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is it fair to say that you should be betting big time prior to the flop on a pair of aces?

I seem to lose out making lame calls prior to the flop then getting caught out by 2 pairs (not that I always get pocket aces of course) I'm just annoyed at my newbieness sometimes

well it depends , the important thing to know is that the more people in the pot the less chance you have of winning . So it is usually a good idea to raise or reraise with them preflop to hopefully get it heads up or just 2 callers. If you are 1st or early to act though you can limp with them and hope for a raise so you can reraise. if you do limp in though and see a multiway pot you have to be prepared to lay them down against a co-ordinated board or if there is a lot of action.
just my thoughts for what they are worth
good luck

cheers

its just frustrating sometimes   >:(

you've got to raise most of the time to thin the number of players down, in a tournament situation. AA is 88% favourite vs 1 random hand, but that %age falls away proportionately with the number of extra callers you get

you can get fancy and limp, hoping a raise comes behind you and then re-raise, but there's not much deception about what you've got. Whereas with a standard raise people might put you on a wider range of hands or an outright steal if you are in late position

if you limp and see a multi way pot, you must define your hand quickly by betting and BE PREPARED TO FOLD in the face of heavy action. This is crucial!

good luck!

thanks, I'll get there

My theory is that it is nearly always correct to raise because if someone has a hand that will raise after you've limped in, then you'll probably get action from them anyhow.

See you point snoopy but one of the benefits of limping is from early is that if u get a raise from say seat 6 and a call from the cutoff and bb then you can really push the boat out hopefully still get one caller and the pot is swollen from the other 2 calls. Worse case senario all 3 call but you are still a favourite to win the hand v 3 players. just my opinion

If you are playing pot limit, sometimes the early position limp works best as Mr End explains. In NL just raise straight off if you are unsure.

I think you should go back to the Yoda avatar, The_Baron.

This scenario is so unusual though. In fact I can't remember the last time I saw, after an utg limper, a raiser and then two callers. Lovely if it happens, but so rare it shouldn't really be taken into consideration.

Still undecided mate, it's tough to drop Yoda I admit.

go allin, there's always some numpty on the net that will call

Reasons to go back to Yoda:

(i) He's a better likeness.  :D ;)
(ii) As a former student of recent years, the whaky backy is more appropriate
(iii) I'm the only one here who is on a par with the Fonze with reagrds to coolness.

Shizzle mi nipples. Yo, hammer time. etc

Good points well made. I do have the ears..... and a lightsaber.

However, Yoda is 900, his smoking days are all but done.

The Fonz, the king of cool, would be a better poker player IMO.

The Fonz could theoretically go blonde. Yoda has no hair.

all very very good points or discusion, Fonz is the man, i can just see him cracking aces and just pulling that comb out, with a wee smirk on his face!