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[Bender2004]

Okay I'm tired of this beat.  Tell me am I totally wrong here but say you have a
pocket pair like 9 9 and you go up against A 5 or something for all your
money. How many times is it that ace actually comes out.  Should I start playing
more of the weak aces or stick to the pocket pairs.  Is ace anything really a
hand worth playing, maybe I'm doing something wrong when I take in a pair
against a weak ace.  I know the odds are 2:1 in my favor, but it never seems
that way.


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[Necron99]

Hmmm, what about all the A,x that folds against you on the flop or turn?
Aren't you only comparing your poker pairs against the A,x that beat you?

On May 4 2005 11:13 AM, Bender2004 wrote:

[J.R.]

Ace rag (low, crappy kicker) sucks.

First problem: what to do pre-flop, and positon.
Second, what if an ace comes? Do you bet, if you get raised, what do you do?
Only time Ace rag is a good hand is heads up.

Don't play Ace rag unless:

a. You have positon.
b. People show weakness.
c. In the blinds without a raise to you.

And be careful after the flop. Very likely you will lose more with Ace rag than
win.



On May 3 2005 9:52 PM, Necron99 wrote:

[ChicagoTRS]

Ace - rag unsuited is a garbage hand.  It is a hand where you will generally win
some small pots but lose larger pots.

Ace/rag suited is worth playing if you can limp in NL..for the nut flush
opportunities.

On May 3 2005 8:43 PM, Bender2004 wrote:

[richiematt]

On May 3 2005 9:43 PM, Bender2004 wrote:

[paulyballs]

On May 3 2005 11:47 PM, richiematt wrote:

[richiematt]

On May 4 2005 12:10 AM, paulyballs wrote:

[paulyballs]

On May 4 2005 12:45 AM, richiematt wrote:

[Chris Constantine]

Richie,

You are wrong to say "of course".

You wrote that "KK (has) been beat by Ax many times. For every one win
there wil be three losses."

There's an immediate equation here: you've been beat many times with KK
and for every time you won you lost three times. YOU know what you meant
and you were thinking of the subject heading but many of us who read your
post were misdirected.

It is claimed that english can be a very difficult language. I'm not tryng
to be funny here, just pointing out that all public writing should be
reviewed/edited before posting/publishing and is subject to clarification.

I have stood corrected a thousand times and stand straighter for it.


Richie:

[GnubieAtTourneys]

Ace low is really not a good hand. The thing about it is it is a very
common hand, so
when people overplay this you notice it. Since it is easy to get, and
overplayed so often, frequently you get beat by it.

One thing that I found is that if you play at a table for a few hours,
you get a very good idea on how EVERYONE at the table plays Ax. You
will know the players who overplay these hands, and have a better idea
who to watch out for if an Ace flops and who to try to go up against
with AK.