr 16th, 2011 (4/16/2011 9:48pm)

    Been at the table for less than 10 mins. No reads on villains.

    pokerstars Game #60920108618: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/04/16 16:21:28 ET
    Table 'Adelheid VI' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
    Seat 1: j_farah ($102.25 in chips)
    Seat 2: Charousek ($101.50 in chips)
    Seat 3: Perdii ($100 in chips)
    Seat 4: Isinor ($100 in chips)
    Seat 6: katala12252 ($33.35 in chips)
    Perdii: posts small blind $0.50
    Isinor: posts big blind $1
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to j_farah [Ac As]
    katala12252: raises $2 to $3
    j_farah: raises $6 to $9
    vlsd joins the table at seat #5
    Charousek: folds
    Perdii: raises $10.50 to $19.50
    Isinor: folds
    katala12252: raises $13.85 to $33.35 and is all-in
    j_farah: ???


    I'm not sure what to do here to get max value.

    I figure if I shove here, perdii would fold hands like JJ and AK (and maybe even QQ due to the action). If I flat, he may shove with those hands to get me to fold.
    However, if I flat and he flats behind, he may be reluctant to put his money in postflop, esp if he misses with AK or there's an over card to his pair. So shoving pre may be the only way to get his money barring some crazy flop where we both hit big.

    So is it better to flat or shove?
  2. ukaliks ukaliks is offline

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    Apr 16th, 2011 (4/16/2011 11:07pm) in reply to j_farah

    Shove... With so much action ahead of you u mite aswell get it in. To be fair tho altho a mad juicy 3/4 way pot sounds good, it doesn't hold well for AA to be against multiple villans. By shoving u might get hands like TT/KQs/AQs to fold.
    I know u want them hands to call but in poker anything can happen and if u 4 way pot comes and sum1 holds KQ on a flop like QQx ur fudged.
    Just jam and hope for the best.
    Edited By: ukaliks Apr 16th, 2011 at 11:07 PM
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