AKs against a large bet

[pd]

No read on the villain

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed)TightPoker converter

UTG+1 ($14.41)
MP1 ($18.25)
MP2 ($21)
MP3 ($25)
Hero ($23.06)
Button ($24.05)
SB ($29)
BB ($25.40)
UTG ($12.72)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , . UTG posts a blind of $0.25.
4 folds, Hero raises to $0.5, Button calls $0.50, SB calls $0.40, UTG (poster) raises to $0.75, Hero calls $0.50, Button calls $0.50, SB calls $0.50.

Flop: ($4) , , (5 players)
SB checks, UTG bets $5, Hero ....?

Any comments would be welcomed.

pd

[tdostie@nc]

Simple put him all-in.

[mervhage]

Simple put him all-in.

I agree with this, however, what of the players remaining to act? To hell with them, I guess.

[easy_as_pie]

raise to 17.77 with the intention of calling an all in

[poormanbilly]

Geez, wtf. I guess it may be ok to play TP/TK for an all-in at the $.25 tables, but you're going to find yourself broke more often than not playing this way. If I at all care about the money, I fold this. Don't play like a wussie preflop.

[pd]

I did put him all in. He had AA.....Turn and river were blanks....I lose.

If I had AA in his situation I would have made a smaller bet. But it worked for him here.

Thanks for confirming that I did not totally miss something here.

pd

[pd]

Geez, wtf. I guess it may be ok to play TP/TK for an all-in at the $.25 tables, but you're going to find yourself broke more often than not playing this way. If I at all care about the money, I fold this. Don't play like a wussie preflop.

The wussie preflop is an interesting comment. At this level I have raised more strongly with first rate hands several times and had everyone fold. It's no fun having AA and winning a few pennies. So, I had begun playing slower preflop. In this case it wouldn't have mattered of course.

pd

[bobcorn]

Geez, wtf. I guess it may be ok to play TP/TK for an all-in at the $.25 tables, but you're going to find yourself broke more often than not playing this way. If I at all care about the money, I fold this. Don't play like a wussie preflop.

The wussie preflop is an interesting comment. At this level I have raised more strongly with first rate hands several times and had everyone fold. It's no fun having AA and winning a few pennies. So, I had begun playing slower preflop. In this case it wouldn't have mattered of course.

pd

Never minraise preflop - raise at least 4xBB + 1 per limper.

[mousey]

Did he have 77 or 88 ?

[goofyballer]

The wussie preflop is an interesting comment. At this level I have raised more strongly with first rate hands several times and had everyone fold. It's no fun having AA and winning a few pennies. So, I had begun playing slower preflop. In this case it wouldn't have mattered of course.

pd

If you care more about having fun than winning money, then keep on doing that.

Make it $1 preflop. Fold the flop. If you'd raised more strongly preflop I'd be more inclined to go farther with this hand, but since it was really cheap for UTG and min-raising donks are the norm at this level, he could really have anything that hit this board really hard (87, 77, 88).

[pd]

Ok, I'm in. It's the $ that make it fun. I played a couple of hours this evening and made 4xBB + 1 for each limper raises preflop with good hands. Worked very well.

I guess the other way of looking at this is that if you let someone in cheaply then he either flops, say, 2 pair or he folds quickly post flop so you don't win much anyway.

Thanks to you all for the advice and lessons.

[ugignadl]

With that flop, and that many limpers, damn man. Nightmare situation. A big bet on the flop too. Flee the city. It's definitely fold or push, call is a disgusting choice.

In my noob days (or when steaming) I'm all-in here, but when cool and thinking it's an easy fold.

What happenned?

*edit: Thanks Merv.

[mervhage]

What happenned?

I did put him all in. He had AA.....Turn and river were blanks....I lose.