DoN SNG with Aces

[Simon Galloway]

Forgot to finsih this one off for those that are results orientated tit villain shows up with KQ.

Thanks for replies, I also posted this elsewhere and although there was a wide variety of advice, the general line coming back was to bet a bit harder p/f and on the flop to make it a jam on the turn.

[mondatoo]

As played B/f the river imo(around 350 mark).At this level there never going to come over the top without a king so it protects your hand against worse.Someone put they won't call with worse but i doubt anyones folding 2pr here with such a good price to call, don't really like the check calling alll our stack off here and check folding seems too weak.

You've got to be very careful about who you make this move against.

If oppo sees it as what it is, a stopper bet, then he may be inclined to jam worse hands knowing that you can't call.

Like you said, "who jams without the king?"

How many players playing $20 DON are capable of this level of thinking in your opinion ? I ain't saying it's perfect way to play the hand just in this spot at the river this is how i'd play it

[mckelinho]

Here's a tough one with aces - happy for a disection on any street, but particularly interested in the river.  Is it better to value shove and get called by some worse 2pr/set hands or turn it into a bluff catcher and check-call?  Or does anyone advocate a check-fold?

$20.00+$0.80 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2009/06/04 8:29:08 ET
Table '169120373 1' 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: swede1946 (1780 in chips)
Seat 2: DL1000 (1450 in chips)
Seat 3: Alm�i (1505 in chips)
Seat 4: sqwerty12 (1470 in chips)
Seat 5: 4ikaka (1575 in chips)
Seat 6: Nikolaisikus (1470 in chips)
Seat 7: BMan77 (1470 in chips)
Seat 8: marinus21 (1545 in chips)
Seat 9: M4ni4k (1385 in chips)
Seat 10: Hero (1350 in chips)
sqwerty12: posts small blind 15
4ikaka: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [As ]
Nikolaisikus: folds
BMan77: folds
marinus21: folds
M4ni4k: folds
Hero: raises 50 to 80
swede1946: calls 80
DL1000: folds
Alm�i: folds
sqwerty12: folds
4ikaka: folds
*** FLOP *** [ ]
Hero: bets 165
swede1946: calls 165
*** TURN *** [ ] []
Hero: bets 375
swede1946: calls 375
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
Hero: checks
swede1946: bets 690
Hero: raises 40 to 730 and is all-in
swede1946: calls 40
*** SHOW DOWN ***
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This is a horrible hand to get at this stage in this format. You didnt want to raise to much and only pick up 45 pot. But you want 1 caller. I would have still raised more pre-flop (90-120) and if no call then dont kick yourself.

In my opinion this is the correct move on the river. Only a K is beating you and if he called your bet on the turn chasing then he's just a donk. Call hoping he has 2 pair or smaller trips