Well written article but I think the begginer or intermediate might read too much into this if he feels his aces are getting cracked alot.
Some of your stats need to be slightly clarified. The 33% isnt against a single random hand but against several. Im not sure what the exact numbers are but it would have to be atleast 3 or 4 to more to be that low of an underdog preflop.
When talking about isolating a player heads up, against all random hands from 2 7 to KK, AA will be around a 4:1 favourite which means about 80% of the time it should take down the pot if seen to the end.
Those are good odds and you will always be getting pot odds with aces because you are always ahead preflop.
The thing to point out here is that you remember what you loose, and forget what you win. If your aces hold up you wont think much off it, however if they get cracked then you will remember it and probably fume over it. The key here is for that not to reflect you play. Limping in with aces after 6 people limped is basically like handing over a pot. The is the perfect opertunity especially in a tournament to build your chips and knock out a sucker. All in or a huge and I mean huge raise is what needs to be done here. Your aces are a big favourite heads up and a slight favourite against that many people.
Good luck on the felt  |