What to do?

dodgydaz

Firstly here's the hand

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
anjie1970	Small blind		25.00	25.00	2877.50
WULL101	Big blind		50.00	75.00	3250.00
	Your hole cards	A A
TOPKAT26	Fold
barnsie	Call		50.00	125.00	2890.00
dodgydaz	Raise		200.00	325.00	2732.50
DUBAIMAN	Fold
anjie1970	Fold
WULL101	Fold
barnsie	Call		150.00	475.00	2740.00
Flop
		3 8 2
barnsie	Check
dodgydaz	Check
Turn
		5
barnsie	Bet		237.50	712.50	2502.50
dodgydaz	Raise		475.00	1187.50	2257.50
barnsie	All-in		2502.50	3690.00	0.00
dodgydaz	All-in		2257.50	5947.50	0.00
River
		2
barnsie	Show	2 2
dodgydaz	Show	A A
barnsie	Win	Four 2s	5947.50		5947.50

Question is, can I get away from this, flop looked completely innoculous and i thought it was happy days I was only really worried about A4, actual put the guy on a decent pocket pair or A8 (limp - call preflop) then being so aggressive on turn.

Have I played this one wrong or is it just one of those things??

With hindsight a 400/500 raise preflop prob gets him off it, but then I make only 50 chips with aces......

Any comments/advice appreciated

annie_duke

well i think ur losing ur chips regardless lol

don't check that flop next time though

dodgydaz

Hi Annie

I think only benefit of betting flop in this instance is i woulda known I'd lost all my chips 1 street sooner lol, but fair play i shoulda bet it.

BADBOY985

YOU CANT CHECK THE FLOP A REASONABLE SIZE BET WOULD LET YOU KNOW WHAT SORT OF HAND HES GOT IF YOU DO I THINK HE ALL INS THEN YOU CAN GET OF IT

OMahonyO

Just unlucky I think.  I wudda bet flop myself, but they still wudda gon in the middle had he raised.  Badboy has more discipline than me if he can get away from this, as villain could think he is good with 99+

acebarry10

Hi daz

Unfortunately, there are times when you will get someone who will make a lose call, with the "Hole Cards" you are around and 80% favourite to win the hand, or put another way, you will win the hand 4 times out of 5, but of course there is always that 1 dreaded time.

It depends on what you want from the hand, do you want a caller? with AA, or do you just want to take down the blinds? whichever one you want decides how much you want to raise or bet, personaly, I don,t like my AA being outdrawn so always bet big no matter what stage of a game I am in, I would raher win lots of little pots than lose 1 big 1

jimbo31

HELLO MATE.... UR PREFLOP PLAY IS FINE... POSTFLOP NOT GOOD.... TBF U NEED TO BET THOSE ACES TO SEE WHERE U R... BY CHECKING UR ALLOWING HIM TO CATCH UP...AND BY BETTING ON FLOP AT LEAST U CAN GET A FEEL FOR WHERE UR ROCKETS STAND... NOW TURN PLAY...HE BETS U RAISE HE SHOVES... THATS UR ANSWER...FOLD! UVE USED UR CHIPS FOR INFO AND U GOT THE RESPONSE.... ACES LOOK PRETTY BUT THEY ARE ONLY A PAIR... THE BOARD DOES LOOK QUITE DRY BUT U COULD B LOSING TO ANY MADE SET,2PAIR,46,OR THE WHEEL... PRETTY DISGUISED HANDS... WOULD OF STILL LEFT U WIV 1.1K WIV BLINDS AT 25/50... PLENTY OF TIME...BY NOT BETTING BETTING THE FLOP... SAY ONLY HALF SIZE.. THEN U WOULDNT KNOW IF HE HAD CAUGHT ANY OF IT.... COME TURN.. UR MINDEST IS PROB IVE GOT THIS.... HE PLAYED IT WELL FOR HIS SET... SORRY IF THIS SEEMS A BIT HARSH... BUT JUST MY OPINION... GOOD LUCK AT THE TABS JIM ;-)

dodgydaz

not harsh Jimbo, its probably absolutely spot on! think i need to work on that though coz im not sure i woulda laid it down if he shoved on flop tbh

thankfully sky have decided to stop dealing me aces so i dont have the decision to make anymore lol

cheers 4 advice